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Papyrus 1829
- Record Id:
- 040-002105368
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0000f3
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147466543.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1829
- Title:
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Letter from the Archive of the Policeman Ptolemaeus (P.Hib. I 51, TM 8202)
- Scope & Content:
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Letter of Demophon to Ptolemaeus, enclosing the letter that Apollodotus had sent to him concerning the collection of dues and the purchase of Syrian cloths at the price indicated. On the back there is the address and traces of the mummy decoration.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105368 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1829 : Letter from the Archive of the Policeman Ptolemaeus (P.Hib. I 51, TM 8202) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1128]/040-002105368
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus slip reused as mummy cartonnage, complete but with holes and surface damage in places; written on both sides. On the front there are 7 lines against the fibres; the margins survive. The modern annotation in red refers to the publication in P.Hib. I. The back bears one line, written along the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front, and covered with plaster residue. Remains of the mummy decoration are visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147466543.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0245
- End Date:
- -0245
- Date Range:
- 2 April 245 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 99 x 35 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 140 x 390 mm.
Script: Neat, regular hand, with some serifs and more cursive in places; slightly uneven towards the ends of the lines.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Ankyropolis (El-Hiba), Egypt. Presented as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1821-1841 by the Egypt Exploration Fund in January 1909. They were extracted from mummy cartonnage obtained by Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) and Arthur Surridge Hunt (b. 1871, d. 1934) at Hibeh in 1902.
- Former External References:
- P.Hib. I 51
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1906-1910 (London: British Museum 1912), p. 314.
B. P. Grenfell, A. S. Hunt, The Hibeh Papyri. Part I (London: Egypt Exploration Fund 1906), pp. 194-196, no. 51.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 52.
Ch. Armoni, ‘Ein Überstellungsbefehl aus ptolemäischer Zeit’, in J. M. S. Cowey, B. Kramer (eds.), Paramone: Editionen und Aufsätze von Mitgliedern des Heidelberger Instituts für Papyrologie zwischen 1982 und 2004. Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 16 (München: K. G. Saur 2004), pp. 101-111 (p. 104, n. 15).
J. Bauschatz, ‘The Strong Arm of the Law? Police Corruption in Ptolemaic Egypt’, The Classical Journal 103 (2007), pp. 13–39 (p. 27, nn. 42-43).
A. Sarri, Material Aspects of Letter Writing in the Graeco-Roman World. c. 500 BC – c. AD 300 (Berlin-Boston: De Gruyter 2017), p. 209.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)