1. Papyrus 566
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 566
- Title:
- Hire of Animals (P.Petr. II 25i, P.Petr. III 62a, P.Lond. III 566 descr., TM 2901)
- Scope & Content:
- Contract for the hire of twenty-four animals, the parties involved being eleven donkey-drivers and the financial official (oikonomos) Asclepiades; with dating clause at the beginning.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 8 November 225 BC
- Extent:
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Two joining fragments of a papyrus sheet from mummy cartonnage, broken off at the bottom and right, lacking the upper right corner of the preserved portion and with some surface damage; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The beginnings of 16 lines from the top of a column remain; left and upper margins survive. A trace of ink is visible in the left margin opposite line 14. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
