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Papyrus 548
- Record Id:
- 040-002104930
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000245
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469031.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 548
- Title:
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Letters from Asclepiades (P.Petrie Kleon 80, P.Petr. II 15(2a), P.Petr. III 43(7), P.Lond. III 548a descr., TM 7446; P.Petrie Kleon 81, P.Petr. II 15(2b), P.Petr. III 43(7), P.Lond. III 548b descr., TM 388508)
- Scope & Content:
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Two letters of Asclepiades concerning the payment in kind due to the engineer Theodorus.
Upper papyrus (A) (P.Petrie Kleon 80, P.Petr. II 15(2a), P.Petr. III 43(7), P.Lond. III 548a descr., TM 7446): Letter of Asclepiades to Hephaestion, with the order to make a payment in kind to Theodorus. The address is on the back.
Lower papyrus (B) (P.Petrie Kleon 81, P.Petr. II 15(2b), P.Petr. III 43(7), P.Lond. III 548b descr., TM 388508): Fragmentary letter of Asclepiades to Theodorus, stating that the payment in kind due to him has been made.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104930 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 548 : Letters from Asclepiades (P.Petrie Kleon 80, P.Petr. II 15(2a), P.Petr. III 43(7), P.Lond. III 548a descr., TM 7446; P.Petrie Kleon… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1103]/040-002104930
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two fragments of varying size from two sheets from the same mummy cartonnage, housed in the same glass frame. The modern annotations indicate the mummy from which the papyri derive.
Upper papyrus (A): Lacking the lower right corner and with some surface damage; written on both sides. The front bears 10 lines written across the fibres; upper and left margins measure 15 mm, the lower margin measures 25 mm; a sheet-join is visible at the bottom. On the back writing runs along the fibres, the other way up in relation to the text on the front.
Lower papyrus (B): Small fragment from the top of a sheet, containing portions of 3 lines written against the fibres, and lacking beginnings and ends. The upper margin measures 15 mm.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469031.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0238
- End Date:
- -0237
- Date Range:
- 238-237 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 145 x 155 mm; B: 40 x 60 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 205 x 205 mm.
Script: A: Official hand, thin, upright and ligatured; B: Same hand.
- 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 548a descr.
P.Lond. III 548b descr.
P.Petr. II 15(2a)
P.Petr. II 15(2b)
P.Petr. III 43(7)
P.Petrie Kleon 80
P.Petrie Kleon 81 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1894-1899 (London: British Museum 1901), pp. 510-511.
A
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part II (Dublin: The Academy House 1893), p. 52, no. 15(2a).
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), p. 131, no. 43(7).
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xiv, 548a 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. 356.
T. Reekmans, ‘Le salaire de Cléon’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 20 (1970), pp. 17-24.
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), pp. 141-142, no. 80..
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. 52, no. 15(2b).
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), p. 131, no. 43(7).
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xiv, 548b 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. 356.
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. 143, no. 81.
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)