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The Case Of Flavia Christodote: Observations On Psi I 76, James G. Keenan Jan 1978

The Case Of Flavia Christodote: Observations On Psi I 76, James G. Keenan

Classical Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Of the three periods into which the study of the Greek papyri from Egypt has been traditionally divided – Ptolemaic, Roman, Byzantine – it has become commonplace to note that the last named receives the least attention. An assortment of reasons has been offered to explain this lack of interest, including "un préjugé défavorable aux époques dites de décadence." But whatever the reason or reasons, and despite the truth of the commonplace, it is equally true that most of the Byzantine texts and archives have attracted at least some attention (much more rarely has the whole range of the Byzantine …


An Instance Of The Military Grade Flavialis, James G. Keenan Jan 1973

An Instance Of The Military Grade Flavialis, James G. Keenan

Classical Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works

The Louvre papyrus first edited by Wessely in 1889 1 and now accessible as SB I 4 779 is an extremely fragmentary contract assigned to the Byzantine period.


A List Of Debtors (P. Teb. 639), James G. Keenan Jan 1972

A List Of Debtors (P. Teb. 639), James G. Keenan

Classical Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works

The papyrus is owned by the University of California at Berkeley and housed in the Rare Books Department of the Bancroft Library. It was summarily described on page 332 of The Tebtunis Papyri, Vol. II, and mentioned in the introduction toP. Teb. 397 on page 258 of the same volume. Interest in the document and an approximate date are provided by its association with P. Teb. 397 (= MChr. 321) of 198 A.D., a settlement of a long outstanding debt. In that text a certain Tyrannis acknowledges that she has received satisfactory compensation for a loan which had been made …


Flavius John, Scholasticus: A Note On Psi 963, James G. Keenan Jan 1972

Flavius John, Scholasticus: A Note On Psi 963, James G. Keenan

Classical Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works

PSI 963 is a lease of a vetch-seller's shop; its provenance is Oxyrhynchus, its date 581 A.D.


Census Return Of Herakleides, Son Of Didymos The Younger, James G. Keenan Jan 1971

Census Return Of Herakleides, Son Of Didymos The Younger, James G. Keenan

Classical Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works

No abstract provided.


Two Loans From Tebtunis, James G. Keenan Jan 1970

Two Loans From Tebtunis, James G. Keenan

Classical Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works

The papyri edited below are housed in the Bancroft Library on the University of California's Berkeley campus in the keeping of Rare Books and Special Collections.* Previously mentioned with brief descriptions as P. Teb. 531 and 532, they are presented here for the first time in full.


Ten Dike Certificates From Tebtunis, James G. Keenan, John C. Shelton Jan 1969

Ten Dike Certificates From Tebtunis, James G. Keenan, John C. Shelton

Classical Studies: Faculty Publications and Other Works

The documents presented here are the best preserved of the dike certificates described as P. Teb. 641-674.