1. Papyrus 495(1)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 495(1)
- Title:
- Part 1 of the register of wills
- Scope & Content:
- Portions of a register of wills, preserving the will of a man whose name is lost, who makes provisions for his wife Artemidora and to their children. Artemidora is to supply all the necessaries to the children and provide the dowries to their daughters. Papyrus 496 includes two other fragments o...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 226-225 BC
- Extent:
- Two papyrus fragments of varying size from a register, reused as mummy cartonnage and bearing writing on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears portions of one column; the left fragment, made of two smaller fragments, preserves the beginnings of 22 lines; the right fragment bears portions of 13 lines, which are the continuation of lines 8-20 of the left fragment. About 18 letters are missing between the fragments.The fragments are mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.