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Papyrus 2464
- Record Id:
- 040-002105497
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000178
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124543.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2464
- Title:
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Report concerning a Veteran (P.Oxy. XII 1508, TM 28999), and List of Land-holders (P.Oxy. XII 1536, TM 29004)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (P.Oxy. XII 1508, TM 28999): Extracts from a report concerning a veteran named Marcus Julius Valerianus, mentioning his dismissal from the fleet and his purchase of state land in the colony near the village of Senepta.
Verso (P.Oxy. XII 1536, TM 29004): Beginning of a list of land-owners, with names and aruras of land purchased.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105497 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2464 : Report concerning a Veteran (P.Oxy. XII 1508, TM 28999), and List of Land-holders (P.Oxy. XII 1536, TM 29004) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0683]/040-002105497
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus fragment, with writing on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front has the lower portion of a column, of which eight lines survive, the first two very fragmentary. All lines are broken to the right. On the back there is the beginning of a column, of which ten lines remain, the last three very mutilated. The beginnings of all lines are missing. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124543.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0199
- Date Range:
- 2nd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 83 x 106 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 125 x 140 mm.
Script: Two cursive hands; the one on the verso is rougher.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented with a lot comprising Papyri 2435-2485 by the Egypt Exploration Society on 18 July 1922. - Former External References:
- P.Oxy. XII 1508
P.Oxy. XII 1536 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum 1950), p. 365.
Recto
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri XII (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1916), p. 257, no. 1508.
P. Pruneti, ‘I KΛHPOI del nomo Ossirinchite: ricerca topografica’, Aegyptus 55 (1975), pp. 159-244 (pp. 167, 175, 190-191).
R. Alston, Soldier and Society in Roman Egypt: A Social History (London-New York: Routledge 1995), p. 49.
G. Dietze-Mager, ‘Der Begriff κολων(ε)ια in den ägyptischen Papyri’, Ancient Society 39 (2009), pp. 111-120 (p. 115).
Verso:
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri XII (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1916), p. 266, no. 1536.
S. Alessandri, Le vendite fiscali nell’Egitto romano II. Da Nerva a Commodo (Bari: Edipuglia 2012), pp. 177-183.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Marcus Julius Valerianus, veteran and landowner, 2nd century
- Places:
- Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt