1. Papyrus 492
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 492
- Title:
- Wills (P.Petr.2 I 16, SB XIV 11306, P.Petr. I 17(1-2), P.Petr. III 10-11, 14-17, P.Lond. III 492a descr., TM 47309; P.Petr.2 I 9, P.Petr. I 17(3), P.Petr. III 8(1), P.Lond. III 492b descr., TM 47306)
- Scope & Content:
- Register listing wills, reused as mummy cartonnage. Upper fragments and lower left fragment (A) (P.Petr.2 I 16, SB XIV 11306, P.Petr. I 17(1-2), P.Petr. III 10-11, 14-17, P.Lond. III 492a descr., TM 47309): Portions of a roll listing wills for the year 236-235 BC. Additional fragments preservin...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 238-235 BC
- Extent:
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Fragments of papyrus sheets reused as mummy cartonnage from the same register; written on one side along the fibres and mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.
Upper fragments and lower left fragment (A): Fragments from two consecutive sheets of the same roll; the upper fragments join at the bottom right and preserve 25 lines of one column, with line 12 being lost. The lower fragment contains the bottom left corner of the second column, with the beginnings of 19 lines.
There are 9 additional fragments preserving further portions of these two columns and of a third consecutive column: these are BL Papyrus 596(a-b), and the papyri in Trinity College, Dublin, inventoried as FF4 (5 fragments), FF6, F30. Trinity College FF6 joins BL Papyrus 492A at the top right, and preserves the middle portions of the first 10 lines. BL Papyrus 596b joins with BL Papyrus 492A at the bottom, and contains 20 lines from the lower left part of column 1; one of the fragments inventoried as Trinity College FF4 and F30 joins with BL Papyrus 492A, lower fragment.
Lower right fragment (B): Broken off on all sides, with portions of 19 lines; no margin survives. A sheet-join runs across the fibres at c. 5 mm. from the right edge.
