Catalog Record: duke.apis.31618438 [xml]
Title | Petition [2nd cent. B.C.] |
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Summary | Petition from Egypt, written on papyrus. Written by a minor priest (pastophoros)(?) against the theft of various clothes and other objects. He requests that the police are ordered to recover the property for him and that appropriate action is taken against the thieves. Objects are enumerated at the bottom in two columns and their value is added. The stolen items include cloaks, linen clothes, part of a minor priest's outfit, and money. The total of items stolen amounts to 8,360 drachmas |
Citations | |
Inv. Id | P.Duk.inv. 739 |
Support/Dimensions | 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, top is broken off ; 15 x 20 cm |
Language | In Greek |
Date | 199 BCE – 100 BCE |
Note (general) | Actual dimensions of item are 14.6 x 19.7 cm |
Note (general) | 35 lines |
Note (general) | Written along the fibers on the recto |
Note (general) | Lower margin of 1.5 cm.; left margin of 1 cm.; small right margin |
Note (general) | P.Duk.inv. 739 was formerly P.Ede inv. 34 |
Subjects | Complaints (Criminal procedure) -- Egypt -- 332-30 B.C.; Priests -- Egypt -- 332-30 B.C.; Larceny -- Egypt -- 332-30 B.C.; Thieves -- Egypt -- 332-30 B.C.; Police -- Egypt -- 332-30 B.C.; Documentary papyri Egypt 332-30 B.C; Petitions Egypt 332-30 B.C; Papyri |
Images | thumbnail |
Images | 72dpi |
Images | 150dpi |
License | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License. |
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