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P.Oslo III 97 (inv. 340)

Background and Physical Properties

Material:
Papyrus
Connections:
Size:
15.5 x 8.5 cm.
Lines:
22
Publication side:
Recto, the Verso is blank
Palaeographic description:
State of preservation:

Content

Date:
January 26 - February 24, 151 A.D.
Origin:
Bacchias, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Language:
Greek
Genre:
Documentary
Author:
Thaesis
Title / Type of text:
Notification of death
Content:
Notification of death, addressed to the village clerk, by the sister of the deceased
Subjects:
Administration Census Death
Named people:
Ptolemaios, komogrammateus Thaesis, daughter of Psenatymis Psenatymis, son of Aunes Apollonios, son of Apollonios and guardian of Thaesis Aunes, son of Psenatymis and brother of Thaesis Antoninus Pius, emperor
Named places:
Bacchias Herakleidou meris Arsinoite nome
English translation:
To Ptolemaios, village clerk of the village of Bacchias, from Thaesis, daughter of Psenatymis, son of Aunes, and of the mother Thaesis, from the abovementioned village of Bacchias, with her guardian, the relative Apollonios, son of Apollonios. Aunes, my brother of the same father and mother, registered in the same village of Bacchias, of no profession, died in the month of Mecheir, in the present 14th year of Antoninus Caesar our Lord. I therefore request that he be entered in the registry of those who have died.(2. hand) I, Ptolemaios, village clerk, received this through the scribe Ptolemaios.(1. hand?) Year 14, Mecheir
Provenance:
Bacchias, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Acquisition:
Purchased by S.Eitrem in Egypt 1920
Acquisition year:

Editions

  • Eitrem S-Amundsen L, P.Oslo III, 1936, 97
    ▾ Corrections:
    • Hombert/Préaux, P.L.Bat V (1952), p. 121 (l. 13: reading doubted)
  • Casarico L, CPGr 2, 1985, 42, picture: Tav. XLI

Further Literature

Derda T, Arsinoites nomos. Warsaw 2006, p. 151, 201


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