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Papyrus 2214
- Record Id:
- 040-003707104
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108631270.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100120697137.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2214
- Title:
- Petition (?) (P.Wisc. II 49, TM 26683), and Liturgy List (P.Wisc. II 85, SB VIII 10193, P.Leit. 2, TM 15904)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (P.Wisc. II 49, TM 26683): Fragment of a second- or third-century petition concerning a vineyard, presumably a draft.
Verso (P.Wisc. II 85, TM 15904): List submitted by Heraclides, secretary (grammateus) of Oxyrhynchus, nominating men eligible for the supervision of irrigation works. The list of nominees follows, arranged by toparchy. Dated in 196 or 226.
Two additional fragments of the same papyrus are at the University of Wisconsin (P.Wisc. inv. 51).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003707104 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2214 : Petition (?) (P.Wisc. II 49, TM 26683), and Liturgy List (P.Wisc. II 85, SB VIII 10193, P.Leit. 2, TM 15904) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1889]/040-003707104
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two fragments of a medium-brown papyrus, two additional fragments of which are at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, inventoried as 51; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, the upper fragment bears 9 lines running along the fibres from the top of a column, with upper and left margins; the lower fragment bears portions from the feet of two columns, of which 5 and 3 lines survive; the lower margin measures 60 and 80 mm. The papyrus was cut to host another text on the other side. On the back, there are portions of one column written against the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100120697137.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0299
- Date Range:
- 2nd century-3rd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Upper fragment: 102 x 84 mm; lower fragment: 91 x 117 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 255 x 170 mm.
Script: Rapid cursive hands.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, 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:
- P.Leit. 2
P.Wisc. II 49
P.Wisc. II 85
SB VIII 10193 - 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.
Recto
Pieter J. Sijpesteijn, The Wisconsin Papyri II (Zutphen: Terra 1977), no. 49, with pl. x.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 512.
Verso
Naphtali Lewis, ‘Leitourgia papyri; documents on compulsory public service in Egypt under Roman rule’, in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 53 (1963), 7-8, no. 2.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1967), no. 10193.
Pieter J. Sijpesteijn, The Wisconsin Papyri II (Zutphen: Terra 1977), no. 85, with pl. xl.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)