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Whenever possible, encode each name in its own set of linked data elements.   Use the following tags, as defined in the Digital Library Data Dictionary: dd100_a, dd100_d, dd100_g, dd100_4.

Any names having conventional surnames should be entered in inverted order to allow for improved alphabetical listings and concordances.


EXAMPLES

1. From P.Duk.inv. 509

SOURCE:

"Papyrus petition of Aurelius Petros from Egypt. Dated to a post-consulate of Flavius Trokondos."

APIS ENCODING:

dd100_a | 1 | Aurelius Petros,
dd100_d | 1 | fl. 483-484.


2. From P.Mich.inv. 2217

SOURCE:

"Papyrus petition from Theambesis, a wine seller and daughter of Onnophris from Oxyrhyncha in the Arsinoites"

APIS ENCODING:

dd100_a | 1 | Theambesis, (Daughter of Onnophris from Oxyrhyncha, Egypt)
dd100_d | 1 | 2nd cent. B.C
dd100_4 | 1 | aut


3. From P.Mich.inv. 2217

SOURCE:

"[- - -] Nomissianus, father of Zenarion (= Gaius Antistius Nomissianus [cf. P.Phil. 11] or Lucius Ignatius Nemesianus [cf. P.Diog. 10] ?); Zenarion daughter of [- - -] Nomissianus, wife of Marcus Petronius Servillius; Marcus Petronius Servillius, husband of Zenarion; Heraida (Herais), slave of [- - -] Nomissianus and Zenarion; Marcus A[- - -] [- -]golenus(?); Marcus Varius [- - -]nus; Titus Flavius Iulianus (see also P.Diog. 6-7?); Lucius Valerius Loikretanas (Lucretianus) (see P.Diog., p. 100-101); Publius M[- - -] [- -]thinos"

APIS ENCODING:

dd100_a | 1 | Nomissianus
dd100_g | 1 | father of Zenarion (= Gaius Antistius Nomissianus [cf. P.Phil. 11] or Lucius Ignatius Nemesianus [cf. P.Diog. 10] ?);
dd100_4 | 1 | asn

dd100_a | 2 | Zenarion
dd100_g | 2 | daughter of [- - -] Nomissianus, wife of Marcus Petronius Servillius;
dd100_4 | 2 | asn

dd100_a | 3 | Marcus Petronius Servillius
dd100_g | 3 | husband of Zenarion
dd100_4 | 3 | asn

dd100_a | 4 | Heraida (Herais)
dd100_g | 4 | slave of [- - -] Nomissianus and Zenarion
dd100_4 | 4 | asn

dd100_a | 5 | Marcus A[- - -] [- -]golenus(?)
dd100_4 | 5 | asn

dd100_a | 6 | Marcus Varius [- - -]nus
dd100_4 | 6 | asn

dd100_a | 7 | Titus Flavius Iulianus
dd100_g | 7 | (see also P.Diog. 6-7?)
dd100_4 | 7 | asn

dd100_a | 8 | Lucius Valerius Loikretanas (Lucretianus)
dd100_g | 8 | (see P.Diog., p. 100-101)
dd100_4 | 8 | asn

dd100_a | 9 | Publius M[- - -] [- -]thinos
dd100_4 | 9 | asn


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