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Accession: P.Mich.inv. 974
Find spot: Oxyrhynchite nome, Middle Egypt, province of Egypt, Egypt
Period: February 9, 130 A.D.
Date: February 9, 130 A.D.
Date range: 130 CE – 130 CE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 7.5 x 18.5 cm.']
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The text is an oath submitted to Hierax, royal secretary and acting strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, by two men from Sephtha in the lower toparchy. They were nominated to a liturgical office by the village secretary of Sephtha and they now present the usual oath. They are to set up a reception center for the idiotikoi onoi. The liturgy is here attested for the first time.

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 18198 primary
APIS-Text michigan.apis.3244 tier-1
DDbDP-Text sb;14;12168 tier-1
DDbDP-Text sb.14.12168 tier-1
HGV-Text 18198 tier-1

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