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Papyrus 562
- Record Id:
- 040-002104944
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000253
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469098.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 562
- Title:
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Receipt of a Charioteer (P.Petr. II 25e, P.Lond. III 562 descr., TM 7499)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragmentary acknowledgment of receipt of bread, oil and wine for charioteers and grooms, and other goods such as oil for lighting and fodder for horses.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104944 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 562 : Receipt of a Charioteer (P.Petr. II 25e, P.Lond. III 562 descr., TM 7499) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1021]/040-002104944
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Fragment of a papyrus sheet, reused for mummy cartonnage, with surface damage in places; written on one side across the fibres, with 11 lines and traces of another line at the top. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469098.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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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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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 106 x 157 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 160 x 205 mm.
Script: Regular, thin cursive hand with a tendency to become smaller towards the end.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Ptolemais Hormou (El-Lahun), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Gurob, 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 562 descr.
P.Petr. II 25e
P.Petr. III 61e - 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. 77, no. 25e.
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), p. 178, no. 61e.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xv, no. 562 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)