Draft of a petition (P.Duk.inv. 186 R)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Draft of a petition, [348]
Author: Aurelios Ammon, Scholastikos, fl. 348.
Subject: Complaints (Civil procedure) --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Inheritance and succession --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Egypt --Officials and employees --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Slaves --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Slaveholders --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --Akhmim --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Petitions --Egypt --Akhmim --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, four fragments, which do not join,
	mounted in glass, incomplete.
Note: Dimensions of fragments are 11.0 x 10.2 cm. or smaller.
	30 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the recto in Ammon's informal
	hand; written along the fibers on the verso in Ammon's
	informal hand and inverse to the text on the recto.
	Left margin of 2 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 186 R was formerly P.Duk.inv. G 186 R.
	Draft of a petition from Panopolis (modern name: Akhmim),
	Egypt, written on papyrus. Written by Ammon, the
	well-known scholastikos, or lawyer. Concerns three
	slaves left by Ammon's deceased brother Harpokration
	in Alexandria. The three slaves have been claimed
	by Eugeneios, an imperial secretary, with whom Ammon
	has made a settlement. Mentions Flavius Sisinnius
	the katholikos, a high official in Alexandria. Belongs
	to the archive of Ammon. Verso has a draft of a petition
	in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 186 V).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.
Publication: The Archive of Ammon Scholasticus of Panopolis 
	(P.Ammon), ed. W.H. Willis and K. Maresch. I 16. Opladen 1997.

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