Title: Draft of a petition, [3--] Author: Aurelios Petechensis, (Priest of Panopolis, Egypt), 3rd cent. Aurelios Ammon, Scholastikos, fl. 348 Subject: Salouios Synegorios, 3rd cent. Actions and defenses --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Priests --Egypt --Akhmim --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, five fragments of which four join, mounted in glass, incomplete. Note: Dimensions of fragments are 8.8 x 10.2 cm. or smaller. 12 lines. Written along the fibers on the recto in Ammon's hand. Upper margin of 2 cm. P.Duk.inv. 211 was formerly P.Duk.inv. G 211. Draft of a petition from Panopolis (modern name: Akhmim), Egypt, written on papyrus. Written by Aurelius Petechensis, priest of Panopolis to Salvius Synegorios about a priesthood(?). Mentions the high priest and Petearbeschinis. Papyrus belongs to the archive of Ammon, the well-known scholastikos, or lawyer. In Greek. Descriptive database available in repository.
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