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Papyrus 573
- Record Id:
- 040-002104955
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00025e
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471962.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 573
- Title:
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Register of Cavalry Horses and Account (P.Petr. II 35, P.Petr. III 54., TM 7486, 7720)
- Scope & Content:
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Portions of a register of cavalry horses, recording their owners and description. With reference to the sixth and seventh years of Ptolemy III Euergetes (242-241 BC and 241-240 BC). The other side bears portions of an account.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104955 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 573 : Register of Cavalry Horses and Account (P.Petr. II 35, P.Petr. III 54., TM 7486, 7720) - Contains:
- Papyrus 573 (1) : Part of the register and account
Papyrus 573 (2) : Part 2 of the register and account
Papyrus 573 (3) : Part 3 of the register and account
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- 032-002104451[1446]/040-002104955
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus fragments extracted from mummy cartonnage, housed in three glass frames named Papyrus 573(1), Papyrus 573(2) and Papyrus 573(3); written on both sides, along and across the fibres. Traces of plaster or painted decoration are still visible in places.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147471962.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0242
- End Date:
- -0240
- Date Range:
- 242-240 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragments of varying size, the largest measuring 310 x 254 and 343 x 167 mm; housed in three glass frames.
Script: Large and neat upright hand, non-ligatured, with some verticals extending above and below the line and a few left-pointing hooks.
- 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 573 descr.
P.Petr. II 35
P.Petr. III 54(b) - 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. 515.
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index, II (Dublin: The Academy House. 1893), p. 116-117, no. 35.
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index, III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), pp.
Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, III (London: British Museum, 1907), p. xvi, no. 573 descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, III (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1958), p. 143.
Fritz Uebel, Die Kleruchen Ägyptens unter den ersten sechs Ptolemäern (Berlin: Akademie-Verlag 1968), pp. 208-210.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, VII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1986), p. 160.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2009), p. 159.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)