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Papyrus 561
- Record Id:
- 040-002104943
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000252
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469090.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 561
- Title:
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Receipts of a Donkey-Driver (P.Petr. II 25(d), P.Petr. III 61(d), P.Lond. III 561(a-b) descr., TM 7498, 100175)
- Scope & Content:
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Upper papyrus (A) (TM 7498): The donkey-driver Horus acknowledges receipt from Charmus of the necessaries for the animals; written by someone else.
Lower papyrus (B) (TM 100175): Horus acknowledges receipt of oil and other necessaries from Charmus. Written by someone else as he is illiterate.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104943 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 561 : Receipts of a Donkey-Driver (P.Petr. II 25(d), P.Petr. III 61(d), P.Lond. III 561(a-b) descr., TM 7498, 100175) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1056]/040-002104943
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Two fragments that do not belong together extracted from mummy cartonnage, written on one side, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in the same glass case.
Upper fragment (A): Broken off at the bottom, with some surface damage and plaster residue; 4 lines written along the fibres; upper and side margins minimal.
Lower fragment (B): Lower part of a sheet, with 7 lines from the foot of a column written across the fibres; lower and side margins are extant.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469090.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0226
- End Date:
- -0226
- Date Range:
- c. 226 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 45 x 105 mm; B: 93 x 160 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 170 x 222 mm.
Script: Small, upright cursive hands, slightly uneven.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Ptolemais Hormou (El-Lahun), meris of Herakleides, 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 561a descr.
P.Lond. III 561b descr.
P.Petr. II 25d
P.Petr. III 61d - 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. 513.
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part II (Dublin: The Academy House 1893), p. 75, no. 25(d).
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), p. 178, no. 61(d).
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xv, no. 561 descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 361.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)