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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Papyrus 1-3136 Name Apollonius, superintendent of the works (ergodioktes), 3rd century BC Level [40] File

1. Papyrus 510

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 510
Title:
Letter to Cleon (P.Petrie Kleon 51, SB XVIII 13881, P.Petr. II 4(1)+(9), P.Petr. III 42c(2-3), P.Lond. III 510+518b descr., TM 2611)
Scope & Content:
The foremen of the quarry-men write to Cleon with a complaint against the superintendent Apollonius. Apollonius assigned the soft rocks to his own men, while the senders of the letter have to work on the hard rock, wearing out their iron tools. They ask that the amount of rock cut be measured co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
18 December 256 BC
Extent:
Papyrus sheet from mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue; Papyrus 518(b) belongs to the same sheet and is the lower left-hand portion. Writing runs across the fibres on the front and along them on the back. The front has 8 lines; the last word is written after some blank space. Margins survive. The back bears one column of 3 lines. The sheet was probably folded vertically in the middle. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2. Papyrus 511(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 511(A-B)
Title:
Letter from Apollonius to Cleon (P.Petrie Kleon 57, P.Petr. II 4(2), P.Petr. III 42c(4), P.Lond. III 511(a-b) descr., TM 7640)
Scope & Content:
Letter to Cleon from Apollonius on the agreement he had reached with the foremen of the stonecutters before Diotimus, and which concerned the number of men engaged in the work, the ration of stones, and their wages. Apollonius had already provided this information in an earlier letter, and now i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Early 255 BC?
Extent:

Two fragments of a mid-brown papyrus sheet from mummy cartonnage; broken off at the bottom (front), with traces of plaster, especially on the back, and minor surface damage in places; written on both sides. The front bears one column of 26 lines written across the fibres, with a gap between lines 18 and 19. Side margins are minimal; the upper margin measures 15 mm. The modern annotation indicates the mummy from which the papyrus comes. The back has one word written along the fibres in the lower right corner, upside down in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

3. Papyrus 518

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 518
Title:
Letters to Cleon (P.Petrie Kleon 50, P.Petr. II 4(9), P.Petr. III 42c(2), TM 44593; P.Petrie Kleon 51, P.Petr. II 4(1)+(9), P.Petr. III 42c(2-3), P.Lond. III 510+518b descr., TM 2611)
Scope & Content:
Two letters to Cleon from mummy cartonnage. Upper papyrus (A) (P.Petrie Kleon 50, P.Petr. II 4(9), P.Petr. III 42c(2), TM 44593): Letter to Cleon from the stonecutters working in Patsontis, who ask for helpers to be sent so that they may finish the work quickly or else they will abandon it. The...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3 November-18 December 256 BC
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, from mummy cartonnage, housed in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Mid-brown sheet, with plaster residue and holes; written on both sides. The front bears 13 lines written across the fibres; margins are minimal. The modern annotation indicates the mummy from which the papyrus derives. In the lower half of the back there are two lines along the fibres, and a drawing at the top.

Lower papyrus (B): Fragment of the same papyrus sheet as Papyrus 510, being its lower left-hand corner; bearing the beginnings of the last three lines, written across the fibres. The back is blank. With traces of plaster.