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Papyrus 792
- Record Id:
- 040-002105182
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000036
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469334.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 792
- Title:
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Appointment of a Legal Representative (P.Oxy. II 261, Chrest.Mitt. 346, P.Lond. III 792 descr., TM 20531, 20532)
- Scope & Content:
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Demetria, with her granddaughter’s husband acting as her guardian, appoints her grandson Chaeremon as her legal representative in the dispute she is having with Epimachus, due to her being unable to attend the court herself. The space left blank for the date was not filled in (TM 20531).
At the top and bottom are erased lines containing dates (TM 20532).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105182 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 792 : Appointment of a Legal Representative (P.Oxy. II 261, Chrest.Mitt. 346, P.Lond. III 792 descr., TM 20531, 20532) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0869]/040-002105182
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Papyrus sheet, almost complete, but lacking most of the left margin and with holes throughout, especially along the vertical folds. Further surface damage is visible in places. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The text consists of one column of 18 lines, with traces of additional lines that were erased in the upper and lower margins. The upper margin is minimal, no margin was left to the right, and the blank space at the bottom, hosting traces of few erased lines, measures 62-65 mm. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469334.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0055
- End Date:
- 0055
- Date Range:
- October-November 55
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 246 x 158 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 300 x 210 mm.
Script: Neat, regular and skilled medium-sized cursive hand, overall bilinear. Different hands for the erased lines at the top and bottom.
- 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:
- C.Pap.Hengstl 43
Chrest.Mitt. 346
P.Lond. III 792 descr.
P.Oxy. II 261
Sel.Pap. I 60 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 440.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri II (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1899), pp. 230-231, no. 261.
L. Wenger, Die Stellvertretung im Rechte der Papyri (Leipzig: Teubner 1906), pp. 393-394.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xxxv, no. 792 descr.
L. Mitteis, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. Zweiter Band. Zweite Hälfte Chrestomathie (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner 1912), pp. 194-196, no. 346.
A. S. Hunt, C. C. Edgar, Select papyri. Vol. 1, Private affairs (London: W. Heinemann 1932), pp. 180-181, no. 60.
J. Hengstl, Griechische Papyri aus Ägypten als Zeugnisse des öffentlichen und privaten Lebens (München: Heimeran Verlag 1978), no. 43.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 234.
J. Rowlandson, Women and society in Greek and Roman Egypt: A Sourcebook (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1998), pp. 178-179, no. 133.
J. E. Grubbs, Women and the Law in the Roman Empire: A Sourcebook on Marriage, Divorce and Widowhood (London-New York: Routledge 2002), pp. 52-53.
S. L. Lippert, Einführung in die altägyptische Rechtsgeschichte (Berlin: LIT 20122), pp. 104-105, 211.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)