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Papyrus 2985
- Record Id:
- 040-003433180
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100070358465.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2985
- Title:
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Agricultural Accounts, and Contributions for Religious Festivals (P.Hib. II 214, P.Feste 59, TM 8288)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragments from mummy cartonnage containing agricultural accounts; only the fragments numbered as 1 and 2 are published.
Fragment 1 is one of three pieces apparently of the same character, and lists quantities of provender on succeeding days on a number of estates.
Fragment 2 contains in its second column contributions made by Greek persons for religious festivals; Artemis, Aphrodite, Hermes and Heracles are mentioned. Names are preceded by an oblique stroke in the left-hand margin. Column 1 is badly damaged.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003433180 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2985 : Agricultural Accounts, and Contributions for Religious Festivals (P.Hib. II 214, P.Feste 59, TM 8288) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0670]/040-003433180
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Papyrus fragments of varying size, four of which larger and the remaining scraps; all badly damaged, coming from mummy cartonnage (mummy A); they are possibly part of the same batch as other papyrus fragments published as P.Hib. I 118, now in New York, Columbia University. Written on one side along the fibres; remains of two columns are contained in the larger fragments. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0250
- End Date:
- -0250
- Date Range:
- Mid 3rd century BCE
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragments of varying size; Fragment 1: 160 x 200 mm; Fragment 2: 120 x 85 mm. Housed in a glass case measuring 440 x 355 mm.
Script: Different hands: Large, clear and square; in fragment 2 the hand is a small round cursive.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Heracleopolite nome? Egypt.
Provenance: Ankyropolis (El-Hiba), Egypt. Presented with a lot comprising Papyri 2943-3035 by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Society on 9 April 1960.
- Former External References:
- P.Feste 59
P.Hib. II 214 - Publications:
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E. G. Turner, The Hibeh Papyri. Volume II (London: Egypt Exploration Society 1955), pp. 132-134, no. 214.
M. Vandoni, Feste pubbliche e private nei documenti greci (Milano-Varese: Istituto editoriale cisalpino 1964), pp. 66-67, no. 59.
F. Uebel, Die Kleruchen Ägyptens unter den ersten sechs Ptolemäem (Berlin: Akademie-Verlag 1968), pp. 22-24.
P. Pruneti, ‘I KΛHPOI del nomo Ossirinchite: ricerca topografica’, Aegyptus 55 (1975), pp. 159-244 (p. 222, n. 4).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1976), p. 54.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Ankyropolis (El-Hiba, El-Hibeh), 20th Upper Egyptian nome, Egypt
- Related Material:
- Possibly part of the same batch as other papyrus fragments published as P.Hib. I 118 (Columbia University).