1. Papyrus 534
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 534
- Title:
- Business Letter to Cleon (P.Petrie Kleon 17, P.Petr. II 13(5), P.Petrie III 42b(2), P.Lond. III 534 descr., TM 2492)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter from Panacestor, manager of the estate of Apollonius, to Cleon, who had already asked him to send out a crew for building bends of a canal. Cleon did not pass by on his way to the Little Lake, and is being reproached for not supervising the irrigation works in the land of Apollonius. He i...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 11 October 257 BC
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet from mummy cartonnage, lacking the lower left corner, with plaster residue and some surface damage in places. Writing runs across the fibres on the front. There are 11 lines, few of which lack the beginnings. Upper and lower margins measure c. 20 mm; the left margin survives opposite lines 1-5 and measures 15 mm. No margin was left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
