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Name Diophanes, strategus of the Arsinoite nome, 3rd century BC Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable) Level [40] File

1. Papyrus 505

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 505
Title:
Petition to a Strategus (P.Petr. II 2(1), P.Petr. III 28a, Chrest.Wilck. 337, P.Lond. III 505 descr., TM 7406)
Scope & Content:
Petition to Diophanes, strategus of the Arsinoite nome, from Onetor, Asclepiades and Musaeus against the veteran Lysander, accompanying a petition to the king and concerning problems with the lease of a plot of land in Euhemeria.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
222-221 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, broken off to the left, damaged by holes and with minor surface damage; written on one side along the fibres. A scrap with writing is glued onto the back. The front bears 22 lines, lacking the beginnings, for a loss of 3-5 letters; the text breaks off at the bottom. Upper and right margins survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2. Papyrus 506

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 506
Title:
Official Letter to a Strategus (P.Petr. II 2(2), P.Petr. III 28b, Chrest.Mitt. 22, P.Lond. III 506 descr., TM 7407)
Scope & Content:
An official letter from Moschion to Diophanes, strategus of the Arsinoite nome, concerning a dispute between Dionysius and Dorimachus. Moschion summoned Dionysius, who denied the charges against him. Moschion is now sending Dionysius to Diophanes. With address and docket including date and summa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 May 222 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, almost complete, only lacking the lower right corner; with few holes and minor surface damage in places. Writing runs across the fibres on the front and along them on the back. On the front there are 8 lines, with line 7 written in the right-hand half of the sheet, and line 8 indented. All margins survive, and there is a modern annotation. The back bears 3 lines written in the lower left corner and an additional line next to them; the text was written upside down in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

3. Papyrus 507

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 507
Title:
Letter of Introduction (P.Petr. II 2(4), P.Petr. III 28c, P.Lond. III 507descr., TM 7408)
Scope & Content:
Letter of Dioscurides to his father Diophanes, recommending Asclepiades, the bearer of the letter, who is sailing up the Nile, should he need anything. With docket on the back including the name of the sender, the recipient, the Macedonian and Greek dates, and the subject of the letter, which is...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 April 222 BC
Extent:

Two fragments of a papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, with some 20 letters lost in between; mutilated at the bottom (front), and with few small insect holes in the preserved fragments. Writing runs across the fibres on the front and along them on the back. On the front, the left fragment bears the beginnings of 3 lines and the right fragment the ends of 6 lines. Both fragments have modern annotations. On the back there are three rubbed lines arranged in one column and a word written next to it; on the other fragment, written in the reverse direction, there is another line. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

4. Papyrus 508

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 508
Title:
Letter of Introduction (P.Petr. II 2(4), P.Petr. III 28(d), P.Lond. III 508a descr., TM 7409) and Miscellaneous Fragments
Scope & Content:
A: Fragmentary letter to Diophanes, mentioning his daughter, grandchildren and his son Dioscurides. The writer recommends the bearer of the letter, presumably Asclepiades, should he need anything. B-E: Small fragments of various documents, unpublished.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
222-221 BC
Extent:

Five fragments of papyrus sheets from mummy cartonnage, written on one side, with plaster residue especially on the back; mounted in the same glass frame.

A: Lacking the left-hand half; with minor surface damage; 10 lines written across the fibres, lacking the beginnings; lower and right margins minimal; upper margin extant.

B: Small strip with 2 lines running across the fibres and traces of another line.

C: Upper left corner of a sheet, with the beginnings of 4 lines written across the fibres.

D: Fragment with beginnings of 6 lines written along the fibres.

E: With some surface damage; lines run along the fibres; the ink is faint.