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Papyrus 173
- Record Id:
- 040-002104554
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000363
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123224.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 173
- Title:
-
Notification of Death (P.Lond. II 173, C.Pap.Gr. II 21, TM 11640)
- Scope & Content:
- Thatres, daughter of Sarapion, of the village of Karanis, writes to Claudius Iulianus, royal scribe of the division of Herakleides, in the Arsinoite nome, to report the death of a certain Mersios. An order addressed to the village scribe follows.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104554 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 173 : Notification of Death (P.Lond. II 173, C.Pap.Gr. II 21, TM 11640) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0092]/040-002104554
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet with one small detached fragment; incomplete, lacking most of its right half, slightly damaged also along the left edge. The text runs along the fibres on one side, with the back blank; there is one column of 26 lines, most of which lack the ending. Upper (20 mm), lower (40 mm) and left margins are extant; the right margin is only partly preserved, but it was minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123224.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0101
- End Date:
- 0101
- Date Range:
- 21 December 101
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 237 x 92 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 280 x 150 mm.
Script: Proficient upright cursive hand of medium size; two more hands from line 19, thinner, rougher and more cursive.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Karanis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Karanis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 139-176 from the Reverend Greville John Chester (b. 1830, d. 1892) on 2 February 1891.
- Former External References:
- C.Pap.Gr. II 21
P.Lond. II 173 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum 1894), p. 402.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 66-67, no. 173.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 245.
S. LR. Wallace, Taxation in Egypt from Augustus to Diocletian (Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Oxford University Press 1938), p. 401, n. 66.
Corpus Papyrorum Graecarum II. Il Controllo della popolazione nell'Egitto Romano, Pt. 1, Le Denunce di morte (Azzate: ipolitografia Tibiletti 1985), no. 21.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 174.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 126.
T. Kruse, Der Königliche Schreiber und die Gauverwaltung 1 (München- Leipzig: K.G. Saur 2002), p. 149, n. 275.
T. Derda, Ἀρσινοΐτης νομός. Administration of the Fayum under Roman Rule, Journal of Juristic Papyrology, Supplements 7 (Warsaw: Faculty of Law and Administration, Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Fundacja im. Rafała Taubenschlag 2006), p. 206.
F. M. Simón, F. P. Polo, J. Remesal Rodríguez, "Formae mortis": el tránsito de la vida a la muerte en las sociedades antiguas (Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona 2009), pp. 234, 240.
- Exhibitions:
- Greek Manuscripts, (online), 18 September 2016-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)