Fragment of a Rhetorical Text (P.Petr. I 10, P.Lond.Lit. 137, TM 65744, LDAB 6998, MP3 2523)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a rhetorical composition praising Achilles and his devotion to Patroclus as the best example of philetairia; recovered from mummy cartonnage.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
Portion of a papyrus roll, broken off at the bottom and sides, somewhat torn at the top; from mummy cartonnage, with surface damage; bearing writing on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Portions of three columns remain; of the first, only the line-ends survive. Part of the upper margin and the intercolumns survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
Conclusion of a will, listing the witnesses. The name of the testator is lost, together with the details of the will.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
226-225 BC
Extent:
Fragment of a papyrus sheet extracted from mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue; broken off at the top and left, and damaged along the right edge as well; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 14 lines from the foot of a column, with traces of another line at the top. All lines lack the beginnings. The lower and part of the right margins survive. Setoffs of another text are visible at the bottom right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
(a) REGISTER of amounts of money (in drachmas) received, presumably as taxes, on successive days (7th to 21st) of an unnamed month from various individuals in different villages of the Arsinoïte nome. Portions of eleven columns are preserved. 3rd cent. B.C. 12 ¼ in. X 3 ft. 9 in. Written in a ...
FRAGMENTS of a letter (?) but not enough ie; left to indicate the subject. 3rd cent. B.C. Two fragments, 3 ¼ in. X 3 ¼ in. and 5 ¼ in. X 5 in. Written in a rough cursive hand. [Not printed in P.P.; formerly attached to Pap. 589 (cf. Mahaffy on P.P. II. 49 (a), though having nothing to do with it.]
FRAGMENT of a Ptolemaic document, too much mutilated for its subject to be discovered. 3rd cent. B.C. 7 ½ in. X 5 in. On the verso is some writing dated the 26th Pharmouthi in the 7th year [either of Euergetes, = B.C. 241-240, or Philopator, = B.C. 216- 215]. [Not printed in P.P.]
FRAGMENT of a petition asking for justice on some offenders: but the names of the parties and much of the substance of the petition are lost. 3rd cent. B.C. 6 ¼ in. X 3 ¾ in. Written in a medium-sized cursive hand, much defaced by plaster. [Not printed in P.P.]