Petition

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33163753

Description

Title: Petition
Published / Created: Roman CE 156
Abstract: To the strategos Pantonumos, from farmers of crown land, requesting additional loans of seed from the previous year's harvest for the present year's planting
Provenance: The Yale Papyrus Collection was held by the Yale University Library from 1899 to 1930, when it was moved to the Department of Classics. The collection was transferred from the Department of Classics to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library gradually between 1964 and 1967. A group of items including wax tablets and mummy tags (P.CtYBR inv.4971-4985) was transferred from the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History to the Beinecke Library in 1996., Acquired by gift and purchase, 1889-2005. Acquisition information is recorded in each individual description and on the Library’s Web site, here: https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/research-teaching/doing-research-beinecke/introduction-yale-papyrus-collection/guide-yale-papyrus#Acquisition, 1933 or 1935?
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)