Title: Declaration, [1--] Author: Sabinus (Husband of Thermion from Arsinoe, Egypt), 2nd cent. Thermion (Wife of Sabinus from Arsinoe, Egypt), 2nd cent. Subject: Recording and registration --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Endogamy and exogamy --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Guardian and ward --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Documentary papyri --Egypt --Arsinoe --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Declarations --Egypt --Arsinoe --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Material: 1 item : papyrus, three joining fragments mounted in glass, lower part is broken off ; 11 cm. Note: Actual dimensions of item are 10.7 x 8.1 cm. 12 lines. Written along the fibers on the recto. Upper margin of 2 cm.; left margin of 1.5 cm.; small right margin. P.Duk.inv. 491 was formerly P.Miss. 57. Papyrus declaration from Arsinoe, Egypt, by Sabinus, son of Ptolemaios and Eudaimonis, and his wife and sister Thermion, daughter of Ptolemaios and Eudaimonis, whom Sabinus assists as guardian, both from Arsinoe, Egypt to Dios and Apollonios, two officials(?) from Arsinoe, Egypt. In Greek. Publication: N. Gonis, "Incestuous Twins in the City of Arsinoe," Zeitschrift f�r Papyrologie und Epigraphik 133 (2000) 197-198 and plate 3. Descriptive database available in repository.
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