1. Papyrus 2984
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2984
- Title:
- Account (P.Hib. II 213, TM 8287)
- Scope & Content:
- Account recording money payments made by or on behalf of Egyptian priests and various workers in a temple, possibly in Oxyrhynchus; the entries are arranged by days of the month and are check-marked through oblique strokes. The right-hand fragment is illegible owing to the remains of plaster cove...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- c. 250 BC
- Extent:
- Two fragments of the same papyrus, from mummy cartonnage and a small detached scrap, covered with remains of plaster; with writing on one side. The left-hand fragment bears portions of two columns written along the fibres; of the first, the ends of 9 lines survive; of the second, 20 lines survive; the right margin is minimal. The right-hand fragment belongs to the right-hand portion of a papyrus; it preserves the beginnings of some lines, illegible owing to the remains of plaster covering it. The right margin survives. The fragments are mounted in a glass frame.
