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Description
41 lines written on recto along the fibers. Small cursive. Number "45" written in red ink in lower left corner of the papyrus. On verso: Addresss (along the fibers) Mounted with: P.Tebt.21 (Polemon's letter : [Kerkeosiris], to Polemon, [115 Dec. 23 B.C.]) Petition from Demas, a farmer of crown lands, and assistant to the farmers at Kerkeosiris, to Menches, the village scribe, complaining of a raid on his home by a band of marauders, headed by Pyrrhichus, son of Dionysios, and reporting which items were stolen on the occasion. The same raid is the subject of P.Tebt.46, P.Tebt.47, P.Tebt.1095, and P.Tebt.1096. In Greek.
Type
image
Format
Documentary papyri Petitions
Extent
1 item papyrus 30.6 x 17.4 cm.
Identifier
(t_papyri)00037
Language
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Subject
Pyrrhichus, of Kerkeosiris Burglary--Egypt--Kerkeosiris Documentary papyri Petitions
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