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Papyrus 495
- Record Id:
- 040-002104877
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0001ec
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468758.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 495
- Title:
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Register of Wills (P.Petr.2 I 25, P.Petr. I 20(2), P.Petr. III 19(c-d), P.Petr.2 I 29, P.Petr. III 19(g), P.Lond. III 495 descr., TM 47315)
- Scope & Content:
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Portions of a register of wills.
Papyrus 495(1) and Papyrus 495(2), upper fragment (P.Petr.2 I 25, P.Petr. I 20(2), P.Petr. III 19(c-d), P.Lond. III 495 descr., TM 47315): Will of a man whose name is lost, who makes provisions for his wife Artemidora and to their children. Artemidora is to supply all the necessaries to the children and provide the dowries to their daughters. Papyrus 496 includes two other fragments of this will.
Papyrus 495(2), lower fragment (P.Petr.2 I 29, P.Petr. III 19(g), P.Lond. III 495 descr., TM 47315): Few words from the description of two witnesses.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104877 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 495 : Register of Wills (P.Petr.2 I 25, P.Petr. I 20(2), P.Petr. III 19(c-d), P.Petr.2 I 29, P.Petr. III 19(g), P.Lond. III 495 descr.,… - Contains:
- Papyrus 495(1) : Part 1 of the register of wills
Papyrus 495(2) : Part 2 of the register of wills
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- 032-002104451[1148]/040-002104877
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus fragments of varying size from a register, reused as mummy cartonnage and bearing writing on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The fragments are mounted on cardboard in two glass frames, named Papyrus 495(1) and Papyrus 495(2).
Papyrus 495(1): Two fragments with portions of one column; the left fragment, made of two smaller fragments, preserves the beginnings of 22 lines; the right fragment bears portions of 13 lines, which are the continuation of lines 8-20 of the left fragment. About 18 letters are missing between the fragments.
Papyrus 495(2): Upper fragment: portion of 19 lines; lines 1-8 are further portions of lines 20-22 of Papyrus 495(2), left fragment. A fragment of Papyrus 496 joins on the left and contains further portions of lines 1-8; another fragment of Papyrus 496 preserves the beginnings of lines 6-11. One sheet-join runs from top to bottom.
Lower fragment: From the foot of a column, with remains of 3 lines; a sheet-join runs from top to bottom along the right edge. The position of this fragment in relation to the others is unknown.
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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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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Papyrus 495(1), left fragment: 182 x 78 mm; Papyrus 495(1), right fragment: 100 x 51 mm; Papyrus 495(2), upper fragment: 140 x 167 mm; Papyrus 495(2), lower fragment: 59 x 64 mm. Housed in two glass frames named Papyrus 495(1) and Papyrus 495(2), measuring 225 x 250 mm and 250 x 225 mm respectively.
Script: Careful and regular upright hand, with no ligature, similar to literary hands. Same hand as P.Petr.2 I 24, 26-29.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt.
Provenance: Gurob, meris of Herakleides, 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 cartonnage found in Gurob by William Matthew Flinders Petrie (b. 1853, d. 1942) in 1889-1890.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 495 descr.
P.Petr. I 20(2)
P.Petr. III 19(c-d)
P.Petr. III 19(g)
P.Petr.(2) I 25
P.Petr.(2) I 29 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1894-1899 (London: British Museum 1901), pp. 501-502.
Papyrus 495(1)+495(2), upper fragment
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part I (Dublin: The Academy House 1891), pp. 57-58, no. 20(2).
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), pp. xix-xx, pp. 33-35, no. 19(c-d).
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. x, no. 495 descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 379.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 115.
W. Clarysse, The Petrie Papyri. Second Edition (P. Petrie2). Volume I: the Wills (Collectanea Hellenistica 2) (Brussel: Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van Belgie 1991), pp. 234-243, no. 25, with pll. 29-30.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 162.
Papyrus 495(2), lower fragment
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), p. 36, no. 19(g).
W. Clarysse, The Petrie Papyri. Second Edition (P. Petrie2). Volume I: the Wills (Collectanea Hellenistica 2) (Brussel: Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van Belgie 1991), p. 251, no. 29, with pl. 32b.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1998), p. 162.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)