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Papyrus 2222
- Record Id:
- 040-003616330
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100102158167.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467396.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2222
- Title:
- Appointment of a Representative (SB XX 14585, TM 23756)
- Scope & Content:
- Aurelia Apollonia, daughter of Philon, appoints her brother-in-law to represent her before the prefect in a dispute over inheritance; the possessions left by her parents are being held by unnamed persons. With subscription of Aurelia Apollonia at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003616330 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2222 : Appointment of a Representative (SB XX 14585, TM 23756) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1586]/040-003616330
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, medium-dark brown, broken off at the bottom and left, damaged at the top; with surface damage in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 16 lines, lacking the beginnings; two lines, which would have been the fifteenth and the eighteenth, are lost. Part of the upper margin survives; no margin was left on the right. The papyrus is mounted in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467396.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0319
- End Date:
- 0319
- Date Range:
- 319
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 177 x 232 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 230 x 305 mm.
Script: Upright, regular and neat cursive hand; different hand for the subscription at the end.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2103-2238 from Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) in May 1920.
- Former External References:
- SB XX 14585
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1916-1920 (London: British Museum 1933), p. 373.
J. Lallemand, L'administration civile de l'Égypte de l'avènement de Dioclétien à la création du diocèse (284-382): contribution à l'étude des rapports entre l'Égypte et l'Empire à la fin du IIIe et au IVe siècle (Bruxelles: Palais des Académies 1964), p. 264.
P. J. Sijpesteijn, K. A. Worp, ‘Three London Papyri’, in M. Capasso et al. (eds.), Miscellanea Papyrologica in occasione del bicentenario dell'edizione della Charta Borgiana. II (Papyrologica Florentina XIX), vol. 2 (Firenze: Gonnelli 1990), pp. 507-520 (pp. 507-509, no. 1, with pl. xlvii).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XX (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz 1997), no. 14585.
D. Hagedorn, B. Kramer, ‘Ende eines Verwahrungsvertrags (παραθήκη)’, in D. Minutoli (ed.), Inediti offerti a Rosario Pintaudi per il suo 65° compleanno (P.Pintaudi) (Firenze: Edizioni Gonnelli 2012), pp. 151-155 (p. 153, n. 3).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Aurelia Apollonia, daughter of Philon, 1st half of 4th century