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Papyrus 560
- Record Id:
- 040-002104942
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000251
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469085.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 560
- Title:
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Receipts of a Charioteer (P.Petr. II 25c F 81, F 80, P.Lond. III 560a-b descr., TM 7497, 100174)
- Scope & Content:
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Receipts of the driver Cephalon acknowledging the goods he has received from Charmus, agent of Asclepiades, the financial official (oikonomos) of the Arsinoite nome.
Upper papyrus (A) (TM 100174): Cephalon acknowledges receipt of hay and other necessaries from Charmus as per agreement.
Lower papyrus (B) (TM 7497): Acknowledgment of receipt of castor oil for lighting and fodder for the horses of various chariots. After the blank Cephalon acknowledges receipt of hay and other necessaries from Charmus as per agreement: see 560a.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104942 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 560 : Receipts of a Charioteer (P.Petr. II 25c F 81, F 80, P.Lond. III 560a-b descr., TM 7497, 100174) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1020]/040-002104942
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two papyrus sheets from mummy cartonnage that do not belong together, written on one side, with the back blank; mounted on cardboard in the same glass case.
Upper sheet (A): Complete, with dark stains and surface damage; 3 lines along the fibres; margins extant.
Lower sheet (B): Broken off at the top and bottom and with some surface damage; 13 lines written across the fibres, with traces of another line at the top; blank space separates lines 10 and 11. Side margins are extant, with the right being minimal.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469085.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0226
- End Date:
- -0226
- Date Range:
- About 226 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 69 x 162 mm; B: 137 x 160 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 280 x 225 mm.
Script: A: Thick, upright hand; B: Thin, medium-sized cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Ptolemais Hormou (El-Lahun), meris of Herakleides, 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 560a descr.
P.Lond. III 560b descr.
P.Petr. II 25c
P.Petr. III 61c - 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. 512-513.
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part II (Dublin: The Academy House 1893), p. 74, no. 25c.
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), p. 178, no. 61c.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xv, no. 560(a-b) descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 361.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 143.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)