Rogue Notaries? Two Unusual Double Documents from the Late Ptolemaic Fayum

• Authors: Claytor W. Graham
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Publication of two late Ptolemaic loans that exhibit unusual diplomatic features but were nevertheless registered in their respective writing offices. Both have a large blank space where the body contract would normally be written, neither contains the autograph acknowledgement of the syngraphophylax or mention of witnesses, and the lender’s name is left blank. These irregularities are discussed and put in the context of the changing nature of the grapheion in the late Ptolemaic period.

Keywords

EN

late Ptolemaic Egypt; grapheion; notary; double document; contracts; Theadelphia; Euhemeria

• Publisher: Fundacja im. Rafała Taubenschlaga
• Journal: The Journal of Juristic Papyrology
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 44
• Pages: 93-115

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

author

Claytor W. Graham

• Alte Geschichte Departement Altertumswissenschaften Uni Basel Petersgraben 51 ch 4051 Basel Switzerland

Identifiers

ISSN

0075-4277