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Papyrus 687
- Record Id:
- 040-003451388
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100078234808.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147462671.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 687
- Title:
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Third Will of Dryton (P.Dryton 3, P.Lond. III 687 descr., TM 268), Petition (P.Dryton 31, P.Lond. III 687 descr., TM 286), and Ptolemaic Fragments (P.Lond. III 687 descr., TM 280)
- Scope & Content:
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Upper left fragment (A) + Three lower fragments at the right (E) (P.Dryton 3, P.Lond. III 687 descr., TM 268): Fragments preserving the beginning and end of the first column of a copy of the second will of Dryton, drawn up in the office of the notary in Pathyris. Further portions of this papyrus are BL Papyrus 640 and a papyrus in Paris (P.Bouriant 46), which preserve the second column. Dated to 29 June 126 BC.
Upper fragment in the middle (B) (P.Dryton 31, P.Lond. III 687 descr., TM 286): Fragment of the same papyrus as Papyrus 686F, a papyrus in the John Rylands Library inventoried as no. 67, and a papyrus in Heidelberg, inventoried as 1301. They are part of a petition, presumably by Dryton, addressed to the Hermias, the financial officer (epimeletes), concerning some financial matter involving a big sum of money due, and the purchase of some plots by Esthladas, son of Dryton. The petition was preceded by another text, of which only one line remains, presumably a bank-diagraphe, in which the property sold was described. Dated between 140 and 130 BC.
Upper right fragment (C) (P.Lond. III 687descr., TM 280): Fragment of a Ptolemaic document. Unpublished.
Lower left fragment (D) (P.Lond. III 687descr., TM 280): Fragment containing the lower portion of a column with a Ptolemaic account, containing names and figures. Unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003451388 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 687 : Third Will of Dryton (P.Dryton 3, P.Lond. III 687 descr., TM 268), Petition (P.Dryton 31, P.Lond. III 687 descr., TM 286), and… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0753]/040-003451388
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Seven fragments of varying size, bearing writing on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Not all of them belong together; they are mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
Upper left fragment (A): Fragment of the upper portion of the same papyrus as the three fragments inventoried as Papyrus 687E, Papyrus 640, and a papyrus of the Sorbonne (P.Bouriant 46). Papyrus 687A preserves the top of the first column, broken off at the bottom and sides, and contains parts of four lines. The upper margin measures 40 mm.
Upper fragment in the middle (B): Papyrus fragment broken off at the top and sides, part of the same sheet as Papyrus 686F, a papyrus in the John Rylands Library inventoried as no. 67, and a papyrus in Heidelberg, inventoried as 1301. Part of seven lines and of the lower margin survive. At the left, some horizontal fibres are missing.
Upper right fragment (C): Fragment of a papyrus sheet, damaged throughout, with some of the horizontal fibres missing; parts of 4 lines are preserved, with most of the fragment being blank.
Lower left fragment (D): Fragment of a sheet, containing the lower portion of a column, with ample lower margin and part of the left margin surviving. A strip of horizontal fibres is missing. Damage is located along the vertical folds.
Three lower fragments at the right (E): Three joining fragments from the same papyrus as Papyrus 687A, Papyrus 640 and a papyrus of the Sorbonne (P.Bouriant 46). The end of the first column is preserved in Papyrus 687E, with parts of two lines and traces of one above. The lower margin measures 30 mm.
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0199
- End Date:
- -0100
- Date Range:
- 2nd century BC
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 70 x 64 mm; B: 61 x 44 mm; C: 96 x 61 mm; D: 136 x 99 mm; E: 53 x 124 mm. Housed in a glass case measuring 255 x 305 mm.
Script: A, E: Practised upright hand, irregular as to the size of letters and with some sequences written more cursively; presumably hand of Areius; B: Small cursive hand with some detached letters, employing abbreviations. C: Rough and irregular hand, mostly detached but with some ligatured sequences. D: Fluent, upright cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A-B, E: Pathyris (Gebelein), Pathyrite nome, Egypt. C-D: Egypt.
Provenance: A-B, E Pathyris (Gebelein), Pathyrite nome, Egypt. C-D: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 682-687 from Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) in July 1896.
- Former External References:
- P.Dryton 3
P.Dryton 31
P.Lond. III 687 descr. - 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. 535.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum III (London: British Museum 1907), p. xxv, no. 687 descr.
A, E:
K. Vandorpe, The bilingual family archive of Dryton, his wife Apollonia and their daughter Senmouthis (P. Dryton) (Brussel: Het Comité Klassieke Studies, Subcomité Hellenisme, Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten 2002), pp. 69-78, no. 3.
M. Nowak, ‘Dryton’s Wills Reconsidered’, Revue Internationale des droits de l’Antiquité 59 (2012) pp. 241-251 (pp. 244, 248-250).
J. G. Keenan, J. G. Manning, U. Yiftach-Firanko (eds.), Law and Legal Practice in Egypt from Alexander to the Arab Conquest: A Selection of Papyrological Sources in Translation, with Introductions and Commentary (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2014), pp. 105-107, no. 3.1.2.
M. Nowak, Wills in the Roman Empire. A Documentary Approach. The Journal of Juristic Papyrology, Supplement 23 (2015), pp. 261-263, and passim.
B:
K. Vandorpe, The bilingual family archive of Dryton, his wife Apollonia and their daughter Senmouthis (P. Dryton) (Brussel: Het Comité Klassieke Studies, Subcomité Hellenisme, Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten 2002), pp. 221-229, no. 31.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)