1. Papyrus 35
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 35
- Title:
- Petition for the Twin Sisters in the Serapeum at Memphis (P.Lond. I 35, UPZ I 53, TM 3444)
- Scope & Content:
- Petition to the hypodioiketes Sarapion from Ptolemaeus, recluse in the Serapeum of Memphis for eleven years, requesting the payment of the allowance of bread, which had fallen into arrears, to the twin sisters Taous and Tages. Papyrus 24 verso is a copy of the same petition.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- After 10 January 161 BC
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet of light colour, damaged by holes in places, especially along the left edge; written on both sides; the front bears 31 lines written along the fibres; the back has one word written along the fibres in the upper left corner. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame, with an opening on the back showing the writing.
