Column i, Census return, Column ii, Census return (?), Roman CE 119, 1 July [RD]
Abstract
Column i contains information regarding a ?????????? ???????? on oath, from Harpokras son of Orseus|tomos synkollesimos; first sheet of two documents glued together.| Column ii also demonstrates the tomos synkollesimos, and is the second sheet of two documents that have been glued together. The dating of the second text is not as secure, but possibly also dates to 119 C.E.
Dates
- Roman CE 119, 1 July [RD]
Language of Materials
Greek
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition Information, 1927: Purchased in Egypt on behalf of Yale, with funds that may have been donated by the General Education Fund of the Rockefeller Foundation's General Education Board. The dealers' names are given as Harold Idris Bell reported them in his 1927 report.| P.CtYBR inv. 213-239, 241-278, 281-295, and 2155-2188 were purchased by Harold Idris Bell and William Linn Westermann from Maurice Nahman in Cairo, late 1926.| The manuscripts were brought to Yale from the British Museum between 9 May and 11 October 1927.
References
- Bell III 116A
Bibliography
- R. Duttenhöfer, "Five Census Returns in the Beinecke Library", BASP 34 (1997): 53-78
Provenance
Provenance Written: Tanyaithis (?), Apollonopolites Heptakomias
Support
Papyrus
Lines
Recto, col. i, 17| col. ii, 4
Margins
Recto, col. i, Left, bottom| col. ii, Left
Columns
The recto contains two columns, which are separate texts. The papryus is a tomos synkollesimos.
Note
This papyrus previously had two inventory numbers (P.CtYBR inv. 281 (first text) and 281 (second text)), which have been consolidated into one.
Genre (cu655)
Papyri
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