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Papyrus 527
- Record Id:
- 040-002104909
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00020c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468905.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 527
- Title:
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Memorandum (P.Petr. II 9(5), P.Petr. III 43(6), P.Lond. III 527 descr., TM 7445)
- Scope & Content:
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A memorandum from Petobastis and Petechon to Theodorus, who should write to the oikonomos Theodorus.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104909 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 527 : Memorandum (P.Petr. II 9(5), P.Petr. III 43(6), P.Lond. III 527 descr., TM 7445) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1053]/040-002104909
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment of a papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, broken off at the bottom, with a break along the width in the upper half and somewhat mutilated in the right-hand edge; with plaster residue in places. On the front there are 7 lines written across the fibres; side margins are minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468905.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0240
- End Date:
- -0239
- Date Range:
- 240-239 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 103 x 67 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 155 x 215 mm.
Script: Thin, large, and rough hand; with one correction.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Philoteris, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Gurob, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Destination: Arsinoite nome. 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 527 descr.
P.Petr. II 9(5)
P.Petr. III 43(6) - 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. 507.
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part II (Dublin: The Academy House 1893), p. 24, no. 9 (5).
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), p. 131, no. 43(6).
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xiii, no. 527 descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 352.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)