Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 553 R)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Petition, Year 2 of Trebonianus Gallus and Veldumianus
	Phamenoth 27 [252 Mar. 23]
Subject: Complaints (Civil procedure) --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Slaves --Egypt --Emancipation --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Costume --Egypt --History --To 500.
	Family --Egypt --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, mounted in glass, incomplete ; 11 x 14
	cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 10.7 x 13.1 cm.
	21 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto; written across
	the fibers on the verso in a different hand.
	P.Duk.inv. 553 R was formerly P.Miss. 121 R.
	Papyrus copy of a petition from Egypt about family
	matters. Preceded by a cover letter. Refers to the
	manumission of a slave or slaves and the clothing
	of a woman or women. Dated to Phamenoth 27, year
	2 of Trebonianus Gallus and Veldumianus (March 23,
	252 A.D.). Verso has an account of expenses in Greek
	(P.Duk.inv. 553 V).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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