OPES – Oslo Papyri Electronic System

Background and Physical Properties

Material:

Papyrus

Connections:

–

Size:

8.7 x 8.5 cm

Lines:

20: 8 (col. i), 12 (col. ii)

Publication side:

Recto (Verso: P. Oslo III 74)

Palaeographic description:

One hand. Roman period cursive

State of preservation:

Light brown colour. Torn all around with holes. Upper margin is 1.4 cm. 2 vertical breaks, perhaps coinciding with rolling marks and one more clear vertical rolling mark in the middle of the papyrus. The upper layer of the papyrus is peeled off on the lower right-hand side. Black ink, faded at places. Col. i ends of lines only. Intercolumnium c. 1 cm

Content

Date:

IInd century CE

Origin:

Tebtunis, Arsinoite nome

Language:

Greek

Genre:

Documentary

Author:

Unknown

Title / Type of text:

Contract register / Document

Content:

Fragment of anagraphe. Abstracts of contracts with dates, names of contracting parties and amounts.

Subjects:

Abstracts of contracts List Contract Notary office Names Dates

Named people:

Zoilos Herakles Diogenes Palbontis Socrates Thermouthis Demetrios Eutyches

Named places:

–

English translation:

–

Provenance:

Cairo, Egypt

Acquisition:

Purchased by Leiv Amundsen from Maurice Nahman

Acquisition year:

1929

Editions

• Eitrem, S. and Amundsen, L., P.Oslo III, 1936, p. 268 (no. 188)

Further Literature

Catalogues

TM 28922