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Papyrus 551
- Record Id:
- 040-002104933
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000248
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469047.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 551
- Title:
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Petition to the King (P.Petr. II 17(1), P.Petr. III 22(a), P.Lond. III 551 descr., TM 7395)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragmentary petition to the king concerning a charge moved by Lamiske, wife of Parmeniskos. The defendant asks that the strategus should call some witnesses who will testify in his favour.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104933 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 551 : Petition to the King (P.Petr. II 17(1), P.Petr. III 22(a), P.Lond. III 551 descr., TM 7395) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1033]/040-002104933
- 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 on all sides, with light-coloured patches and minor abrasion in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are portions of 30 lines, with traces of one additional line at the top and one at the bottom. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469047.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0229
- End Date:
- -0228
- Date Range:
- 229-228 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 196 x 109 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 250 x 155 mm.
Script: Regular, thick semi-cursive hand of medium size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt.
Provenance: Gurob, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, 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 551 descr.
P.Petr. II 17(1)
P.Petr. III 22(a) - 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. 511.
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part II (Dublin: The Academy House 1893), p. 55, no. 17 (1).
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), p. 50, no. 22a.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xiv, no. 551 descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), pp. 356-357.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 108.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1986), p. 160.
D. Kaltsas, Dokumentarische Papyri des 2. Jh. v. Chr. aus dem Herakleopolites (Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter 2001), pp. 45-47, 63-65.
W. Clarysse, K. Vandorpe, H. Verreth (eds.), Graeco-Roman archives from the Fayum (Leuven: Peeters 2015), p. 229.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)