guy Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 (edited) Although first discovered in the 1950s in the Judean Desert, this Greek papyrus has finally been translated. It is a memorandum for a judicial hearing before a Roman official in the province of Judea right before the outbreak of the Bar Kokhba Revolt in AD 132. “The papyrus details a case involving forgery, tax evasion, and the fraudulent sale and manumission of slaves in the Roman provinces of Judea and Arabia.” https://www.sci.news/archaeology/papyrus-cotton-13616.html#:~:text=The papyrus details a case,stand accused of corrupt dealings. Edited January 30 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy Posted February 2 Author Report Share Posted February 2 Here is the academic article on the find: https://tyche.univie.ac.at/index.php/tyche/article/view/9224/9369 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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