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2241. 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.

2242. Papyrus 522

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 522
Title:
Letter of Dionysius on Irrigation Works (P.Petrie Kleon 20, P.Petr. II 6, P.Petr. III 42c(7), P.Lond. III 522 descr., TM 7643)
Scope & Content:
Letter of Dionysius to Dorus, enclosing the copy of the memorandum sent to him by the vice-engineer Petechonsis, with instructions on works to be conducted on canals for the irrigation of land. The back bears a docket including summary and date, and the address.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
28 December 256 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet of good quality from mummy cartonnage, lacking the lower left corner and part of the right-hand side; writing runs across the fibres on the front, and portions of 14 lines remain. The upper margin measures 20 mm, the left 28 mm and the lower 5 mm. Blank space is occasionally left between words. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2243. Papyrus 524

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 524
Title:
Letter to Theodorus (P.Petrie Kleon 39, P.Petr. II 9(2)+(3), P.Petr. III 43(3), P.Lond. III 524+525 descr., TM 7442)
Scope & Content:
Letter of Hermogenes to Theodorus, enclosing the copy of the letter of Harmachorus concerning a group of workers who had been working in Philoteris for several months and were hoping to move to Alabanthis. Harmachorus reports that the works have been completed, asks for measurers to be sent, and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 July 241 BC
Extent:

Upper portion of a papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, the lower portion of which is Papyrus 525; broken vertically in the middle and with holes in places. In this portion there are 11 lines running across the fibres, with a small trace of ink at the bottom. The full text comprises 22 lines on the front. The upper margin measures c. 15 mm, the left between 10 and 15 mm; no margin was left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2244. Papyrus 496

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 496
Title:
Wills (P.Petr.2 I 28, P.Petr. III 19(e), TM 47316; P.Petr.2 I 25, P.Petr. III 19(c-d), TM 47315; P.Petr.2 I 26, P.Petr. III 19(f), TM 47317)
Scope & Content:
Portions of wills from a register. Upper left fragment (A) (P.Petr.2 I 28, P.Petr. III 19e, TM 47316): Portion of a will in favour of Hagemona, daughter of the testator. The name of the latter is lost, but he may have been a soldier. Lower left fragments (B-C) (P.Petr.2 I 25, P.Petr. III 19(c-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
226-225 BC
Extent:

Fragments of varying size reused as mummy cartonnage, bearing writing on one side along the fibres, with the back blank; mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Upper left fragment (A): Broken off on all sides, with surface damage at the bottom; there are portions of 7 lines; a sheet-join runs from top to bottom at c. 5 mm from the right edge.

Lower left fragments (B-C): Two fragments containing further portions of one of the fragments of Papyrus 495(2): the left fragment contains the beginnings of 6 lines, corresponding to lines 6-11 of Papyrus 495(2), upper fragment. The right fragment bears portions of 8 lines (= lines 1-8 of Papyrus 495(2) upper fragment).

Right fragment (D): Good quality papyrus, broken off at the bottom and right, with plaster and red paint residue; with portions of one column and a sheet-join opposite lines 1-3, in the left edge.

2245. Papyrus 113 (6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 113 (6)
Title:
Leases of Rooms (P.Lond. I 113.6(a-b), TM 41025-41026) and Sale of Hay (P.Lond. I 113.6(c), TM 41027)
Scope & Content:
Left-hand side document (P.Lond. I 113.6(a), Jur.Pap. 39, FIRA III 148, TM 41025): Complete lease of a room in a house in Arsinoe, the lessee being Aurelia Maria, daughter of Aion, and the lessor Aurelia Eudoxia, daughter of Charis, both from Arsinoe. With notarial subscription at the end and en...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
first half of the 7th century
Extent:

Three papyrus strips, all bearing writing on both sides. The first and the second texts are complete, the third is broken at the top. Housed in one glass case.

2246. Papyrus 510

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 510
Title:
Letter to Cleon (P.Petrie Kleon 51, SB XVIII 13881, P.Petr. II 4(1)+(9), P.Petr. III 42c(2-3), P.Lond. III 510+518b descr., TM 2611)
Scope & Content:
The foremen of the quarry-men write to Cleon with a complaint against the superintendent Apollonius. Apollonius assigned the soft rocks to his own men, while the senders of the letter have to work on the hard rock, wearing out their iron tools. They ask that the amount of rock cut be measured co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
18 December 256 BC
Extent:
Papyrus sheet from mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue; Papyrus 518(b) belongs to the same sheet and is the lower left-hand portion. Writing runs across the fibres on the front and along them on the back. The front has 8 lines; the last word is written after some blank space. Margins survive. The back bears one column of 3 lines. The sheet was probably folded vertically in the middle. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2247. Papyrus 541(a-b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 541(a-b)
Title:
Letters from the Archive of Cleon and Theodorus (P.Petrie Kleon 65, P.Petr. II 13(14), P.Petr. III 42e(3), P.Lond. III 541a descr., TM 7655; P.Petrie Kleon 26, P.Petr. II 13(15), P.Petr. III 42e(2), P.Lond. III 541b descr., TM 7654)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (P.Petrie Kleon 65, P.Petr. II 13(14), P.Petr. III 42e(3), P.Lond. III 541a descr., TM 7655): Letter from Harmais to Cleon on business matters. Harmais reports on bricks for a granary, and requests that the expense for the granary be sent to the builder. With docket and address...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
255-253 BC
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets of light colour from mummy cartonnage, with traces of plaster, housed in the same glass case.

Upper papyrus (A): With surface damage and holes throughout; the front bears 5 lines written across the fibres; upper and left margins measure 13 mm, the lower margin measures 20 mm. The modern annotation at the top left refers to the mummy from which the papyrus comes. The back bears two lines and, after a blank, a word, written along the fibres, the other way up in relation to the text of the front.

Lower papyrus (B): Right-hand portion of a papyrus, preserving the ends of 5 lines running against the fibres; the upper margin measures 15 mm, the lower 20 mm and the right 10 mm. The back is blank.

2248. Papyrus 584(a-b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 584(a-b)
Title:
Official Letter (P.Petrie Kleon 79, P.Petr. II 42a, P.Petr. III 43(1), P.Lond. III 584a descr., TM 7448), and Private Letter (P.Petr. II 42b, P.Petr. III 42i, P.Lond. III 584b descr., TM 7675)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (P.Petrie Kleon 79, P.Petr. II 42a, P.Petr. III 43(1), P.Lond. III 584a descr., TM 7448): Fragmentary circular of Aristander to various officials, stating that Theodorus, vice-engineer, is in charge of dykes and sluices. Dated to 25 October 250 BC-24 October 249 BC. Lower papy...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
260-246 BC
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets from mummy cartonnage, housed in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Light brown, broken off at the bottom, lacking part of the right-hand portion and with holes in places. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank; 9 lines survive; upper and left margins measure 40 and 15 mm respectively; the right margin survives from line 5 and measures 25 mm.

Lower papyrus (B): Mid-dark brown, with surface damage; 6 lines written on the front along the fibres, and traces of writing running across the fibres on the back. Lower and left margins are extant on the front.

2249. Papyrus 612

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 612
Title:
Petition from the Archive of Dryton and Family (P.Dryton 33, P.Grenf. I 17, SB I 4638, P.Lond. III 612 descr., TM 253)
Scope & Content:
Part of a petition, another portion of which is preserved in Heidelberg (P.Gr. inv. no. 1280). The four daughters of Ptolemaeus, Apollonia alias Semmonthis, Ammonia alias Senminis, Heracleia alias Senapathis and Herais alias Tasris, acting with no guardian, appeal to the epistrategus (high offic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 June 136 BC
Extent:

The upper left portion of a papyrus sheet, the top left part of which is preserved in a Heidelberg papyrus inventoried as 1280. The lower half of the sheet is lost. The BL fragment bears writing on one side along the fibres, the back being blank, but the Heidelberg fragment has the docket on the back. In the BL fragment there are six more lines than the Heidelberg piece. The BL papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2250. Papyrus 497

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 497
Title:
Wills (P.Petr.2 I 17, P.Petr. III 13(a-b), P.Lond. III 497 descr., TM 47311; P.Petr.2 I 1, P.Petr. I 21, P.Petr. III 1, P.Lond. III 497 descr., TM 47329)
Scope & Content:
Register of wills from mummy cartonnage. Left papyrus (A) (P.Petr.2 I 17, P.Petr. III 13(a-b), P.Lond. III 497 descr., TM 47311): End of the will of a testator whose name is lost, with list of witnesses, and beginning of the will of Menander of Amphipolis, who makes provisions for his wife Agat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
238 BC-235 BC
Extent:

Two fragments from two papyrus sheets of the same register, reused as mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue on the back; mounted in the same glass frame.

Left papyrus (A): Papyrus fragment, broken off at the bottom and sides, and written on one side along the fibres. The back bears no writing. The front contains portions of 19 lines, with traces of another line at the bottom; they all lack beginnings and ends. Part of the upper margin survives. Three additional fragments, all from Trinity College, Dublin (inv. nos. F29 and E16), contain further portions of this column and parts of 8 lines of another column preceding this one.

Right papyrus (B): Broken off at the bottom and damaged by holes, especially at the top; bearing portions of two columns, written along the fibres on the front; of the first column, the ends of 19 lines survive; of the second column, 24 lines remain. Two sheet-joins run along the height of the papyrus, the first at c. 20 mm from the end of column 1 and the other at c. 5 mm from the right edge. With plaster and traces of ink on the back.

Three additional fragments containing furhter portions of these two columns and the beginning of a third column are in Trinity College, Dublin, and at Halle University. The fragment inventoried as Trinity College Dublin FF 73 joins the BL papyrus at the bottom on the left and preserves 11 additional lines of column 1 and traces of 4 other lines from column 2. The fragment of Halle University (inv. no. 55) joins the BL fragment to the right and contains the ends of 9 lines from column 2 and the beginnings of 16 lines from column 3. The other fragment in Trinity College (FF1) joins the Halle papyrus at the bottom and the BL papyrus at the bottom right, and preserves the ends of 8 lines of column 2 and portions of 15 lines of column 3.

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