1. Papyrus 2090
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2090
- Title:
- Farmers’ Petition (P.Lond. VII 1954, TM 1517)
- Scope & Content:
- Petition to Apollonius, chief minister of the finances (dioiketes) from some farmers who had been allocated a plot of land to cultivate. Damis took away part of the land, and compelled three of the farmers to sign a deed of renunciation. Additionally, he prevented them from sowing the land. The f...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- October-November 257 BC (?)
- Extent:
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Papyrus slip, cut from a roll of exceptional height; complete but with severe surface damage in the central portion; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 11 lines, the last of which is written on the right-hand side. Margins are extant. Horizontal folds are still visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
