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Papyrus 556
- Record Id:
- 040-002104938
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00024d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469062.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 556
- Title:
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Petition of a Prisoner (P.Petr. II 19(2), P.Petr. III 35b, P.Lond. III 556 descr., TM 7432)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragmentary petition of a man who was imprisoned for some work-related offence and is now asking for help.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104938 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 556 : Petition of a Prisoner (P.Petr. II 19(2), P.Petr. III 35b, P.Lond. III 556 descr., TM 7432) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1036]/040-002104938
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Lower portion of a papyrus sheet from mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue and surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The text breaks off at the top; 11 lines remain; further writing is visible on the right edge. The lower margin survives. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469062.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0299
- End Date:
- -0200
- Date Range:
- 3rd century BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 104 x 187 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 130 x 230 mm.
Script: Rough, thick, upright hand, with some ligatured letters.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome, 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 556 descr.
P.Petr. II 19(2)
P.Petr. III 35(b) - 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. 512.
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part II (Dublin: The Academy House 1893), p. 60, no. 19 (2).
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), p. 73, no. 35b.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xv, no. 556 descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 358.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 108.
A. Di Bitonto, ‘Frammenti di petizioni del periodo tolemaico’, Aegyptus 56 (1976), pp. 109-143 (pp. 110, 116-117, 143).
J. Bauschatz, Law and Enforcement in Ptolemaic Egypt (Cambridge-New York: Cambridge University Press 2013), pp. 166, 240, 253, 257.
J. Bauschatz, ‘Ptolemaic Prisons Reconsidered’, The Classical Bulletin 83 (2007), pp. 3–47 (p. 39 and passim).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)