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Papyrus 219
- Record Id:
- 040-003464516
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100087642984.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123967.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 219
- Title:
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Lists (P.Lond. II 219a-b ro., TM 78452), and Wills (P.Lond. II 219a-b vo., TM 8143)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragments from mummy cartonnage.
Upper and middle fragments (P.Lond. II 219a):
Recto (TM 78452): Account of food and list of names;
Verso (TM 8143): Fragment of a will, with the name of the testator being lost.
Lower Fragment (P.Lond. II 219b):
Recto (TM 78452): List of names. Unpublished.
Verso (TM 8143): Fragmentary will of Paniscus, also known as Peteminis, who lived in the Thebaid.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003464516 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 219 : Lists (P.Lond. II 219a-b ro., TM 78452), and Wills (P.Lond. II 219a-b vo., TM 8143) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0896]/040-003464516
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Three fragments from mummy cartonnage, with the two upper fragments belonging together; housed in the same glass case.
Upper and middle fragments (A): Two fragments of a small sheet, with surface damage, written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front bears remains of 12 lines, and the back of 11 lines. The lower margin is extant on both sides; on the back the upper margin survives too.
Lower fragment (B): Fragmentary papyrus sheet, with surface damage throughout, written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front is much defaced; the verso has remains of 10 lines, with upper and lower margins extant.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123967.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- 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: Upper fragment: 50 x 135 mm; middle fragment : 39 x 107 mm; lower fragment: 84 x 207 mm; housed in a glass case measuring 240 x 255 mm.
Script: Thick, rough semi-cursive hands.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Itos (Edfa), Panopolite 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 219a ro.
P.Lond. II 219a vo.
P.Lond. II 219b ro.
P.Lond. II 219b vo. - 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.
Recto
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 1-2, no. 219a-b recto.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 242.
Verso
Greek Papyri in the British Museum II (London: British Museum 1898), pp. 2-3, no. 219a-b verso.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten I (Berlin-Leipzig: W. de Gruyter 1922), p. 242.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten II.2 (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1933), p. 80.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 175.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1995), p. 127.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)