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Papyrus 576
- Record Id:
- 040-002104958
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000281
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143128647.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 576
- Title:
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Official Letter with Legal Documents (P.Petr. II 38c, P.Petr. III 25, Chrest.Mitt. 30, P.Lond. III 576 descr., TM 7403)
- Scope & Content:
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Official letter from Argaeus to Aphthonetus, strategus of the Arsinoite nome, including the copy of the legal decision concerning a dispute between Apollonius and Ammonius, in which Aphthonetus had been involved. The text continues on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104958 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 576 : Official Letter with Legal Documents (P.Petr. II 38c, P.Petr. III 25, Chrest.Mitt. 30, P.Lond. III 576 descr., TM 7403) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1041]/040-002104958
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Long and narrow papyrus sheet from mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue and damaged by holes; written on both sides. The front bears a column of 44 lines written along the fibres; margins are minimal and there is a modern annotation at the top, indicating the mummy case from which the papyrus comes. The text continues on the back with 19 lines running against the fibres and written upside down in relation to the text on the front. The lower half of the sheet is blank. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143128647.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0228
- End Date:
- -0228
- Date Range:
- After 8 March 228 BC
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 321 x 105 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 370 x 150 mm.
Script: Upright cursive hand of medium size, detached in places; with addition above the line.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Alexandria, Egypt.
Provenance: Gurob, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Destination: 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:
- Chrest.Mitt. 30
P.Lond. III 576 descr.
P.Petr. II 38c
P.Petr. III 25 - 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. Part II (Dublin: The Academy House 1893), pp. 123-124, no. 38c.
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), pp. 53-55, no. 25.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xvi, no. 576 descr.
L. Mitteis, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. II Hälfte Chrestomathie (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner 1912), pp. 26-28, no. 30.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 110.
Prosopographia Ptolemaica 1. L'administration civile et financière (Louvain: Lovanii Bibliotheca Universitatis 1950), no. 1721.
Prosopographia Ptolemaica III. Le clergé, le notariat, les tribunaux (Louvain: Lovanii Bibliotheca Universitatis 1952), p. 304, no. 7963.
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)