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Papyrus 796
- Record Id:
- 040-002105186
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00003a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463402.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 796
- Title:
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Petition on Extortion by a Tax Collector (P.Oxy. II 285 ro., P.Lond. III 796 descr., TM 20556), and Writing Exercise (P.Oxy. II 285 vo., P.Lond. III 796 descr., TM 63122, LDAB 4326, MP3 2748)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (P.Oxy. II 285 ro., P.Lond. III 796 descr., TM 20556): Petition to Tiberius Claudius Pasion, strategus of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from Sarapion, a weaver of Oxyrhynchus, who complains about the extortion and violence of Apollophanes, an ex-tax collector. Apollophanes had seized from Sarapion the linen tunic he was wearing and extorted money over a six-month period. Sarapion asks that action against him be taken. Dated around 50 AD.
In the lower margin is a writing exercise that continues on the back.
Verso (P.Oxy. II 285 vo. descr., P.Lond. III 796 descr., TM 63122, LDAB 4326, MP3 2748): Continuation of the writing exercise written in the lower margin of the front. Words and letters occupy the top and bottom of the back of the sheet, with the two lines at the bottom written in the reverse direction.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105186 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 796 : Petition on Extortion by a Tax Collector (P.Oxy. II 285 ro., P.Lond. III 796 descr., TM 20556), and Writing Exercise (P.Oxy. II 285… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0870]/040-002105186
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, almost complete, only torn at the top right edge; with writing on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front contains one column of 21 lines. The lower margin hosts three additional lines in a different hand, the last line being separated by some blank space from the other two. The text is occasionally rubbed. All margins are extant, with no margin to the right. The second hand of the front also wrote three lines on the back of the sheet: one line runs along the upper edge, and two lines are written the other way up at the bottom. There are modern annotations on both sides, with the number in red referring to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463402.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0000
- End Date:
- 0099
- Date Range:
- 1st century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 244 x 98 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 295 x 155 mm.
Script: Somewhat untidy, large and strongly marked cursive hand, often compressed at the end of the lines, with rounded letter forms; hesitant uncials, with serifed letters, at the bottom of the recto and on the verso.
- 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:
- P.Lond. III 796 descr.
P.Oxy. II 285 - 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.
Recto
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri II (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1899), pp. 276-277, no. 285.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. xxxv-xxxvi, no. 796 descr.
E. M. Smallwood, Documents illustrating the principates of Nerva, Trajan and Hadrian (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1966), p. 132, no. 438.
D. Braund, Augustus to Nero: A Sourcebook on Roman History, 31 BC-AD 68 (London: Croom Helm 1985), p. 282, no. 741.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 144.
B. Kelly, Petitions, Litigation, and Social Control in Roman Egypt (Oxford-New York: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. 272-274, and passim.
Writing Exercise on Recto and Verso:
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri II (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1899), p. 277, no. 285 descr.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xxxvi, no. 796 descr.
R. Cribiore, Writing, Teachers, and Students in Graeco-Roman Egypt (Atlanta: Georgia Scholars Press 1996), p. 204, no. 131, and pl. XVI.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)