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Papyrus 2974
- Record Id:
- 040-003715857
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110170051.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468561.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2974
- Title:
- Petition to the King (P.Hib. II 202, TM 5186)
- Scope & Content:
- Petition to King Ptolemy from Pleistainos, who was wronged and was apparently deprived of his clothes; the petitioner asks the king to order Aristion and Hieronymos, two epistatai, to look into the matter so that he may recover his items or be reimbursed. An order from Dorion to investigate the matter further was added at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003715857 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2974 : Petition to the King (P.Hib. II 202, TM 5186) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1974]/040-003715857
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Two contiguous fragments of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, with 4 detached scraps, from mummy cartonnage; with writing on one side. The front bears 9 lines running across the fibres, lacking the ends; the detached fragments preserve a few traces of writing and are unplaced. The fragments are mounted in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468561.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0250
- End Date:
- -0240
- Date Range:
- 250-240 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 110 x 170 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 230 x 230 mm.
Script: Competent, large, upright and thin hand of medium size; Smaller and untidy hand with some cursive traits in the last three lines.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Ankyropolis (El-Hiba), Egypt. From mummy cartonnage (Mummy A13). Presented with a lot comprising Papyri 2943-3035 by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Society on 9 April 1960.
- Former External References:
- P.Hib. II 202
- Publications:
-
Eric G. Turner, The Hibeh Papyri. Volume II (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1955), p. 114, no. 202.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten III (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1958), p. 85.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)