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441. Papyrus 592

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 592
Title:
Fragments of a Prose Narrative (P.Petr. II 49(f), P.Lond.Lit. 190, TM 65747, LDAB 7001)
Scope & Content:
Fragments extracted from mummy cartonnage, containing portions of a prose mythological text, narrating the adventures of Heracles in Arcadia.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of 3rd century BC
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, recovered from mummy cartonnage; written on one side along the fibres. Some of the largest fragments preserve portions of two columns, while the smallest carry portions of a few lines. The back is blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

442. Papyrus 593

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 593
Title:
Private Letter to Cleon (P.Petrie Kleon 7, SB VI 9440, SB III 7193, P.Lond. III 593 descr., TM 6220)
Scope & Content:
Philonides writes to his father Cleon, urging him that a letter be written by Telestes, presumably to the king, and reporting on some matters of palace life. With address on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
260-249 BC
Extent:

Upper portion of a papyrus sheet of light colour from mummy cartonnage, mutilated throughout and with detached scrap; with plaster residue, especially on the back. Writing runs across the fibres on the front and along them on the back; the back bears traces of one word. On the front there are portions of 11 lines from the top of a column written across the fibres; upper and left margins survive; minimal margin was left to the right. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

443. Papyrus 594

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 594
Title:
Fragment of an Official Document (P.Petr. III 125, TM 7593)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of an official letter reporting on a misapplication of public funds; the names of the correspondents are lost, but a certain Cleinias had been accused.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
260-240 BC
Extent:

Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet extracted from mummy cartonnage, complete at the bottom and on the right; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears the ends of 19 lines; right and lower margins are extant. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

444. Papyrus 596(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 596(A-B)
Title:
Register of Wills (P.Petr.2 I 16, SB XIV 11306, P.Petr. III 11, 16, P.Lond. III 596(a-b) descr., TM 47309)
Scope & Content:
Portions of a roll listing wills for the year 236-235 BC. Additional fragments preserving parts of the same columns and of a third consecutive column are BL Papyrus 492(A), and some papyrus fragments in Trinity College. BL Papyrus 497 (P.Petr.2 I 17) follows P.Petr.2 I 16, with two columns proba...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
236-235 BC
Extent:

Two fragments from two sheets of the same papyrus roll, reused as mummy cartonnage, written on one side along the fibres and mounted on cardboard in a glass frame. Further fragments of the same portions of the roll are BL Papyrus 492(A) and the papyri in Trinity College, Dublin, inventoried as FF4 (five fragments), FF6, F30. Altogether, they preserve portions of three consecutive columns.

Left fragment (A): The fragment joins one of the Trinity College fragment inventoried as FF4, and preserves the beginnings of 20 lines from the feet of a column (the third of the roll to be preserved); the lines lack one letter to the left. Part of the lower margin is preserved.

Right fragment (B): The fragment joins BL Papyrus 492A at the bottom, and contains 20 lines from the lower left part of a column (the first preserved). Part of the lower survives.

445. Papyrus 597

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 597
Title:
Official Letter on Cultivation (P.Petr. III 89, P.Lond. III 597 descr., TM 7544)
Scope & Content:
Letter of Heraclides, presumably the chief financial official (oikonomos), to a recipient whose name is damaged, with instructions as to the distribution of seed through comarchs and village-scribes for the sowing of castor-oil plant to the farmers listed. Only part of column 1 has been published.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
261-223 BC
Extent:

Papyrus fragment reused as mummy cartonnage, broken off at the bottom and right, with plaster residue and surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are portions of two columns; of the second, only the beginnings of the line survive. The upper margin is extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

446. Papyrus 599(A-G)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 599(A-G)
Title:
Miscellaneous Ptolemaic Texts (P.Lond. III 599(a-g), TM 7540, 78470)
Scope & Content:
Lower left papyrus (F) (P.Petr. III 84, TM 7540): Order to pay quantities of sesame and castor oil for the temple. A-E, G (TM 78470): Fragments of other Ptolemaic documents, among which are accounts. Unpublished.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Seven fragments of varying size extracted from mummy cartonnage, mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

Upper left papyrus (A): Upper left portion of a light-brown papyrus sheet; written on one side across the fibres. The front bears the beginnings of 11 lines, with a small trace of another line at the bottom; the back is blank.

Second papyrus at the top (B): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the bottom, with surface damage; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 4 lines, with traces of another line at the top; the back is blank.

Third papyrus from the left (C): Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the bottom; with plaster residue in a few places; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 10 lines, with traces of another line at the top; the back is blank.

Fourth papyrus from the left (D): Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the bottom; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 5 lines, with a trace of on another line at the top. The back is blank.

Upper right papyrus (E): Strip of a light-brown papyrus sheet; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears a few letters from 8 lines, the back is blank.

Lower left papyrus (F): Square-shaped light-brown papyrus sheet, with some damage; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears 6 lines; a sheet-join runs along the left edge. The back is blank.

Lower right papyrus (G): Medium-brown papyrus sheet, with some damage; written on one side along the fibres; the front bears 4 lines, with further writing at the bottom left. The back is blank.

447. Papyrus 600(A-E)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 600(A-E)
Title:
Miscellaneous Ptolemaic Texts (P.Lond. III 600(a-e), TM 78471, 47307)
Scope & Content:
Upper left papyrus (A) (P.Lond. 600(a), TM 78471): Theogenes acknowledges that he has received a loan (?) from some persons whose names are damaged; drawn up in Krokodilopolis. Unpublished. Lower left papyrus (D) (P.Petr. I(2) 7, TM 47307): Fragment of a will; the testator, a Macedonian aged 75...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Five fragments of varying size extracted from mummy cartonnage, mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

Upper left papyrus (A): Upper right portion of a light-brown papyrus sheet, with surface damage in place; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears the ends of 15 lines, the last of which are very fragmentary; the back is blank.

Second papyrus at the top (B): Light-brown papyrus fragment, written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 15 lines; the back is blank.

Upper right papyrus (C): Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete on the left and partly at the top; with plaster residue; written on one side across the fibres. The front bears the beginnings of 12 lines, with traces of another line at the bottom; the back is blank.

Lower left papyrus (D): Fragment of a medium-to-dark-brown papyrus sheet, complete on the right and broken off on the other sides. The back is blank. Another fragment is in Dublin, Trinity College, inventoried as Pap. FF 2 [7].

Lower right papyrus (E): Fragment of a light-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the top; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears the foot of a column, the back is blank.

448. Papyrus 602(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 602(A-B)
Title:
Private Account (P.Petr. III 135, TM 7602), and Registration (P.Petr. III 72(c), TM 7527)
Scope & Content:
Fragments extracted from mummy cartonnage. Upper papyrus (A) (P.Petr. III 135, TM 7602): Portions of a private account recording money sums paid on various days to various individuals for various purposes (e.g. wine, bread, eggs). The back bears another text, unpublished. Lower papyrus (B) (P....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, recovered from mummy cartonnage, housed in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, broken off at the bottom and right; written on both sides. The front bears 13 lines from the top of a colum, running along the fibres, and the beginnings of 6 lines from another column. The back carries 12 lines from one column, written across the fibres, and remains of a preceding column.

Lower papyrus (B): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, broken off at the bottom and imperfect on the right; written on one side. The front carries 8 lines written along the fibres, with blank space between lines 4 and 5. The back is blank.

449. Papyrus 605

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 605
Title:
Loan (P.Dryton 11, TM 246), and Fragmentum Grenfellianum (P.Dryton 50, TM 65616, LDAB 6867)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Dryton 11, TM 246): Loan of wheat dated 10 October 174 BC; Dryton features as a debtor, and the creditor is Sosistratus. The subscription of the scribe is at the end. Verso (P.Dryton 50, TM 65616, LDAB 6867, MP3 1743): 'Fragmentum Grenfellianum', or ‘Alexandrian erotic fragment’, a mim...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century BC
Extent:

Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus, another fragment of which now at the Sackler Library, Oxford, inventoried as 89A/45(d). Writing runs on both sides. The front contains one column running along the fibres and lacking the left-hand side. Upper, lower and right margins are extant, the right being ample. The back bears one complete column and portions of another column written across the fibres. Upper, lower and left margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

450. Papyrus 606

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 606
Title:
Documents concerning a Dispute (P.Grenf. I 11, P.Lond. III 606 descr., TM 247)
Scope & Content:
Dossier of documents relating to a dispute over some land located in the Pathyrite nome, claimed by a certain Panas; the copy of an earlier ruling by Pechutes, who instructed Daemachus to publish his judgment, is enclosed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
after 27 August 181 BC
Extent:

Fragments of a papyrus roll, another portion of which is preserved in a papyrus of the collection in Heidelberg, inventoried as P. G. 1288; broken off to the left and damaged at the bottom and along the vertical folds.Two columns survive, the first lacking the right-hand half, and the second almost complete. Right, upper and lower margins measure 45-60 mm, 30 mm, and 45-60 mm respectively. The intercolumn measures 13-30 mm. There are two lines, rubbed off, in the lower right corner. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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