1. Papyrus 596(A-B)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 596(A-B)
- Title:
- Register of Wills (P.Petr.2 I 16, SB XIV 11306, P.Petr. III 11, 16, P.Lond. III 596(a-b) descr., TM 47309)
- Scope & Content:
- Portions of a roll listing wills for the year 236-235 BC. Additional fragments preserving parts of the same columns and of a third consecutive column are BL Papyrus 492(A), and some papyrus fragments in Trinity College. BL Papyrus 497 (P.Petr.2 I 17) follows P.Petr.2 I 16, with two columns proba...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 236-235 BC
- Extent:
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Two fragments from two sheets of the same papyrus roll, reused as mummy cartonnage, written on one side along the fibres and mounted on cardboard in a glass frame. Further fragments of the same portions of the roll are BL Papyrus 492(A) and the papyri in Trinity College, Dublin, inventoried as FF4 (five fragments), FF6, F30. Altogether, they preserve portions of three consecutive columns.
Left fragment (A): The fragment joins one of the Trinity College fragment inventoried as FF4, and preserves the beginnings of 20 lines from the feet of a column (the third of the roll to be preserved); the lines lack one letter to the left. Part of the lower margin is preserved.
Right fragment (B): The fragment joins BL Papyrus 492A at the bottom, and contains 20 lines from the lower left part of a column (the first preserved). Part of the lower survives.
