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Papyrus 3056
- Record Id:
- 040-003417345
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100061586671.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143126039.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 3056
- Title:
-
Petition to a Strategus (P.Oxy. XXVII 2473, TM 17008)
- Scope & Content:
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Petition addressed to Aurelius Leonides, strategus of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from Aurelius Ptollion and Aurelius Apion alias Ammonius, senators of Oxyrhynchus. The strategus is asked to instruct the keepers of the local property registers to record a sale of land which took place a year earlier, of which a copy is submitted along with the petition. The men had bought some land near the village of Antipera Pela from Aurelius Theon, gymnasiarch and senator, presumably the same man of P.Oxy. LI 3606. Dated in the 9th year of the emperor Severus Alexander, Thoth 14, with subscription at the end and endorsement on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003417345 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 3056 : Petition to a Strategus (P.Oxy. XXVII 2473, TM 17008) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0653]/040-003417345
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
A fully preserved papyrus sheet, bearing writing on both sides, the text running along the fibres. Housed in one glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143126039.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 229
- End Date:
- 229
- Date Range:
- 11 September 229
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 340 x 120 cm. Housed in one glass case measuring 385 x 165 mm.
Script: Expert upright hand; more cursive and rougher hand from line 35 to end.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt. Presented with a lot comprising Papyri 3036-3063 by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Society on 10 November 1962.
- Former External References:
- P.Oxy. XXVII 2473
- Publications:
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The Oxyrhynchus Papyri XXVII (London: Egypt Exploration Society 1962), pp. 153-155, no. 2473.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten V (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1969), p. 82.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 258.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 163.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)