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Papyrus 227
- Record Id:
- 040-003463551
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100086817093.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143124076.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 227
- Title:
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Receipt (P.Lond. II 227a recto, TM 5890), Document (P.Lond. II 227a verso, TM 78460), and Official Letter (P.Lond. II 227b, TM 5891)
- Scope & Content:
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Two fragments from mummy cartonnage.
Upper fragment (A)
Recto (P.Lond. II 227a recto, TM 5890): Fragment of a receipt mentioning the month of Pauni of the 4th year, presumably of Ptolemy VI Philometor (July 177 BC). With subscription at the end.
Verso (P.Lond. II 227a verso, TM 78460): Document, perhaps a petition, mentioning a certain Thermuthis.
Lower Fragment (B) (P.Lond. II 227b, TM 5891): An official letter, presumably written by the topogrammateus (district secretary) in the Pathyrite nome. Dated in the reign of Ptolemy VI Philometor.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003463551 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 227 : Receipt (P.Lond. II 227a recto, TM 5890), Document (P.Lond. II 227a verso, TM 78460), and Official Letter (P.Lond. II 227b, TM 5891) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0895]/040-003463551
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, from mummy cartonagge, mounted on cardboard in the same glass case.
Upper fragment (A): With surface damage throughout, bearing writing on both sides along the fibres. The front is broken off at the sides, and preserves the upper and lower margins. The back contains three complete lines and in the bottom left margin one line running across the fibres, perpendicular to the other lines.
Lower fragment (B): with surface damage and writing on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Portions of 7 lines survive.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143124076.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0199
- End Date:
- -0100
- Date Range:
- 2nd century BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 110 x 85 mm; B: 90 x 95 mm. Housed in a glass case measuring 270 x 140 mm.
Script: A: Recto: Cursive hand, somewhat irregular in size and slightly uneven; rough cursive hand for the subscription in the last two lines; B: Neat and regular semi-cursive hand, with widely spaced lines.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A: Egypt. B: Pathyrite nome, Egypt (?).
Provenance: Panopolite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 216-228 from the Reverend Greville John Chester (b. 1830, d. 1892) on 14 May 1892. Papyri 219-228 were taken from the cartonnage of a mummy case.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. II 227a ro.
P.Lond. II 227a vo.
P.Lond. II 227b - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum 1894), p. 412.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), p. 4, no. 227a-b.
A
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 242.
B
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1958), p. 93.
W. Huß, Die Verwaltung des ptolemaiischen Reichs (München: Beck 2011), p. 77.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)