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Papyrus 177
- Record Id:
- 040-002104558
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000367
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123274.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 177
- Title:
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Petition to the Prefect on Dispute over Inheritance (P.Lond. II 177, Chrest.Mitt. 57, TM 11642)
- Scope & Content:
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Orsenouphis of the village of Bakchias petitions Gaius Vitrasius Pollio, prefect of Egypt, as regards the possessions that his father had bequethead to him and his brothers. After their mother’s death, their elder married sister had taken possession of the furniture and utensils, and Orsenouphis asked for assistance to recover them.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104558 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 177 : Petition to the Prefect on Dispute over Inheritance (P.Lond. II 177, Chrest.Mitt. 57, TM 11642) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0096]/040-002104558
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Light-brown papyrus sheet, damaged by holes mostly located in its right portion. The text runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are 27 lines; the last is written in the right edge. All margins are extant, with no blank space left to the right. Folding lines are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123274.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0040
- End Date:
- 0040
- Date Range:
- 40
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 277 x 156 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 325 x 205 mm.
Script: Clear upright hand of fair size, mostly detached, with a tendency for letters to be compressed and more cursive at the end of the lines and at the end of the text. Lines are slightly uneven.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Bakchias, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Bakchias, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 177-208 from L. Paul Philip on 26 March 1891.
- Former External References:
- Chrest.Mitt. 57
P.Lond. II 177 - 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. 403.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 167-169, no. 177.
M. I. Rostovtzeff, Studien zur Geschichte des römischen Kolonates (Leipzig-Berlin: B.G. Teubner 1910), p. 224.
L. Mitteis, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. Zweiter Band. Zweite Hälfte Chrestomathie (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner 1912), pp. 64-65, no. 57.
E. M. Thompson, Facsimiles of ancient manuscripts, etc. : second series. New Palaeographical Society Series II, Part I (London: Oxford University Press 1913-1932), Plate 145.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 257.
W. Schubart, Griechische Palaeographie (München: C.H. Beck 1925), p. 55.
G. Bastianini, ‘Lista dei prefetti d'Egitto dal 30a al 299p’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 17 (1975), pp. 263-321, 323-332 (p. 271).
H. Harrauer, Handbuch der griechischen Paläographie. Textband (Stuttgart: Hiersemann 2010), pp. 260-261, no. 77.
B. Kelly, Petitions, Litigation, and Social Control in Roman Egypt (Oxford-New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), p. 338.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)