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Artefact ID1153
TM IDTM 14251
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

SB VI 9527: Petition

Sheet of papyrus preserving the left part of a petition submitted to the police authority (riparii) of the Arsinoites nome by Aur. Timotheos, pronoetes of the revenues of the catholic church of Alexandria under the archbishop Theophilos. He complains about Sarapion and Trimoros, two subordinate pronoetai of the church properties in the village of Boubastos because they have not fulfilled their obligation to render accounts. He asks the civil authorities to arrest the church's employees and send them to the city so that they could be compelled to discharge their duty to their employers.

Upright cursive script running against the fibres. Fournet and Gascou 2004: 190 note that the size of the lacuna on the right part of the document was underestimated in ed. pr. making most of Gerstinger's restitutions disputable. They present corrections and announce a new edition.

Selection criteriaMention of Christian cult officials/institutions
Date from385
Date to412
Dating criteria

The petition was written under Theophilos archbishop of Alexandria

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Probably found in Fayyum

Accession number

Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 25885

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Gerstinger, Hans. 1958. "Neue Texte aus der Sammlung Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer in Wien". Anzeiger der phil.-hist. Klasse der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 15, 192.

Additional bibliography

• Bagnall, Roger. 1993. Egypt in Late Antiquity. Princeton, 290-291.

• Fournet, Jean-Luc and Jean Gascou. 2004. "Liste des pétitions sur papyrus des Ve-VIIe s." In La pétition à Byzance, edited by D. Feissel and J. Gascou. Paris, no. 104 (p. 189-190). 

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1153", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1153
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