Petition (P.Duk.inv. 670)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Petition, [1--]
Subject: Complaints (Civil procedure) --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Silverwork, Ancient --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Silversmiths --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, mounted in glass, incomplete ; 13 x 22 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 12.6 x 21.7 cm.
	19 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto.
	Lower margin of 2.5 cm.; left margin of 1 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 670 was formerly P.Duk.inv. MF75 11.
	Papyrus petition from Egypt. Written by more than one
	person and relates to the manufacture of silver objects.
	Mentions an exegetes and a kosmetes, both city magistrates.
	Mentions also a silversmith. A subscription is written
	below the first column. The second column contains
	a related document submitted together with the petition.
	Joins another papyrus, P.Vindob. Sal. 2, which is the
	upper part of the document. P.Vindob. Sal. 2 was
	published in R. P. Salomons, Einige Wiener Papyri
	(Amsterdam 1976) 9-21, no. 2 (plate 2).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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