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P.Oslo III 124 (inv. 127)

Background and Physical Properties

Material:
Papyrus
Connections:
Size:
9.8 x 16 cm.
Lines:
18
Publication side:
Recto, the Verso is blank
Palaeographic description:
At the top of the document there are traces of an earlier text having been washed out.
State of preservation:
Medium brown papyrus. Broken on the right side and at the bottom. The left margin is 2 cm., the top one 1 1/2 cm.

Content

Date:
Late Ist century A.D.
Origin:
Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Language:
Greek
Genre:
Documentary
Author:
Theabennis
Title / Type of text:
Petition to the nomarchs
Content:
Petition from an Egyptian weaver to the nomarchs in order to be relieved from the weavers' tax.
Subjects:
Petition Tax Weaving Profession
Named people:
Theabennis, son of Hieranouphis and Thaesis, gerdios Menucius Celer, nomarches Eirenaios, nomarches
Named places:
Karanis
English translation:
To the nomarchs Menucius Celer and Eirenaios, from Theabennis, son of Hieranouphis, his mother being Thaesis, a serviceman, advanced in years, from the village of Karanis. Since I am no longer able to practice as a weaver, due to failing eyesight and old age - I am about eighty-? years old - I ask to be exempt from the weavers' tax from ...
Provenance:
Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Acquisition:
Purchased by Eitrem in Egypt 1920
Acquisition year:

Editions

  • Eitrem S-Amundsen L, P.Oslo III, 1936, 124

Further Literature

Bergamasco M, ZPE 147 (2004) 155-156Reiter F, Die Nomarchen des Arsinoites. 2004, 10 n. 7; 14-15; 22 n. 4; 37 n. 26; 93; 144; 312Bergamasco M, ""Hyperetes archaios in P.Osl. III 124"", in Scrivere, leggere, interpretare. Studi di antichità in onore di Sergio Daris. Trieste 2005. Electronic publication: http://140.105.59.2/crevatin/franco_crevatin_homepage.htm


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