1. Papyrus 208
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 208
- Title:
- Miscellenaeous Documents (P.Lond. II 208a ro., TM 11551, P.Lond. II 208a vo. descr., TM 28027; P.Lond. II 208b descr., TM 28028; P.Lond. II 208d descr., TM 19969), and Philosophical Text (P.Lond.Lit. 161, P.Lond. II 208c, TM 63199, LDAB 4323)
- Scope & Content:
- Top left papyrus (A), (P.Lond. II 208a ro. and P.Lond. II 208a vo. descr.) Recto (TM 11551): Notification of death addressed to Herminus, royal scribe (basilikos grammateus) of the division of Herakleides in the Arsinoite nome from Heron, who reports the death of his brother of the same mother ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 1st century-2nd century
- Extent:
-
Four papyrus sheets that do not belong together, housed in the same glass case.
Top left papyrus (A): dark brown sheet, complete, with surface damage throughout; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front bears 28 lines; all margins are extant. The back bears 24 lines, abraded; all margins are extant.
Top right papyrus (B): Fragment of a sheet, broken off at the bottom and left; with few small insect holes. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The top of a column is preserved; portions of 12 lines survive. The upper margin is extant, no margin was apparently left to the right.
Bottom left papyrus (C): Fragment, broken off at the sides and at the top, damaged by insect holes; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The feet of two columns is preserved, with portions of 5 and 6 lines respectively. The lower margin measures 55 mm and the intercolumn 18 mm.
Bottom right papyrus (D): Fragment of a sheet, damaged at the bottom, left and top right edge; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There is one column of 17 lines, some of which mutilated, preceded by line ends of another column.
