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Papyrus 2975
- Record Id:
- 040-003784168
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100116039517.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471386.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2975
- Title:
- Petition (P.Hib. II 203, TM 5187)
- Scope & Content:
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Draft of a petition against two men, the first of whom was accused of having sold two slaves of the petitioner; the second was the chief of police (archiphylakites), accused of having imprisoned a slave of the petitioner. Both men had failed to appear at the trial, and the petitioner asks the recipient to investigate the matter and send a copy of his judgment.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003784168 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2975 : Petition (P.Hib. II 203, TM 5187) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2207]/040-003784168
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Papyrus sheet extracted from mummy cartonnage, imperfect at the top and covered with plaster in places; written on one side across the fibres. The front bears 26 lines, the first 6 of which are fragmentary. The lower margin is ample, side margins are minimal. The back is blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147471386.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0246
- End Date:
- -0221
- Date Range:
- 246-221 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 275 x 110 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 305 x 155 mm.
Script: Crude and ill-formed cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Ankyropolis (El-Hibah), Egypt. From mummy cartonnage (Mummy A). 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 203
- Publications:
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Eric G. Turner, The Hibeh Papyri. Volume II (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1955), pp. 115-16, no. 203.
Reinhold Scholl, Corpus der ptolemäischen Sklaventexte (Stuttgart: Steiner, 1990), no. 27.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1995), p. 110.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2002), p. 96.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)