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Papyrus 199
- Record Id:
- 040-002104580
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x00037d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123501.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 199
- Title:
- List of Officials (P.Lond. II 199, TM 11649)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto: List of officials of Soknopaiou Nesos, with names and sums stated in drachmas (equalling 300, 600, and 800) representing their wealth assessment (poros). The officials listed are the elders (presbyteroi) of the village, the chief police officer (archephodus), the ‘peace-keepers’ (eirenophylakes) and guards (phylakes).
Back: Duplicate of the list of the recto with heading stating that the list is copied from the list of village officials with police duties (demosioi); the date is provided. The sums are omitted.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104580 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 199 : List of Officials (P.Lond. II 199, TM 11649) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0118]/040-002104580
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, with insect holes regularly distributed along the folding lines, lacking the lower right and left edges. It is written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. On either side one column is preserved. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123501.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0200
- Date Range:
- 200
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 168 x 117 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 220 x 165 mm.
Script: Recto: Thin cursive hand, neat and regular; Verso: Larger sloping cursive hand, with some detached letters, irregular in size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh), 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 199
- 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. 408.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 158-159, no. 199.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 81.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 83.
J. G. Milne, A History of Egypt. Vol 5: Under Roman Rule (London: Methuen & Co. 1898), p. 211.
U. Hagedorn et al., Das Archiv des Petaus (P. Petaus) (Köln: Westdeutscher Verl. 1969), p. 257.
C. Drecoll, Die Liturgien im römischen Kaiserreich des 3. und 4. Jh. n. Chr: Untersuchung über Zugang, Inhalt und wirtschaftliche Bedeutung der öffentlichen Zwangsdienste in Ägypten und anderen Provinzen (Stuttgart: F. Steiner Verlag 1997), pp. 35, 174.
C. Homoth-Kuhs, Phylakes und Phylakon-Steuer im griechisch-römischen Ägypten: ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des antiken Sicherheitswesens (München: Saur 2005), pp. 88, 102, 107, 145.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)