Registration of CattleSarapionAPISupenn.apis.13(PU) 13p.oxy.2.2450181;2;245p.oxy;2;2452051420514P.Penn. Museum inv.E02759Property return addressed to the strategus Chareas by two persons, who make a statement of the number of sheep in their possession in the twelfth year of Tiberius. (Grenfell & Hunt)Text is on one side only, 27 lines written with the fibers; written in three distinct hands. Text mentions the �neighborhood� of Pela.Main body of text is made up of lines 2-23; lines 24-27 are by another hand or possibly two more hands.Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology collectionGreek7.0 x 37.0cm. Virtually intact document, with all margins fully visible. Tear of approximately 13.5cm runs down the left side.26 CEOxyrhynchosChaereasHeracleusNarisDionysiusStratoTiberius Caesar Augustus
Excavated by Grenfell and Hunt (1896-7) on behalf of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, and donated to the University Museum in return for its support (1901, Dr. Parrish Collection).
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To Chaereas, strategus, from Hercleus, son of Apion, and Naris, son of Colluthus the elder. We return for the current 12th year of Tiberius Ceasar Augustus the sheep which we own as six each, or twelve sheep in all. They will pasture, together with the lambs that may be produced, in the neighborhood of Pela in the western toparchy and throughout the nome, mixed with those of Dionysius, son of Hippalus, under Dionysius� son, Strato the younger, as shepherd, who is registered as an inhabitant of the said Pela. We will also pay the proper tax upon them. Farewell. [different hand] I, Sarapion, toparch, have set my signature to twelve sheep, total 12. The 12th year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus, Mecheir 5. (Grenfell & Hunt)
P. Oxy. 2.245 John R. Abercrombie, �The University Museum�s Collection of Papyri and Related Materials,� Expedition 20.2 (Winter 1978): 32-37.P.Oxy.:2:245