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Papyrus 198
- Record Id:
- 040-002104579
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x00037c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123492.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 198
- Title:
- Petition about Inheritance (P.Lond. II 198, TM 11648)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragment of a petition addressed to Gaius Caecilius Salvianus, the senior judicial officer (dikaiodotes), from an inhabitant of Karanis, who requested that his share of his father’s property be returned to him. The inheritance was apparently being held by his mother and her new husband, who was a soldier.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104579 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 198 : Petition about Inheritance (P.Lond. II 198, TM 11648) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0117]/040-002104579
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus fragment, broken off at the bottom and sides and lacking its upper margin too; with surface damage in the middle. It bears writing on the front, with parts of 15 lines surviving; the back is blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123492.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0175
- End Date:
- 0176
- Date Range:
- 175-176
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 139 x 130 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 190 x 180 mm.
Script: Clear, upright cursive hand of medium size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Karanis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Karanis, 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:
- P.Lond. II 198
- 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. 407.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 172-173, no. 198.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 258.
S. E. Phang, The marriage of Roman soldiers (13 B.C.-A.D. 235): law and family in the imperial army (Leiden-Boston: Brill 2001), p. 227.
B. Kelly, Petitions, Litigation, and Social Control in Roman Egypt (Oxford-New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. 227, 346.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)