Petition(?) (P.Duk.inv. 603 R)

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150 dpi image of 603r

Catalogue Record

Title: Petition(?), [not before 145 B.C.]
Subject: Home ownership --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Complaints (Civil procedure) --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Petitions --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, seven joining fragments mounted in
	glass ; 19 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 18.1 x 16.8 cm.
	12 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto; written across
	the fibers on the verso in a different hand.
	Lower margin of 4 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 603 R was formerly P.Duk.inv. MF74 6 R.
	Papyrus petition concerning the ownership of a house
	in Heracleopolis Magna, Egypt. One of the parties
	involved in the dispute is Kopron, son of Horos(?).
	Refers to the time of Ptolemy VI, the brother of the king.
	Verso has a draft of an official letter(?) in Greek
	(P.Duk.inv. 603 V).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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