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Papyrus 818
- Record Id:
- 040-002105209
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x000066
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147463491.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 818
- Title:
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Petition to the Kings (P.Fay. 12, P.Lond. III 818 descr., Chrest.Mitt. 15, TM 8334)
- Scope & Content:
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Petition of Theotimus to Cleopatra III and Ptolemy X, complaining about a case of abduction and theft perpetrated against him by Diocles, son of Alexander. Theotimus was insulted, abducted and beaten by Diocles and others, and was left naked in someone else’s house. He was able to recover for the price of 2,700 copper drachmas his own garment which had been pawned by Diocles. He now intends to proceed against Diocles and his fellows.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105209 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 818 : Petition to the Kings (P.Fay. 12, P.Lond. III 818 descr., Chrest.Mitt. 15, TM 8334) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0949]/040-002105209
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, almost complete but in poor condition, with holes and surface damage throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There is one column of 36 lines; all margins are extant, the right being minimal. The blank space at the bottom measures 95 mm. The annotation in red refers to the publication in P.Fay. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147463491.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0104
- End Date:
- -0103
- Date Range:
- 104-103 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 301 x 185 mm; framed in a glass case measuring 360 x 235 mm.
Script: Medium-sized, clear hand, more cursive in places; at the ends of uprights there are occasional left-pointing serifs.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Theadelpheia, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Destination: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum), Egypt.
Provenance: Theadelpheia, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 739-834 by the Egypt Exploration Fund in October 1900.
- Former External References:
- Chrest.Mitt. 15
P.Fay. 12
P.Lond. III 818 descr. - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1900-1905 (London: British Museum 1907), p. 440.
Fayûm towns and their papyri (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1900), pp. 103-105, no. 12.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), pp. xxxvii, no. 818 descr.
L. Mitteis, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde. II Hälfte Chrestomathie (Leipzig-Berlin: Teubner 1912), pp. 10-11, no. 15.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 127.
A. Di Bitonto, ‘Le petizioni al re. Studio sul formulario’, Aegyptus 47 (1967), pp. 5-57 (p. 10, and passim).
D. Kaltsas, in ‘Bemerkungen zu Papyri', Tyche. Beiträge zur alten Geschichte, Papyrologie und Epigraphik 25 (2010), p. 215, no. 665.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)