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Papyrus 2071
- Record Id:
- 040-002105442
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000140
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467097.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2071
- Title:
- Official Letter (P.Oxy. IX 1188, TM 21575)
- Scope & Content:
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Official correspondence concerning the purchase of some formerly ownerless wood by Didymus, son of Heraclides, including:
line 1: ‘Kerkeura, tree branches’;
lines 2-6: letter of Sarapion, district secretary (topogrammateus) of the Middle Toparchy, to Peteuris, village scribe (komogrammateus) of Kerkeura, instructing him to investigate on the purchase of wood and enclosing earlier correspondence;
lines 7-13: letter from Dioscurides, royal scribe (basilikogrammateus), to Sarapion, Peteuris and Dionysius, village scribe (komogrammateus) of Peenno;
lines 14-17: letter of the official responsible for the ‘special’ or ‘private’ account (idios logos, with revenues from state properties, ownerless or confiscated land) Quintus Attius Fronto to Dioscurides, royal scribe, with the request to verify the details of the purchase and value of the wood;
lines 18-26: application of the purchaser, Didymus, son of Heraclides, to Fronto;
line 27-end: official dockets and dates.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105442 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2071 : Official Letter (P.Oxy. IX 1188, TM 21575) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1289]/040-002105442
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Papyrus sheet, complete and in fair condition, with few insect holes in the lower part and damage along the vertical folds, especially on the left-hand side; written on one side, the back being blank. The front bears 29 lines; margins are extant, with the lower being wide. A sheet-join runs vertically to the right of the centre. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467097.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0013
- End Date:
- 0013
- Date Range:
- 18 February 13
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 326 x 260 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 385 x 320 mm.
Script: Three thin cursive hands of small size, with a tendency to be compressed at the end of the lines.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: 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. IX 1188
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the years 1911-1915 (London: British Museum 1925), p. 478.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri IX (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1912), pp. 203-207, no. 1188.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 466.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 100.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 242.
T. Kruse, Der Königliche Schreiber und die Gauverwaltung: Untersuchungen zur Verwaltungsgeschichte Ägyptens in der Zeit von Augustus bis Philippus Arabs (30 v.Chr. - 245 n. Chr.) (München: K.G. Saur 2002), pp. 524-530, 836-837.
S. Alessandri, Le vendite fiscali nell’Egitto romano II. Da Nerva a Commodo (Bari: Edipuglia 2012), pp. 36-44.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2017), p. 151.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)