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Papyrus 465
- Record Id:
- 040-002104836
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000185
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143128239.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 465
- Title:
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Official Letter on the Revolt of the Thebaid (SB III 6300, P.Lond. II 465 descr., TM 5653)
- Scope & Content:
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A letter from Platon, strategus of the Thebaid, to the inhabitants of Pathyris encouraging them to remain loyal to the king during the revolt in the Thebaid and to support Nechtyris, appointed as commander, until Plato’s arrival. The address is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104836 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 465 : Official Letter on the Revolt of the Thebaid (SB III 6300, P.Lond. II 465 descr., TM 5653) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0334]/040-002104836
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, badly mutilated; writing runs along the fibres on either side, the back having a two-line address. On the front the text consists of 16 lines, very fragmentary; a trace of ink is visible at the bottom. All margins are extant, the right being irregular and minimal in places. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143128239.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0088
- End Date:
- -0088
- Date Range:
- 28 March 88 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 330 x 135 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 380 x 190 mm.
Script: Large, practised upright cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Pathryis (Gebelein), Egypt. Bought at Luxor in March 1894 by Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926). Purchased by the British Museum as part of a lot comprising Papyri 465-481 from Grenfell in June 1894.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 465 descr.
SB III 6300
Sel.Pap. II 417 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1894-1899 (London: British Museum 1901), p. 496.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. xli, no. 465 descr.
B. P. Grenfell, ‘A New Papyrus Concerning the Revolt of the Thebaid In B.C. 88’, Revue des Études Grecques 32 (1919), pp. 251-255.
H. I. Bell, ‘Bibliography: Graeco-Roman Egypt A. Papyri (1920-1921)’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 8 (1922), pp. 83-101 (p. 92).
P. Collart, ‘La révolte de la Thébaïde en 88 avant J.-C.’, in Recueil d'études égyptologiques dédiées à la mémoire de Jean-François Champollion: à l'occasion du centenaire de la lettre à M. Dacier relative à l'alphabet des hiéroglyphes phonétiques, lue à l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres le 27 septembre (Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion 1922), pp. 273-282 (p. 276).
Veröffentlichungen aus den badischen Papyrus-Sammlungen II, Griechische Papyri (P.Baden II) (Heidelberg: Winter 1923), pp. 23-24.
U. Wilcken, ‘Papyrus-Urkunden’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 7 (1924), pp. 67-114 (p. 87).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten III (Berlin-Leipzig: de Gruyter 1926), p. 55, no. 6300.
Papyri russischer und georgischer Sammlungen II, Ptolemäische und frührömische Texte (P.Ross.Georg. II) (Tiflis: Universitätslithographie 1929), introd. no. 10.
A. S. Hunt, C. C. Edgar, Select papyri. Vol. 2, Non-Literary Papyri, Public Documents (London: W. Heinemann 1932), pp. 568-569, no. 417.
C. Préaux, ‘Esquisse d’une histoire des révolutions égyptiennes sous les Lagides’, Chronique d’Égypte 11 (1936), pp. 522-552 (pp. 548-550).
L. Mooren, ‘The Governors General of the Thebaid in the second century B.C.’, Ancient Society 4 (1973), pp. 115-132.
L. Mooren, The Aulic Titulature in Ptolemaic Egypt. Introduction and Prosopography (Brussels: Paleis der Academiën 1975), p. 95 no. 59.
L. Mooren, E. Van 't Dack, ‘Le stratège Platon et sa famille’, L'Antiquité Classique 50 (1981), pp. 535-544 (p. 539).
J. L. White, Light from Ancient Letters (Philadelphia: Fortress Press 1986), no. 56.
K. Vandorpe, ‘Museum Archaeology or How to Reconstruct Pathyris Archives’, Egitto e Vicino Oriente 17, ACTA DEMOTICA: Acts of Fifth International Conference for Demotists: Pisa, 4th-8th September 1993 (1994), pp. 289-300 (p. 298).
R. Ziegler, ‘Bemerkungen zur Datierung dokumentarischer Papyri und Ostraka’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 114 (1996), pp. 157-161 (p. 161).
R. S. Bagnall, P. Derow, The Hellenistic Period: Historical Sources in Translation (Oxford- Malden, MA: Blackwell 2004), p. 106.
A.-E. Veïsse, Les «révoltes égyptiennes». Recherches sur les troubles intérieurs en Égypte du règne de Ptolémée III à la conquête romaine (Studia Hellenistica 41) (Leuven- Paris-Dudley, MA: Peeters 2004), pp. 225-226.
K. Vandorpe, S. Waebens, Reconstructing Pathyris’ Archives. A Multicultural Community in Hellenistic Egypt (Collectanea Hellenistica 3) (Brussels: Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van Belgie & l'Union Academique Internationale 2009), pp. 95-97, §34a.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)