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Papyrus 496
- Record Id:
- 040-002104878
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0001ed
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468764.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 496
- Title:
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Wills (P.Petr.2 I 28, P.Petr. III 19(e), TM 47316; P.Petr.2 I 25, P.Petr. III 19(c-d), TM 47315; P.Petr.2 I 26, P.Petr. III 19(f), TM 47317)
- Scope & Content:
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Portions of wills from a register.
Upper left fragment (A) (P.Petr.2 I 28, P.Petr. III 19e, TM 47316): Portion of a will in favour of Hagemona, daughter of the testator. The name of the latter is lost, but he may have been a soldier.
Lower left fragments (B-C) (P.Petr.2 I 25, P.Petr. III 19(c-d), TM 47315): Will of a man whose name is lost, making 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 495 contains additional fragments of this will.
Right fragment (D) (P.Petr.2 I 26, P.Petr. III 19(f), TM 47317): Portions of two wills; of the first, only part of the conclusion remains (lines 1-7). The second is the will of Heraclides, and only the opening with the dating clause survives.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104878 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 496 : Wills (P.Petr.2 I 28, P.Petr. III 19(e), TM 47316; P.Petr.2 I 25, P.Petr. III 19(c-d), TM 47315; P.Petr.2 I 26, P.Petr. III 19(f),… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1149]/040-002104878
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragments of varying size reused as mummy cartonnage, bearing writing on one side along the fibres, with the back blank; mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.
Upper left fragment (A): Broken off on all sides, with surface damage at the bottom; there are portions of 7 lines; a sheet-join runs from top to bottom at c. 5 mm from the right edge.
Lower left fragments (B-C): Two fragments containing further portions of one of the fragments of Papyrus 495(2): the left fragment contains the beginnings of 6 lines, corresponding to lines 6-11 of Papyrus 495(2), upper fragment. The right fragment bears portions of 8 lines (= lines 1-8 of Papyrus 495(2) upper fragment).
Right fragment (D): Good quality papyrus, broken off at the bottom and right, with plaster and red paint residue; with portions of one column and a sheet-join opposite lines 1-3, in the left edge.
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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: A: 50 x 125 mm; B: 60 x 28 mm; C: 55 x 33 mm; D: 135 x 90 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 210 x 280 mm.
Script: Careful and regular upright hand, with no ligature. Same hand in P.Petr.2 I 24-29.
- 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 496 descr.
P.Petr. III 19(c-d)
P.Petr. III 19(e)
P.Petr. III 19(f)
P.Petr.(2) I 25
P.Petr.(2) I 26
P.Petr.(2) I 28 - 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. 502.
A
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), p. 35, no. 19(e).
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. x, no. 496 descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 380.
F. Uebel, Die Kleruchen Ägyptens unter den ersten sechs Ptolemäem (Berlin: Akademie-Verlag 1968), nos. 472-473.
W. Clarysse, The Petrie Papyri. Second Edition (P. Petrie2). Volume I: the Wills (Collectanea Hellenistica 2) (Brussel: Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van Belgie 1991), pp. 249-250, no. 28, with pl. 32a.
B-C
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. 496 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.
D
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), p. 36, no. 19(f).
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. x, no. 496 descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 380.
F. Uebel, Die Kleruchen Ägyptens unter den ersten sechs Ptolemäem (Berlin: Akademie-Verlag 1968), nos. 972-974.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 115.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 161.
W. Clarysse, The Petrie Papyri. Second Edition (P. Petrie2). Volume I: the Wills (Collectanea Hellenistica 2) (Brussel: Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van Belgie 1991), pp. 244-245, no. 26, with pl. 31a.
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)