1. Papyrus 2968
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2968
- Title:
- City Law of Alexandria (?) (P.Hib. II 196, SB VI 9559, TM 5788)
- Scope & Content:
- Extracts from a city law of one of the Greek cities in Egypt, possibly Alexandria itself, concerning the duties of a gynaikonomos, an official acting as a supervisor of women, who is connected with an act of registration in the citizen body. This law may have been introduced by Demetrius of Phale...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 280-250 BC
- Extent:
- Two papyrus fragments, now joined, reused as mummy cartonnage, with portions of 15 lines written along the fibres. On the back, there are traces of writing across the fibres and plaster residue. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
