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Papyrus 494
- Record Id:
- 040-002104876
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0001eb
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471912.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 494
- Title:
- Fragment of a Will (P.Petr.2 I 27, TM 47314)
- Scope & Content:
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Conclusion of a will, listing the witnesses. The name of the testator is lost, together with the details of the will.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104876 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 494 : Fragment of a Will (P.Petr.2 I 27, TM 47314) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1438]/040-002104876
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Fragment of a papyrus sheet extracted from mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue; broken off at the top and left, and damaged along the right edge as well; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 14 lines from the foot of a column, with traces of another line at the top. All lines lack the beginnings. The lower and part of the right margins survive. Setoffs of another text are visible at the bottom right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147471912.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0226
- End Date:
- -0225
- Date Range:
- 226-225 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 140 x 168 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 180 x 215 mm.
Script: Upright, rather large hand, with a few serifs.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt.
Provenance: Gurob, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 486-603 by Henry Martyn Kennard (b. 1833, d. 1911) in May 1895. The papyri had been extracted from mummy cartonnages found in Gurob by William Matthew Flinders Petrie (b. 1853, d. 1942) in 1889-1890.
- Former External References:
- P.Petr. I 20
P.Petr.(2) I 27 - 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. 500.
John P. Mahaffy, The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part I (Dublin: The Academy House, 1891), no. 20(1), with plate.
John P. Mahaffy, J. Gilbart Smyly, The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House, 1905), p. 33, no. 19(b).
Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum, 1907), p. x, no. 494 descr.
Willy Clarysse, The Petrie Papyri. Second Edition (P. Petrie2). Volume I: the Wills (Collectanea Hellenistica 2) (Brussel: Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van Belgie, 1991), pp. 246-48, no. 27.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)