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Papyrus 2169
- Record Id:
- 040-003677863
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100104528805.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467320.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2169
- Title:
- Nomination to Liturgic Office (P.Leit. 1, SB VIII 10192, TM 23653)
- Scope & Content:
- Nomination of four candidates eligible for liturgic office in place of two village elders of the Oxyrhynchite village of Nemerai, now overcome by illness: for each nominee, name, origin, age and value of property are given.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003677863 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2169 : Nomination to Liturgic Office (P.Leit. 1, SB VIII 10192, TM 23653) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1715]/040-003677863
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, complete but damaged by insect-holes throughout; written on one side, the back being blank. The front bears 17 lines running along the fibres; all margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467320.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0160
- End Date:
- 0160
- Date Range:
- c. 160
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 197 x 154 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 250 x 205 mm.
Script: Thin upright cursive hand of small size.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Nemera, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchite nome (?), Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2103-2239 from Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) in May 1920.
- Former External References:
- P.Leit. 1
SB VIII 10192 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1916-1920 (London: British Museum 1933), p. 373.
N. Lewis, ‘Leitourgia papyri; documents on compulsory public service in Egypt under Roman rule’, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 53 (1963), pp. 1-39 (pp. 5-6, no. 1).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1967), no. 10192.
C. Drecoll, Die Liturgien im römischen Kaiserreich des 3. und 4. Jh. n. Chr: Untersuchung über Zugang, Inhalt und wirtschaftliche Bedeutung der öffentlichen Zwangsdienste in Ägypten und anderen Provinzen (Stuttgart: F. Steiner Verlag 1997), p. 337.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Nemerai, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt