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Papyrus 342
- Record Id:
- 040-002104715
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x0003a6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143126765.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 342
- Title:
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Petition to a Beneficiarius (P.Lond. II 342, TM 11721)
- Scope & Content:
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Petition addressed to the beneficiarius (a military officer) stationed in the district from Pabous, of Soknopaiou Nesos, who complains about acts of violence and threats perpetrated against him by Sempronius, a village elder, and his people. The men came over to his house on that very day, trying to force him to hand over two of his relatives. Sempronius keeps being oppressive in the village, and Pabous asks that he and his associates may be brought before the beneficiarius.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104715 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 342 : Petition to a Beneficiarius (P.Lond. II 342, TM 11721) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0234]/040-002104715
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, complete, with few small holes along the folds; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The text is complete and has 21 lines, the last of which is separated from the others by some blank space. All margins are extant, with the right being irregular and minimal. The blank space at the bottom measures c. 50 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143126765.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0185
- End Date:
- 0217
- Date Range:
- 21 June 185 or 217
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 227 x 113 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 280 x 170 mm.
Script: Thin, rapid cursive hand; lines are slightly uneven and tend to incline upwards.
- 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 272-400 from Theodor Graf (b. 1840, d. 1903) on 11 April 1893.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 342
- 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. 435.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 173-174, no. 342, with pl. 73.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 258.
A. Segrè, ‘Essays on Byzantine Economic History, I The "Annona Civica" And The "Annona Militaris"’, Byzantion 16 (1942-1943), pp. 393-444 (pp. 422-423).
P. J. Sijpesteijn, ‘Two London Papyri’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 95 (1993), pp. 127–130 (p. 128).
B. Kelly, Petitions, Litigation, and Social Control in Roman Egypt (Oxford-New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. 65, 346.
A. Z. Bryen, Violence in Roman Egypt: A Study in Legal Interpretation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press 2013), p. 242, no. 64.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)