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Papyrus 563
- Record Id:
- 040-002104945
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000254
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469104.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 563
- Title:
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Receipt of a Donkey Driver (P.Petr. II 25f, P.Lond. III 563 descr., TM 7500)
- Scope & Content:
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The donkey driver Horus acknowledges receipt of some goods, which the papyrus does not preserve, from Charmus, representative of Asclepiades, the financial official (oikonomos) of the Arsinoite nome. Double document, with the inner text being a shorter version.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104945 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 563 : Receipt of a Donkey Driver (P.Petr. II 25f, P.Lond. III 563 descr., TM 7500) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1023]/040-002104945
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment of a papyrus sheet, reused for mummy cartonnage, broken off at the bottom, lacking the upper right corner and with surface damage in places; written on one side across the fibres. The beginnings of 8 lines remain, with line 8 being mutilated. Blank space separates lines 2 and 3. Upper and left margins survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469104.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0226
- End Date:
- -0226
- Date Range:
- 11 March 226 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 80 x 100 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 135 x 135 mm.
Script: Regular cursive hand of medium size.
- 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 563 descr.
P.Petr. II 25f
P.Petr. III 61f - 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. 25f.
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), p. 178, no. 61f.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xv, no. 563 descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 361.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 207.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Charmus, representative of Asclepiades, financial officer of the Arsinoite nome, 2nd half of 3rd century BC
Horus, donkey driver, 2nd half of 3rd century BC - Places:
- Gurob, meris of Herakleides (?), Arsinoite nome, Egypt
Ptolemais Hormou (El-Lahun), meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt - Related Material:
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The papyrus belongs to the archive of ‘Charmos, agent of the oikonomos Asklepiades’ (TM Arch ID 398).