Name: Archestratus, mid 3rd century BC / Digitised Content Platform: BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable) / Level: [40] File - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Name Archestratus, mid 3rd century BC Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable) Level [40] File

Reference (shelfmark):: Papyrus 535
Title:: Business Letter to Cleon (P.Petrie Kleon 59, P.Petr. II 13(6), P.Petr. III 42g(4), P.Lond. III 535 descr., TM 7660)
Scope & Content:: Archestratus writes to Cleon, reporting on a contract for the execution of work that may be profitable, asking for his advice and promising to act accordingly. With address and date of receipt (Phaophi 12) on the back.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 260-253 BC
Extent:: Fragmentary papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, with one third being lost to the right (front); with plaster residue and breaks along the folds. Writing runs along the fibres on both sides. The front bears one column of 22 lines lacking the ends; a sheet-join runs along the height of the sheet in the right edge; the upper margin measures 25 mm, the left and lower c. 10 mm. The back has one column of 2 lines and a word next to it written in the left-hand portion. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

Reference (shelfmark):: Papyrus 544
Title:: Register of Correspondence (P.Petrie Kleon 86, P.Petr. II 13(18a), P.Petr. III 42g(7)ro., P.Lond. III 544ro. descr., TM 7663; P.Petrie Kleon 87, P.Petr. II 13(18b), P.Petr. III 42g(7)vo., P.Lond. III 544vo. descr., TM 7719)
Scope & Content:: Recto (P.Petrie Kleon 86, P.Petr. II 13(18a), P.Petr. III 42g(7)ro., P.Lond. III 544ro. descr., TM 7663): Draft with a list of business-related matters, such as money due, stones which ought to be delivered, shortage of ships for transporting stones, contracts to be drawn up. A visit of the king...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 260-253 BC
Extent:: Papyrus sheet from mummy cartonnage, mutilated at the top and bottom, and with some surface damage and plaster residue; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front bears 20 lines, the back, rotated 180 degrees, has 22 lines; the last two lines are written the other way up; the modern annotation refers to the mummy from which the papyrus comes.

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