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Papyrus 363
- Record Id:
- 040-002104736
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00002f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143127108.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 363
- Title:
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Fragment of a Petition (P.Lond. II 363, TM 25628)
- Scope & Content:
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Petition addressed to the strategus of the meris of Themistos and the meris of Polemon from Tesenouphis and Harpagathes, priests of the temple in Pelousion, who complain about the theft of one white female camel out of four. With subscriptions of the petitioners and dating clause at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104736 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 363 : Fragment of a Petition (P.Lond. II 363, TM 25628) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0255]/040-002104736
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and left, and damaged by insect holes throughout and abrasion in the left portion. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank; parts of 13 lines survive, all lacking the beginnings; the right margin is nearly intact, the upper measures 30 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143127108.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0175
- End Date:
- 0175
- Date Range:
- c.175
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 137 x 101 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 185 x 150 mm.
Script: Neat, medium-sized cursive hand, occasionally compressed at the end of the lines; the subscriptions at the end are smaller and more cursive; lines tend to incline upwards.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Pelousion, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome Egypt.
Provenance: Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 272-400 from Theodor Graf (b. 1840, d. 1903) on 11 April 1893.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 363
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum 1894), p. 439.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 170-171, no. 363.
U. Wilcken, ‘Papyrus-Urkunden’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 1 (1901), pp. 122-177 (p. 155).
U. Wilcken, ‘Neue Nachträge zu P. Lond. II’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 3 (1906), pp. 232-246 (p. 242).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 258.
T. Kruse, Der Königliche Schreiber und die Gauverwaltung (München- Leipzig: K.G. Saur 2002), p. 744.
A. Martin, ‘«Women, camels, donkeys, or other animals». Réédition de P.Lond. II 363 (p. 170)’, in B. Palme (ed.), Akten des 23. Internationalen Papyrologenkongresses, Wien, 22.—28. Juli 2001 (Wien: Verl. der Österr. Akad. der Wiss. 2007), pp. 435-438.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)