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P.Mich.inv. 2940

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Description

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 2940
Processing Number
1703

Background and Physical Properties

Material
Pap
Size
4.2 x 7.6 cm
Items
1
Lines
12
Mounted
No
Negative
No
Conservation Status
broken off on the left side and at the bottom
Status
published
Library
Cairo

Contents

Date
146/147 A.D.
Origin
Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Provenance
Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Acquisition
24-5006E2-A
Language
Greek
Genre
Documentary
Author
[- - -] son of Sambathion
Type of Text/Title of Work
Census Declaration
Content
Declaration (kat'oikian apographe for the census of 146/147 A.D.) addressed to several officials by the representative acting for a Gemellus
Subject Headings
Absentee landlordism--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
Karanis (Extinct city)--Census.
Land tenure--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
Citizenship--Rome.
Persons
[Maximus alias] Nearchos, strategos of the Herakleidou meris;
Herakleides, [basilikos grammateus] of the Herakleidou meris;
Orsenouphis, [komogrammateus] of Karanis;
[Dioskoros], laographos of Karanis (& associates);
[- - -] son of Sambathion;
[- - -]nius Gemellus
Geographica
Karanis, Herakleidou meris of the Arsinoite nome
Translation
To Maximus also called Nearchos, strategos of the division of Herakleides of the Arsinoite nome, and Herakleides, royal secretary of the same division, and Orsenouphis, village secretary of Karanis, and Dioskoros and the other laographoi of the same village.
From . . ., son of Sambathion, of the village of Karanis. There belongs to . . . Gemellus, whose interests I represent . . .
Perseus Link
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Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
CE 28 Pearl OM 1953 335-336 SB VI 9554, 1 Pearl OM, CE 28, 335-336, 1953 -- SB VI 9554, 1
CPJ III Fuks A-Tcherikover V 1964 492, 18 Fuks A-Tcherikover V, CPJ III, 492, 18, 1964

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
R.S. Bagnall - B.W. Frier, The Demography of Roman Egypt (Cambridge, 1994) p. 224.

Cataloging

Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
146
Year End
147
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