Epikrisis declaration (P.Duk.inv. 776 R)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Epikrisis declaration, [not before 161]
Subject: Social status --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --Bahnasa --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Legal notices --Egypt --Bahnasa --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, incomplete ; 8 x 11 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 7.4 x 10.4 cm.
	13 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto; written across
	the fibers on the verso in a different hand.
	Left margin of 2 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 776 R was formerly P.Rob.inv. 39 R.
	Declaration from Oxyrhynchos (modern name: Bahnasa),
	Egypt, written on papyrus. Written by someone for
	his grandson's epikrisis, screening of candidates
	of the privileged class when they come of age. His
	son's epikrisis(?) was for the neighborhood Temgenoutheos.
	His own epikrisis was for the neighborhood of Onnophris
	Street under Marcus Aurelius and Verus (161-169 A.D.).
	Mentions also his son's maternal great-grandfather Sarapion.
	Verso has an account of money in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 776 V).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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