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Papyrus 553
- Record Id:
- 040-002104935
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00024a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471934.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 553
- Title:
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Petition for Assault (P.Petr. II 18(1), P.Petr. III 32c, Chrest.Mitt. 6, P.Lond. III 553 descr., TM 7424)
- Scope & Content:
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Petition to Dionysodorus, chief financial official (oikonomos), from Apollonius, son of Theon, of Ptolemais Nea, against a certain Cotys. Cotys allegedly struck him on the body and face; because he has not been punished, Apollonius now appeals to Dionysodorus, asking that Cotys be summoned. With writing on the back.
On the back are remains of another text, effaced (unpublished).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104935 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 553 : Petition for Assault (P.Petr. II 18(1), P.Petr. III 32c, Chrest.Mitt. 6, P.Lond. III 553 descr., TM 7424) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1048]/040-002104935
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, broken off at the bottom (front); with few holes in the preserved portion and plaster residue throughout; written on both sides. On the front there are 18 lines along the fibres; the writing on the back runs across the fibres and is much effaced. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147471934.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0220
- End Date:
- -0220
- Date Range:
- 2 October 220 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 216 x 117 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 255 x 165 mm.
Script: Recto: Thin, large cursive hand. Verso: Small, thick cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Ptolemais Nea, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Gurob, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Destination: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), 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:
- Chrest.Mitt. 6
P.Lond. III 553 descr.
P.Petr. II 18(1)
P.Petr. III 32c - 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. 58, no. 18(1).
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), p. 66, no. 32c.
U. Wilcken, ‘P.Petr. III’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 3 (1906), pp. 511-521 (p. 516).
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xv, no. 553 descr.
L. Mitteis, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. II Hälfte Chrestomathie (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner 1912), p. 5, no. 6.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 143.
A. Di Bitonto, ‘Le petizioni ai funzionari nel periodo tolemaico: studio sul formulario’, Aegyptus 48 (1968), pp. 53-107 (pp. 61, 67, 70, and passim).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 277.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)