1. Papyrus 558
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 558
- Title:
- Receipt of a Charioteer (P.Petr. II 25a, P.Lond. III 558 descr., TM 7495)
- Scope & Content:
- The driver Cephalon acknowledges that he has received from Charmus, agent of Asclepiades, the financial officer (oikonomos) of the Arsinoite nome, horses for his chariots, bread, oil and wine for himself and other drivers, and further bread and oil for the grooms, in addition to a lotion and cas...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 11 March 226 BC
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet from mummy cartonage, lacking the upper right corner and with minor surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Side and lower margins are extant, the upper margin survives in the right half of the sheet. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
