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Papyrus 754(A-B)
- Record Id:
- 040-002105143
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0003d4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463037.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 754(A-B)
- Title:
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Documents Concerning a Dispute over Property with Copy (P.Oxy. I 67, P.Lond. III 754 descr., Chrest.Mitt. 56, Jur.Pap. 87, FIRA III 173, TM 20727)
- Scope & Content:
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Petition addressed to Aurelius Aetius, former magistrate in Oxyrhynchus, with regards to a dispute between Aurelius Ptolemaeus, son of Horion, and two other men from the village of Lile. The dispute concerns some property inherited by Ptolemaeus from his grandmother and occupied by the defendants; with previous documentation enclosed and subscriptions. A copy is contained in Papyrus 754(B).
Papyrus 754(A), lines 1-7 and Papyrus 754(B), lines 1-6: Petition from Aurelius Ptolemaeus to Aurelius Aetius concerning the dispute over property and enclosing further documentation;
Papyrus 754(A), lines 8-12, and Papyrus 754(B), lines 7-10: Letter from the prefect of Egypt Flavius Antonius Theodorus to Aurelius Aetius, as a response to an application from Ptolemaeus, stating that Aetius should be appointed as judge of the dispute;
Papyrus 754(A), lines 13-22, and Papyrus 754(B), lines 11-20: Petition from Aurelius Ptolemaeus to the prefect Flavius Antonius Theodorus, describing his side of the case and asking that Aurelius Aetius be appointed as judge of the dispute and that enquiries be made as to whether the land belonged to his grandmother and whether the lady ever made written cession to the defendants.
Papyrus 754(A), line 22 and Papyrus 754(B), line 22: Subscription of Aurelius Ptolemaeus.
Papyrus 754(A), lines 23-24: Note that the defendants have seen the document and subscription.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105143 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 754(A-B) : Documents Concerning a Dispute over Property with Copy (P.Oxy. I 67, P.Lond. III 754 descr., Chrest.Mitt. 56, Jur.Pap. 87, FIRA… - Contains:
- Papyrus 754(A) : Documents Concerning a Dispute over Property
Papyrus 754(B) : Copy of the Documents Concerning a Dispute over Property
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- 032-002104451[0773]/040-002105143
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragments of two incomplete papyrus sheets, written on one side, one being the copy of the other; mounted on cardboard and housed in two glass cases named Papyrus 754(A) and 754(B). Both sheets display gaps throughout. The numbers in red refer to the publication in P.Oxy I.
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0338
- End Date:
- 0338
- Date Range:
- 28 March 338
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Papyrus 754(A): 255 x 365 mm; Papyrus 754(B): Left-hand side fragment: 250 x 250 mm; right-hand side fragment: 180 x 145 mm. Housed in two glass cases measuring 305 x 410 mm and 300 x 445 mm respectively.
Script: Medium-sized fluent cursive hand; different hands for subscriptions at the end.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 739-834 by the Egypt Exploration Fund in October 1900. Of these, papyri 739-814 form part of the discoveries made by B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt on the site of the ancient Oxyrhynchus.
- Former External References:
- Chrest.Mitt. 56
FIRA III 173
Jur.Pap. 87
P.Lond. III 754 descr.
P.Oxy. I 67 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), pp. 438-439.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Vol. I (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1898), pp. 124-127, no. 67.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. XXXI, no. 754 descr.
L. Mitteis, U. Wilcken, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde II.2 (Leipzig-Berlin: B.G. Teubner, 1912), pp. 63-64, no. 56.
P. M. Meyer, Juristische Papyri: Erklärung von Urkunden zur Einführung in die juristische Papyruskunde (Berlin: Weidmann 1920), pp. 296-298, no. 87.
S. Riccobono, V. Arangio-Ruiz, Fontes iuris Romani antejustiniani Pars 3, Negotia (Florentiae: Barbèra 1943), pp. 536-539, no. 173.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 95.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 127.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)