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Papyrus 504
- Record Id:
- 040-002104886
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0001f5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143128534.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 504
- Title:
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Fragment of a Petition (P.Petr. II 1, P.Petr. III 36c, P.Lond. III 504 descr., TM 7435)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragment of a petition for redress of injury and imprisonment by Athenodorus, requesting protection from the chief of the guards (archiphylakites) and another man. Written on Epeiph 27 (line 1).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104886 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 504 : Fragment of a Petition (P.Petr. II 1, P.Petr. III 36c, P.Lond. III 504 descr., TM 7435) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1016]/040-002104886
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet from mummy cartonnage, lacking its left half, but well preserved in the surviving portion. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank; there are 26 lines, well preserved, but lacking the beginnings with the exception of line 26. Upper, lower and right margins are minimal. A sheet-join runs along the height of the sheet at c. 60 mm from the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143128534.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0299
- End Date:
- -0200
- Date Range:
- 3rd century BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 288 x 131 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 325 x 170 mm.
Script: Regular, large, upright hand, exhibiting few serifs at the end of some uprights; lines slightly uneven. Smaller hand in line 1.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome (?), 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 cartonnage found in Gurob by William Matthew Flinders Petrie (b. 1853, d. 1942) in 1889-1890.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 504 descr.
P.Petr. II 1
P.Petr. III 36c - 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. 503.
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part II (Dublin: The Academy House 1893), p. 1, no. 1.
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), p. 77, no. 36c.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xi, no. 504 descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 348.
J. Bauschatz, Law and Enforcement in Ptolemaic Egypt (Cambridge-New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013), pp. 127, 209.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)