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Papyrus 176
- Record Id:
- 040-002104557
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000366
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123263.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 176
- Title:
- Petition to a Strategus (P.Lond. II 176, TM 19959)
- Scope & Content:
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Aurelius Lucretius petitions Aurelius Didymus, strategus of the meris of Herakleides in the Arsinoite nome. The document is very fragmentary and the details remain obscure. The date is at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104557 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 176 : Petition to a Strategus (P.Lond. II 176, TM 19959) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0095]/040-002104557
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet in poor condition, badly damaged by holes of varying size throughout in addition to the loss of the top left edge. The text runs along the fibres on one side, with the back blank; there are 24 lines, mostly incomplete; the last three lines are separated from the rest of the text by some blank space. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123263.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0225
- End Date:
- 0225
- Date Range:
- May-June 225
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 220 x 96 mm; housed in one glass case measuring 270 x 145 mm.
Script: Large, upright cursive hand, occasionally uneven.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 139-175 from the Reverend Greville John Chester (b. 1830, d. 1892) on 2 February 1891.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 176
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum 1894), p. 403.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 174-175, no. 176.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 258.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)