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Project / Collection Greek Manuscripts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Papyrus 1-3136 Name Niceratus, mid 3rd century BC

1. Papyrus 532

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 532
Title:
Letter from Niceratus to Cleon (P.Petrie Kleon 52, P.Petr. II 4(10), 5c, P.Petr. II 13(3), P.Petr. III 42c(8), P.Lond. III 532 descr., TM 7644)
Scope & Content:
Letter of Niceratus to Cleon, reporting that part of the wall of the fortification collapsed, and the rest is being dragged down. Niceratus asks Cleon to draw up the contract and give it to the building contractor, so that he may start. Prisoners sent from Apollonius are mentioned. The letter wa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
January 255 BC
Extent:

Two joining fragments of a papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue in the upper fragment and some surface damage in places. The front bears 10 lines written across the fibres; the upper and lower margins measure 20 and 15 mm respectively. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2. Papyrus 533

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 533
Title:
Letter with the Copy of a Letter of Niceratus (P.Petrie Kleon. 56, P.Petr. II 13(4), P.Petr. III 42c(9), P.Lond. III 533 descr., TM 7645)
Scope & Content:
Letter, presumably to Cleon, enclosing the copy of a letter of Niceratus, which reported that part of a fortification collapsed. A contract should be made straightaway.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
18 August 255 BC
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, broken off to the left and damaged at the bottom; with surface damage in places. The front bears portions of 12 lines running across the fibres, mutilated at the beginning; two blanks of 15 and 20 mm separate lines 3 and 4 and 4 and 5 respectively. Upper and lower margins measure c. 35 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.