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Papyrus 572
- Record Id:
- 040-002104954
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00025d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469121.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 572
- Title:
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Account (P.Petr. II 34b, P.Petr. III 127ro, P.Lond. III 572ro. descr., TM 7595), and Report on Land (P.Petr. III 127 vo. descr., P.Lond. III 572 vo. descr., TM 4409)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (P.Petr. II 34b, P.Petr. III 127ro, P.Lond. III 572ro. descr., TM 7595): Fragmentary account of unguents with quantities and prices. Oils and perfumes are obtained from various plants, such as rose, palm, fenugreek, myrtle. The detached fragment bears names of the same perfumes as found in column 2.
Verso (P.Petr. III 127 vo. descr., P.Lond. III 572 vo. descr., TM 4409): Report on land, mentioning uncultivated land and referring to reports of former officials. Unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104954 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 572 : Account (P.Petr. II 34b, P.Petr. III 127ro, P.Lond. III 572ro. descr., TM 7595), and Report on Land (P.Petr. III 127 vo. descr.,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1040]/040-002104954
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment of papyrus and detached scrap, reused as mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue, especially on the back; broken off at the sides; written on both sides. The front bears portions of two columns written along the fibres; a sheet-join runs from top to bottom in the left edge. The detached fragment has the beginnings of 8 lines and a trace of another line at the top. On the back there is one column written across the fibres, covered with plaster. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469121.0x000001 (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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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 351 x 176 mm; detached fragment: 106 x 53 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 400 x 230 mm.
Script: Recto: Neat and regular hand of medium size; lines slightly uneven. Verso: More cursive hand, upright and regular.
- 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 cartonnage found in Gurob by William Matthew Flinders Petrie (b. 1853, d. 1942) in 1889-1890.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. III 572 ro. descr.
P.Lond. III 572 vo. descr.
P.Petr. II 34b
P.Petr. III 127 vo. descr.
P.Petr. III 127ro. - 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. 514-515.
Recto
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part II (Dublin: The Academy House 1893), p. 114, no. 34b.
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), pp. 315-316, no. 127ro.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xvi, no. 572 ro. descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 369.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 109.
N. Hohlwein, Palmiers et palmeraies dans l’Égypte romaine, Études dePapyrologie V (Le Caire: Institut français d'archéologie orientale 1939), pp. 1-74 (p. 29).
Verso
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), p. 316, no. 127vo.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xvi, no. 572 vo. descr.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)