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Papyrus 2973
- Record Id:
- 040-003715867
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110176442.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468554.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2973
- Title:
- Petition to the King (P.Hib. II 201, TM 5185)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragmentary petition to the King from Ammias, with the request to order Aristion to look into his complaint so that, if he is proven right, he may obtain justice. The object of the controversy is not preserved. In the subscription, Dorion instructs Aristion to examine the matter. Little remains of the other fragments at the bottom, which are unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003715867 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2973 : Petition to the King (P.Hib. II 201, TM 5185) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1975]/040-003715867
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Four papyrus fragments of varying size from mummy cartonnage; with writing on one side. The largest fragment at the top bears portions of 14 lines from the bottom of a column running across the fibres; of the first four lines preserved only some traces remain. The fragments at the bottom are in poor condition and bear traces of writing, mostly illegible. The fragments are mounted in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468554.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- 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: 130 x 170 mm; fragments at the bottom: 90 x 87 mm; 21 x 22 mm; 62 x 40 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 305 x 205 mm.
Script: Competent, large, rather rapid hand with cursive traits; smaller and more cursive hand in the last four lines.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Ankyropolis (El-Hiba), Egypt. From mummy cartonnage (Mummy A10). 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 201
- Publications:
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Eric G. Turner, The Hibeh Papyri. Volume II (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1955), pp. 113-114, no. 201.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IV (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1964), p. 40.
Anna Di Bitonto,‘Le petizioni al re: studio sul formulario’, Aegyptus 47 (1967), 5-57 (pp. 6, 11, and passim).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)