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Papyrus 538(A-B)
- Record Id:
- 040-002104920
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00021b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468972.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 538(A-B)
- Title:
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Letters to Cleon (P.Petrie Kleon 35, P.Petr. II 13(9), P.Petr. III 42b(3), P.Lond. III 538a descr., TM 7636; P.Petrie Kleon 38, P.Petr. II 13(10), P.Petr. III 42b(4), P.Lond. III 538b descr., TM 7637)
- Scope & Content:
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Two letters addressed to the engineer Cleon.
Upper papyrus (A) (P.Petrie Kleon 35, P.Petr. II 13(9), P.Petr. III 42b(3), P.Lond. III 538a descr., TM 7636): Letter concerning the opening of a sluice gate, enclosing the copy of a letter sent by a certain Themistus. The name of the sender is lost, the address is on the back.
Lower papyrus (B) (P.Petrie Kleon 38, P.Petr. II 13(10), P.Petr. III 42b(4), P.Lond. III 538b descr., TM 7637): Letter on business matters, with a list of names and figures; the name of the sender is lost. The address is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104920 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 538(A-B) : Letters to Cleon (P.Petrie Kleon 35, P.Petr. II 13(9), P.Petr. III 42b(3), P.Lond. III 538a descr., TM 7636; P.Petrie Kleon… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1076]/040-002104920
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragments of two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, from mummy cartonnage, bearing writing on both sides; mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame, with two openings showing the text on the back.
Upper papyrus (A): Broken off at the bottom and damaged along the edges; covered with plaster residue; 9 lines written along the fibres on the front, with only few traces of the last; on the back there is one word running along the fibres. Left and upper margins measure c.10 mm.
Lower papyrus (B): Broken off to the right and damaged at the top and left; the original papyrus might have been 320 mm wide, in which case slightly half of the text would be lost. On the front there are 5 lines written across the fibres, with upper, lower and left margins measuring c.15 mm; on the back there is one word running along the fibres, written the other way up in relation to the text on the front.
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0260
- End Date:
- -0249
- Date Range:
- 260-249 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 100 x 80 mm; B: 80 x 170 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 230 x 230 mm.
Script: Fluent cursive hands.
- 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 538a descr.
P.Lond. III 538b descr.
P.Petr. II 13(10)
P.Petr. II 13(9)
P.Petr. III 42b(3)
P.Petr. III 42b(4)
P.Petrie Kleon 35
P.Petrie Kleon 38 - 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. 508.
A
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part II (Dublin: The Academy House 1893), p. 38, no. 13(9).
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), p. 102, no. 42b(3).
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xiii, no. 538a descr.
A. Bouché-Leclercq, ‘L'ingénieur Cléon’, Revue des études grecques 21 (1908), pp. 121-152.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 354.
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. 80-81, no. 35.
B
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part II (Dublin: The Academy House 1893), p. 39, no. 13(10).
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), p. 103, no. 42b(4).
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xiii, no. 538b descr.
A. Bouché-Leclercq, ‘L'ingénieur Cléon’, Revue des études grecques 21 (1908), pp. 121-152.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 354.
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. 82-83, no. 38.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)