1. Papyrus 2228
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2228
- Title:
- Registration of House-Born Slaves (SB III 6996, TM 18856)
- Scope & Content:
- Copies of two declarations made by Baebia Rufilla, aged 35, acting with a guardian, registering the birth of two slaves, Phoenicas, aged three, and Zosimus, aged two, born of Tyche, a slave whom she had acquired by purchase. Rufilla states that she has paid the due taxes. Dated some time after 3...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- c. 127
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, imperfect on the left, otherwise well preserved, only displaying minor abrasion in a few places; written on one side along the fibres; the back is blank. On the front, there are two columns of 17 lines; the first column lacks the left-hand side; upper, lower and right margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
