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The threshold papyri of Karanis

TM Arch id: 251

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Greek

official archive

Found in: 00a - Karanis (Kom Aushim)

AD02

Also called archive of Karanis threshold; wrongly called archive of Valerius Longus

Description: texts probably related to a grapheion; van Minnen: ‘set of papyri hidden underneath the threshold between two rooms of house C 5026’; P. Mich. 9 551 (inv. 4389) has sometimes incorrectly been ascribed to the threshold papyri, but does not belong to this group of texts

Studies: Pestman, Familiearchieven uit het land van Pharao, 1989, p. 80-82; van Minnen, Tradition and transformation. Egypt under Roman rule, 2010, p. 463; G. Claytor, The threshold papyri from Karanis, in T. Wilfong, Karanis revealed (2014), p. 161-164

Works: unpublished (information Graham Claytor): P. Mich. inv. 4382-4388, 4390-4391

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8 texts (of which 7 certain, 1 erroneous)

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TM number	Publication	Status	Material	Language	Date

TM 12044	P. Mich. 9 551	erroneous	papyrus	Greek	AD 103 Sep 5 (cf. BL 6, p. 83)
TM 131710	Wilfong (ed.), Karanis revealed p. 163 descr.	certain	papyrus	Greek	AD 115 about?
TM 131712	Pestman, Familiearchieven uit het land van Pharao p. 168 n. 5 [4391] descr.	certain	papyrus	Greek	AD 115 after?
TM 140694	P. Mich. inv. 4382 ined.	certain	papyrus	Greek	AD 115 after?
TM 140695	P. Mich. inv. 4383 ined.	certain	papyrus	Greek	AD 115 after?