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Papyrus 540(a-c)
- Record Id:
- 040-002104922
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00021d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468981.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 540(a-c)
- Title:
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Fragments of Letters from the Archive of the Engineers Cleon and Theodorus (P.Petrie Kleon 77, P.Petr. II 13(12a), P.Petr. III 42g(5), P.Lond. III 540a descr., TM 7661; P.Petrie Kleon 71, P.Petr. II 13(12b), P.Lond. III 540b descr., TM 44589; P.Petrie Kleon 73, P.Petr. II 13(13), P.Petr. III 42g(6), P.Lond. III 540c descr., TM 7662)
- Scope & Content:
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Upper papyrus (A) (P.Petrie Kleon 77, P.Petr. II 13(12a), P.Petr. III 42g(5), P.Lond. III 540a descr., TM 7661): Fragment of a letter from Cleon to Theodorus, with address on the back. Details of the content are lost through mutilation.
Papyrus in the middle (B) P.Petrie Kleon 71, P.Petr. II 13(12b), P.Lond. III 540b descr., TM 44589): Fragment of a letter from Theodorus to Cleon; details are lost through mutilation.
Lower papyrus (C) (P.Petrie Kleon 73, P.Petr. II 13(13), P.Petr. III 42g(6), P.Lond. III 540c descr., TM 7662): Letter of Philiscus to Cleon, enclosing the copy of the petition to the king sent by Glaucus and Asclepiodotus, of which only the beginning survives. With address on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104922 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 540(a-c) : Fragments of Letters from the Archive of the Engineers Cleon and Theodorus (P.Petrie Kleon 77, P.Petr. II 13(12a), P.Petr.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1109]/040-002104922
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Three fragments of three papyrus sheets from mummy cartonnage, housed in the same glass frame. The modern annotations refer to the mummies from which the papyri come.
Upper papyrus (A): Fragment of a sheet bearing writing on both sides. On the front there are 2 lines written across the fibres; upper and left margins measure 25 mm. On the back there is one word parallel to the fibres, written the other way up in relation to the text on the front.
Papyrus in the middle (B): Fragment from the top of a sheet, with remains of 3 lines written along the fibres on the front; traces of another line at the bottom remain. The upper margin survives to 18 mm. The fragment is mounted on cardboard.
Lower papyrus (C): Upper portion of a sheet, with detached fragment being the upper right corner; with some holes and plaster residue. The front bears 5 lines, with a blank of 25 mm between lines 3 and 4; the upper margin measures 20 mm, and the left 10 mm. The back bears one word parallel to 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: 55 x 140 mm; B: 45 x 100 mm; C: 90 x 120 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 320 x 205 mm.
Script: Upright, semi-cursive hands, with the hands of A and B being somewhat uneven.
- 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 cartonnage found in Gurob by William Matthew Flinders Petrie (b. 1853, d. 1942) in 1889-1890.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 540a descr.
P.Lond. III 540b descr.
P.Lond. III 540c descr.
P.Petr. II 13(12a)
P.Petr. II 13(12b)
P.Petr. II 13(13)
P.Petr. III 42g(5)
P.Petr. III 42g(6)
P.Petrie Kleon 71
P.Petrie Kleon 73
P.Petrie Kleon 77 - 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. 509.
A
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part II (Dublin: The Academy House 1893), p. 39, no. 13(12a).
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), p. 110, no. 42g(5).
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xiv, 540a descr.
A. Bouché-Leclercq, ‘L'ingénieur Cléon’, Revue des études grecques 21 (1908), pp. 121-152.
W. Clarysse, ‘Linguistic diversity in the archive of the engineers Kleon and Theodoros’, in T. V. Evans, 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), p. 138, no. 77.
A. Sarri, Material Aspects of Letter Writing in the Graeco-Roman World. c. 500 BC – c. AD 300 (Berlin-Boston: De Gruyter 2017), pp. 129, 197.
B
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part II (Dublin: The Academy House 1893), p. 39, no. 13(12b).
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xiv, 540b 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. 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), p. 134, no. 71.
A. Sarri, Material Aspects of Letter Writing in the Graeco-Roman World. c. 500 BC – c. AD 300 (Berlin-Boston: De Gruyter 2017), pp. 129, 197.
C
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part II (Dublin: The Academy House 1893), p. 40, no. 13(13).
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), p. 110, no. 42g(6).
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xiv, 540c 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. 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), p. 135, no. 73.
A. Sarri, Material Aspects of Letter Writing in the Graeco-Roman World. c. 500 BC – c. AD 300 (Berlin-Boston: De Gruyter 2017), pp. 129, 197.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)