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Papyrus petition from Petosiris, the village scribe of Oxyrhyncha in the Arsinoites (modern name: Fayyūm), Egypt to the strategos Ptolemaios, a high civil and army official in the region. Petosiris complains that another high official(?) extorted money from his village. Due to the extortion, the vi...

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Main Author: Petosiris (Village scribe of Oxyrhyncha, Egypt), active 2nd century B.C
Format: Book
Language:Ancient Greek
Subjects:
Ptolemaios > (Strategos from the Arsinoite Nome, Egypt), > active 2nd century B.C
Complaints (Civil procedure) > Egypt > Bahnasā > 332-30 B.C
Dikes (Engineering) > Egypt > Bahnasā > 332-30 B.C
Extortion > Egypt > Bahnasā > 332-30 B.C
Scribes > Egypt > Bahnasā > 332-30 B.C
Strategi, Greek > 332-30 B.C
Fayyūm (Egypt) > Officials and employees > 332-30 B.C
Documentary papyri > Egypt > Oxyrhyncha (Extinct city) > 332-30 B.C
Petitions > Egypt > Oxyrhyncha (Extinct city) > 332-30 B.C

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Call Number: P.Duk.inv. 317 V (b)

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