Declaration of land (P.Duk.inv. 753 V)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Declaration of land, Year 8 of Nero [61/62]
Author: Onnophris (From Bacchias, Egypt), fl. 61-62.
Subject: Scribes --Egypt --Bacchias (Extinct city) --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Land tenure --Law and legislation --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --Bacchias (Extinct city) --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Legal notices --Egypt --Bacchias (Extinct city) --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, two fragments which do not join,
	mounted in glass, incomplete.
Note: Dimensions of fragments are 6.3 x 4.2 cm. or smaller.
	14 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto; written across
	the fibers on the verso in a different hand.
	Upper margin of 1 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 753 R was formerly P.Rob.inv. 12 R.
	Declaration of land from Bakchias (Bacchias), Egypt,
	written on papyrus. Written by Onnophris son of someone
	whose name begins with "Pete." Written to the acting
	village scribe of the same village. Refers to an
	order by the praefectus Aegypti or prefect of Egypt.
	The description of the plot(s) mentions Dioskoros
	and Chairemon. Dated to year 8 of Nero (61/62 A.D.).
	Verso has an account in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 753 V).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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