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Papyrus 588
- Record Id:
- 040-002104970
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x00028d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143128675.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 588
- Title:
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Receipts of Ship-Captains (P.Petr. II 48, P.Petr. III 116, P.Lond. III 588 descr., TM 7574)
- Scope & Content:
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Acknowledgments of ship-captains (naukleroi) for receipt of wheat.
Lines 1-10: Receipt of the captain of the freighter of Polycrates, acknowledging that he has embarked at Ptolemais Hormou the wheat received from Dorion, collector of grain taxes at the granary in Boubastos, for shipment to Alexandria, to the royal store. Dated to 7 January-5 February 187 BC.
Lines 11-19: Polycrates, ship-captain (naukleros), acknowledges that he has embarked the wheat received from Dorion, collector of grain-taxes at the store in Boubastos. Dated to 18 February 187 BC.
Lines 20-end: Fragment of another receipt, the details being lost. Dated to 21 February 187 BC.
Small fragment: Fragmentary text with part of the dating clause.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104970 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 588 : Receipts of Ship-Captains (P.Petr. II 48, P.Petr. III 116, P.Lond. III 588 descr., TM 7574) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1045]/040-002104970
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two papyrus fragments from mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue and surface damage; both written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The larger fragment contains portions of 24 lines, with traces of another line at the top; the lines lack the ends and are damaged at the beginnings in places; part of the lower margin survives. The small fragment contains the beginnings of 6 lines, with only few letters surviving. The fragments are mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143128675.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0187
- End Date:
- -0187
- Date Range:
- 187 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 200 x 106 mm; smaller fragment: 50 x 40 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 245 x 205 mm.
Script: Thin, regular, rapid cursive hand of medium size; small fragment: middle-sized upright hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome, 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:
- P.Lond. III 588 descr.
P.Petr. II 48
P.Petr. III 116 - 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. 517.
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part II (Dublin: The Academy House 1893), p. 156, no. 48.
U. Wilcken, Griechische Ostraka aus Aegypten und Nubien: ein Beitrag zur antiken Wirtschaftsgeschichte I (Leipzig-Berlin: Gieseke & Devrient, 1899), pp. 653, 769.
The Flinders Petrie papyri, with transcription, commentaries and index. Part III (Dublin: The Academy House 1905), p. 293, no. 116.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xvii, no. 588 descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 377.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 143.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IV (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1964), p. 68.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)