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Papyrus 513
- Record Id:
- 040-002104895
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0001fe
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468829.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 513
- Title:
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Letter to Cleon (P.Petrie Kleon 32, P.Pter. II 4(4), P.Petr. III 42c(6), P.Lond. III 513 descr., TM 7642)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragmentary letter to Cleon from the nomarch Etearchus, enclosing the copy of the letter he received from Petechonsis, vice-engineer, concerning some problems with the works to be done in the estate of Apollonius near Philadelpheia. Etearchus does not want to be blamed for this.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104895 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 513 : Letter to Cleon (P.Petrie Kleon 32, P.Pter. II 4(4), P.Petr. III 42c(6), P.Lond. III 513 descr., TM 7642) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1074]/040-002104895
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two fragments of a papyrus sheet from mummy cartonnage, with a small strip lost between them, broken off at the sides; written on one side across the fibres. The upper fragment contains portions of 4 lines and traces of another line at the bottom, the lower fragment bears parts of 6 lines and a trace from another line at the top. The upper margin measures 20 mm and the lower 20-25 mm; small strips and the left and right edges have been cut off. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468829.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0260
- End Date:
- -0250
- Date Range:
- 260-249 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Upper fragment: 70 x 200 mm; lower fragment: 95 x 220 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 270 x 255 mm.
Script: Fine official upright hand, clear and large, with space between some words and occasional serifs. Lines are fairly spaced.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Gurob, 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.Lond. III 513 descr.
P.Petr. II 4(4)
P.Petr. III 42c(6)
P.Petrie Kleon 32 - 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. 504.
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part II (Dublin: The Academy House 1893), p. 9, no. 4(4).
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), p. 104, no. 42c(6).
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xi, no. 513 descr.
A. Bouché-Leclercq, ‘L'ingénieur Cléon’, Revue des études grecques 21 (1908), pp. 121-152.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 158.
W. Clarysse, ‘Linguistic diversity in the archive of the engineers Kleon and Theodoros’, in T. V. Evans, D. D. Obbink (eds.), The Language of the Papyri (Oxford-New York: Oxford University Press 2010), pp. 35-50.
B. Van Beek, The archive of the architektones Kleon and Theodoros (P. Petrie Kleon) (Collectanea Hellenistica VII) (Leuven: Peeters 2017), pp. 75-77, no. 32.
A. Sarri, Material Aspects of Letter Writing in the Graeco-Roman World. c. 500 BC – c. AD 300 (Berlin-Boston: De Gruyter 2017), p. 197.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)