Declarations on oath in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 531 R)

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Catalogue Record

Author: Aurelius Onnophris, fl. 229-235.
Title: Declarations on oath, [232/3]
Subject: Aurelius Leonides, fl. 229-237.
	Severus Alexander, Emperor of Rome, 208-235.
	Julia Mamaea, d 235.
	Swine --Egypt --Oxyrhynchite Nome --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Oaths --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Strategi, Greek --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Egypt --Officials and employees --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --Oxyrhynchite Nome --30
	B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, four joining fragments mounted in
	glass, incomplete ; 16 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 16.0 x 7.5 cm.
	40 lines.
	Written in two columns along the fibers on the recto;
	written across the fibers on the verso in a different hand.
	Upper margin of 1.5 cm. A tomos synkollesimos.
	P.Duk.inv. 531 R was formerly P.Miss. 98 R.
	Two papyrus declarations on oath to Aurelius Leonides,
	strategos of the Oxyrhynchites (Oxyrhynchite Nome),
	Egypt by Aurelius Onnophris alias Lykarion from
	Paomeos in the Thmoisepho toparchy that he has something and
	40 pigs ready for the imperial visit of Severus Alexander
	and his mother Iulia Mammaea. Each pig weighs about
	50 pounds or more. Verso has a tax account in Greek
	(P.Duk.inv. 531 V)
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.              		       
Publications: Peter van Minnen and Joshua D. Sosin,
	"Imperial Pork: Preparations for a Visit of Severus
	Alexander and Iulia Mamaea to Egypt," Ancient Society
	27 (1996) 171-181.

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