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Title
Petition
To the Prefect
Creator
Aurelia Sarapias, of Antinoë
Genialis, Juvenius
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection
Tebtunis Papyri
Rights Information
FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited: Direct requests for copies or permission to publish to the Rare Books Curator, The Bancroft Library.
Description
1 column, 16 lines written on recto along the fibers.
Regular cursive, written in a rather thick pen.
Margins: top, 1 cm.; left, 2 cm.; bottom, 7.8 cm.
On verso written in black ink: "T 420"
On verso: traces of 5 lines of writing (across the fibers)
Aurelia Sarapias petitions the Prefect Juvenius Genialis to have her brother appointed guardian of her daughter.
The papyrus was found in a bundle with P.Tebt.285, P.Tebt.319, P.Tebt.335, P.Tebt.378, P.Tebt.406, P.Tebt.588.
In Greek.
Type
image
Format
Documentary papyri
Petitions
Extent
1 item papyrus, complete 25.5 x 22.2 cm.
Identifier
(t_papyri)00084
Language
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Subject
Guardian and ward--Egypt--Antinoë
Women--Egypt--Antinoë
Documentary papyri
Petitions

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