Detail View: Papyri Collection: Draft petition

Reference number: 
Greek P 124
Side: 
verso
Image Number: 
JRL17021041
Image Title: 
Draft petition
Trismegistos Number: 
Citation reference: 
P. Ryl. 2 124
Description: 
A draft of a petition, drawn up by a man on behalf of his wife and mother-in-law, complaining of an assault and robbery at the bath-house
Creation site: 
Egypt: Euhemeria (mod. Qasr el-Banat)
Date created: 
1st century CE (early to mid?)
Time period covered: 
1 BCE - 500 CE
Place covered: 
Egypt: Euhemeria (mod. Qasr el-Banat)
People covered: 
Hippalos, son of Archis (farmer)
People covered: 
Apollonous
People covered: 
Thermis
People covered: 
Eudaimonis, daughter of Protarchos
People covered: 
Etthytais, daughter of Pees
People covered: 
Dios, son of Ammonios
People covered: 
Heraklous
Language: 
Greek
Language code: 
grc
Item height: 
246 mm
Item width: 
64 mm
Technique used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support material: 
Papyrus
Discovery site: 
Egypt: Euhemeria (mod. Qasr el-Banat) [?]
Bibliographic Reference: 
J. Rowlandson (1998), Women and Society in Greek and Roman Egypt (Cambridge): p. 254; A.Z. Bryen (2013), Violence in Roman Egypt (Philadelphia): p. 226
Notes: 
The Papryrus description has been supplied by William Mundy.
Bibliography: 
Johnson, J De M; Martin, Victor; Hunt, Arthur S. Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester. Volume II Documents of the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods, Nos. 62-456. Part 1 (1915): In: Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester. Manchester, UK: Sherratt and Hughes, Publishers to the Victoria University of Manchester; 1915, pp. 10-11
Current repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Former repository: 
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Category: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Fragments
Image rights: 
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights: 
The University of Manchester Library
Image sequence number: 
grc0124r
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date image captured: 
2017-02-07
Metadata language: 
eng-GB