Draft of a petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 546 R)

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Title: Draft of a petition, [304?]
Subject: Public lands --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Landowners --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Land tenure --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Egypt --Officials and employees --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Petitions --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, two joining fragments, mounted in
	glass, incomplete ; 22 x 12 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 21.9 x 11.2 cm.
	17 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto; written across
	the fibers on the verso in a different hand.
	Lower margin of 5 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 546 R was formerly P.Miss. 114 R.
	Papyrus draft of a petition from Egypt that concerns
	state land given to individual landowners to cultivate.
	The author is no longer able to cultivate the land
	because of poverty. Mentions Berenikianos, Dioskourides
	and the office of the governor of Egypt. Farewell
	reads "good luck." Berenikianos presents the petition
	in the author's name. Verso has a draft of an account(?)
	in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 546 V).
	Berenikianos and Dioskourides are possibly known from
	text 2187 in The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Part 18 by E.
	Lobel, C.H. Roberts, and E.P. Wegener. London: Egypt
	Exploration Society, 1941 (P.Oxy. 18, 2187).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.
		       

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