Official correspondence of the Strategus of Panopolis
Object Information
Object Information
Description
- Object no.:
- PapPan I.7
- Object name:
- Scroll (object name) Codex
- Title:
- Official correspondence of the Strategus of Panopolis
- Scribe and production place:
- Unknown
Panopolis
- Object category:
- Manuscript
- Collection:
- Papyrus collection
- Production date:
- 298 AD, codex 339-345 AD
- Dimensions:
- 305 mm x 468 mm (height x width)
- Material:
- Papyrus (material) Ink (material)
- Language:
- Greek (language)
- Description:
- One of fifteen lengths of papyrus from a scroll containing official copies of the correspondence of the Strategus of the Panopolite nome (Egypt) written in 298 AD, primarily concerning the preparations for the forthcoming visit of Diocletian. One of two long scrolls that were later cut into pieces for reuse as a codex (written on the verso) which contained tax-receipts issued to Beses Antoninus Alopex of Panopolis and members of his family dated between 339-345 AD.
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