501. Papyrus 597
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 597
- Title:
- Official Letter on Cultivation (P.Petr. III 89, P.Lond. III 597 descr., TM 7544)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter of Heraclides, presumably the chief financial official (oikonomos), to a recipient whose name is damaged, with instructions as to the distribution of seed through comarchs and village-scribes for the sowing of castor-oil plant to the farmers listed. Only part of column 1 has been published.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 261-223 BC
- Extent:
-
Papyrus fragment reused as mummy cartonnage, broken off at the bottom and right, with plaster residue and surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are portions of two columns; of the second, only the beginnings of the line survive. The upper margin is extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.