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Papyrus 581
- Record Id:
- 040-002104963
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000286
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147469151.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 581
- Title:
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Account of Equipment Distributed for Irrigation Works (P.Petrie Kleon 94, SB XXIV 15937, P.Petr. II 39h, P.Petr. III 49, P.Lond. III 581 descr., TM 7464)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragments of an account recording the wooden tools distributed to various nomarchs of the Arsinoite nome for irrigation works; among the items supplied are baskets, axles, and pegs.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104963 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 581 : Account of Equipment Distributed for Irrigation Works (P.Petrie Kleon 94, SB XXIV 15937, P.Petr. II 39h, P.Petr. III 49, P.Lond. III… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1105]/040-002104963
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Nine papyrus fragments of varying size from mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue and surface damage in places; written on one side along the fibres; portions of several columns survive. Traces of the mummy decoration remain. The fragments are mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147469151.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0250
- End Date:
- -0248
- Date Range:
- 250-248 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 85 x 200 mm; B: 75 x 65 mm; C: 45 x 45 mm; D: 50 x 70 mm; E: 35 x 35 mm; F: 320 x 90 mm; G: 140 x 130 mm; H: 150 x 110 mm; I: 300 x 170 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 370 x 565 mm.
Script: Large, upright hand, with more cursive traits in places.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Gurob, 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 581 descr.
P.Petr. II 39h
P.Petr. III 49
P.Petrie Kleon 94
SB XXIV 15937 - 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. 516.
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part II (Dublin: The Academy House 1893), p. 133, no. 39h.
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), p. 144, no. 49.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xvii, 581 descr.
A. Bouché-Leclercq, ‘L'ingénieur Cléon’, Revue des études grecques 21 (1908), pp. 121-152.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 374.
J. P. Oleson, Greek and Roman Mechanical Water-Lifting Devices: The History of a Technology (Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1984), pp. 164, 381.
W. Clarysse, ‘Nomarchs and Toparchs in the Third Century Fayum’, in C. Basile (ed.), Archeologia e papiri nel Fayyum. Storia della ricerca, problemi e prospettive. Atti del Convegno internazionale, Siracusa, 24-25 Maggio 1996 = Quaderni del Museo del Papiro 8 (Siracusa: Instituto internazionle del papiro 1997) pp. 69-76 (pp. 70-71).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XXIV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2003), pp. 63-65, no. 15937.
W. Clarysse, ‘Linguistic diversity in the archive of the engineers Kleon and Theodoros’, in T. V. Evans, D. Obbink (eds.), The Language of the Papyri (Oxford-New York: Oxford University Press 2010), pp. 35-50.
B. Van Beek, The archive of the architektones Kleon and Theodoros (P. Petrie Kleon) (Collectanea Hellenistica VII) (Leuven: Peeters 2017), pp. 195-204, no. 94.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)