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Papyrus 2193
- Record Id:
- 040-002105314
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0000c4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123975.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2193
- Title:
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Lease (?) (SB VIII 9900, TM 31996) and Declaration under Oath (SB VIII 9901, TM 22925)
- Scope & Content:
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Left fragment (SB VIII 9900, TM 31996): Fragment of a third-century lease (?).
Right fragment (SB VIII 9901, TM 22925): Copy of a declaration under oath made by Aurelia Sarapias, of Oxyrhynchus, in which she lists all the free men living in her house; a minor is also mentioned. Dated between January and February 235.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105314 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2193 : Lease (?) (SB VIII 9900, TM 31996) and Declaration under Oath (SB VIII 9901, TM 22925) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0850]/040-002105314
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two fragments of different sizes, dark-brown in places, from the same papyrus roll but containing different documents. The left fragment preserves portions of 38 lines written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; the right fragment contains parts of 36 lines written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123975.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0200
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Left fragment: 200 x 32 mm; right fragment: 216 x 61 mm. Housed in a glass case measuring 270 x 180 mm.
Script: Two small cursive hands, the one of the left fragment more regular.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2103-2239 from Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) in May 1920.
- Former External References:
- SB VIII 9900
SB VIII 9901 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1916-1920 (London: British Museum 1933), p. 373.
P. Mertens, Les Services de l'État Civil et le Contrôle de la Population à Oxyrhynchus au IIIe siècle de notre ère. Mémoires de l'Académie Royale de Belgique, Classe des Lettres et des Sciences morales et politiques 53 (1958), pp. 88-94.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1967), pp.146-147, no. 9900-9901.
A. Arjava, ‘Die römische Vormundschaft und das Volljährigkeitsalter in Ägypten’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 126 (1999), pp. 202-204 (p. 203 n. 13).
I. F. Fikhman, A. Jördens, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft im spätantiken Ägypten: kleine Schriften (Stuttgart: Steiner 2006), p. 50.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Aurelia Sarapias, of Oxyrhynchus, mid 3rd century
- Places:
- Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt