Detail View: Papyri Collection: Petition to the epistates phylakiton
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Reference number:
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Greek P 125
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Side:
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recto
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Obverse:
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Small number 12, written in pencil
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Image Number:
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JRL17021042
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Image Title:
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Petition to the epistates phylakiton
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Trismegistos Number:
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Citation reference:
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P. Ryl. Gr. 2 125
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Description:
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A petition to the epistates phylakiton, from a villager leader (hegoumenos), complaining of the theft of a box of jewellery and other valuables belonging to his mother by a builder.
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Creation site:
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Egypt: Euhemeria (mod. Qasr el-Banat)
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Date created:
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28/29 CE
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Time period covered:
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1 BCE - 500 CE
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Place covered:
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Egypt: Euhemeria (mod. Qasr el-Banat)
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People covered:
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Sarapion (epistates phylakiton)
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People covered:
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Orsenouphis, son of Harpaesis
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People covered:
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Petesouchos, son of Petesouchos (builder)
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Language:
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Greek
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Language code:
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grc
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Item height:
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290 mm
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Item width:
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89 mm
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Number of lines:
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33
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support material:
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Papyrus
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Discovery site:
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Egypt: Euhemeria (mod. Qasr el-Banat) [?]
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Bibliographic Reference:
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T. Reekmans (1975), 'Treasure-trove and parapherna', Le monde grec (Brussels): pp. 748-59; C. Sanchez-Moreno Ellart (2003), 'propos de P.Ryl. II 125', RIDA 50: pp. 21-33; C. Sanchez-Moreno Ellart (2006), 'Pherne and parapherna in the documents of Augustus' reign', Aegyptus 86: pp. 177-93
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Notes:
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The Papryrus description has been supplied by William Mundy.
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Bibliography:
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Johnson, J De M; Martin, Victor; Hunt, Arthur S. Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester. Volume II Documents of the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods, Nos. 62-456. Part 1 (1915): In: Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester. Manchester, UK: Sherratt and Hughes, Publishers to the Victoria University of Manchester; 1915, pp. 10-11
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Current repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Former repository:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Category:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Fragments
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Image rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Work rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Image sequence number:
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grc0125r
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Image technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date image captured:
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2017-02-07
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Papyri
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