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Papyrus 2044
- Record Id:
- 040-002105413
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000121
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100058770929.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2044
- Title:
- Petition to a Provincial Governor (P.Oxy. VI 904, TM 35311)
- Scope & Content:
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Petition to an unnamed provincial governor from someone having the status designation Flavius, who had replaced a certain Philoxenus in the post of riparius, but had not received the promised support in order to carry out his duties. The man is now asking to be released from this office and Philoxenus made responsible instead.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105413 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2044 : Petition to a Provincial Governor (P.Oxy. VI 904, TM 35311) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0596]/040-002105413
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Long fragment from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres, almost fully preserved with the exception of a gap affecting part of the left hand side of the last three lines. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100058770929.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0450
- End Date:
- 0499
- Date Range:
- 2nd half 5th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 310 x 885 mm. Mounted in a glass frame measuring 360 x 930 mm.
Script: Large upright cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2040-2075 by the Egypt Exploration Fund on 3 September 1914.
- Former External References:
- P.Oxy. VI 904
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1911-1915 I (London: British Museum 1969), pp. 476-477.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri VI (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1908), pp. 241-243, no. 904.
J. G. Keenan, 'An Afterthought on the Names Flavius and Aurelius ', Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 53 (1983), pp. 245-250 (pp. 246-247).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E.J. Brill 1992), p. 238.
D. Feissel, J. Gascou, La pétition à Byzance (Paris: Association des amis du Centre d'histoire et civilisation de Byzance 2004), p. 175.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)