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Title
Declaration of death
Creator
Paopis, of Tebtunis
Melanas (Komogrammateus of Tebtunis)
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, 27 lines, written on recto along the fibers.
Three hands: 1st (lines 1-17, 20-23) regular cursive; 2nd (lines 18-19) signature of declarant, irregular unpracticed hand; 3rd (lines 24-27) signature of komogrammateus, regular cursive.
Margins: top, 0.9 cm.; left, 1.7 cm.; bottom, 3.5 cm.
On verso in black ink:"T 14"
Verso: Title of document (along the fibers)
Paopis informs Melanas, village scribe of Tebtunis, Egypt, of the death of his father Psoiphis. The text is dated to the 2nd year of Antoninus Pius, 15th of the Egyptian month Mecheir (Feb. 9, 151 A.D.)
In Greek.
Type
image
Format
Documentary papyri
Declarations
Extent
1 item papyrus, 1 fragment, incomplete 21.6 x 9.3 cm.
Identifier
(t_papyri)00076
Language
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Subject
Psoiphis, of Tebtunis, 2nd cent
Death--Proof and certification--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)
Documentary papyri
Declarations

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