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Papyrus 2174
- Record Id:
- 040-003718362
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110350074.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467337.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2174
- Title:
- Declaration of Artificially Inundated Land (SB XX 14385, TM 23725)
- Scope & Content:
- Declaration addressed to Aurelius Nemesion alias Dionysius, royal scribe of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from Aurelius Cornelius, son of Pasis and Dionysia, of Oxyrhynchus, registering a plot of artificially irrigated land cultivated by him and located near the village of Sento. Dated between 26 February and 26 March.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003718362 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2174 : Declaration of Artificially Inundated Land (SB XX 14385, TM 23725) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1989]/040-003718362
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Long and narrow medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 29 lines running along the fibres. All margins are extant, the right being minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467337.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0224
- End Date:
- 0224
- Date Range:
- 224
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 210 x 67 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 250 x 110 mm.
Script: Skilled and neat cursive hand of small size, slightly uneven and sloping to the right.
- Custodial History:
-
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:
- SB XX 14385
- 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.
George M. Parássoglou, ‘Return of Uninundated Land’, Chronique d'Égypte 62 (1987), 205-9.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XX (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1997), no. 14385.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2002), p. 229.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Aurelius Cornelius, 1st half of 3rd century
Aurelius Nemesion alias Dionysius, royal scribe of the Oxyrhynchite nome, 1st half of 3rd century - Places:
- Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt