1. Papyrus 531
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 531
- Title:
- Business Letter to Cleon (P.Petrie Kleon 21, P.Petr. II 13(2), P.Petr. III 42c(10), P.Lond. III 531 descr., TM 7634)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter to Cleon by a sender whose name is damaged, asking him to provide thirty ropes to the village head, which are to be used for repairing the sluice gates, and to send the man in charge of the gates.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 14 August 255 BC
- Extent:
-
Long and narrow papyrus slip extracted from mummy cartonnage, damaged at the bottom, with holes in the upper portion and plaster residue; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There is a column of 16 lines, with blank space between lines 14 and 15. The upper margin is extant, no margin was left at the sides. A sheet-join runs along the height of the sheet in the left margin, with the right-hand sheet being on top of the left-hand sheet. The modern annotation at the top indicates the mummy from which the papyrus derives. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
