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Papyrus 22
- Record Id:
- 040-003791060
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100116174133.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470729.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 22
- Title:
- Petition from the Twins of the Serapeum (UPZ I 17, TM 3408), and Accounts (UPZ I 86, TM 3477)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (UPZ I 17, TM 3408): First petition to the hypodioiketes Sarapion from the twin sisters of the Serapeum Taous and Tages concerning the oil allowance still due to them. Dated shortly after 8 March 163 BC.
Verso (UPZ I 86, TM 3477): Accounts of money received, one written the other way up in relation to the other. Dated 9 January 161 BC.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003791060 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 22 : Petition from the Twins of the Serapeum (UPZ I 17, TM 3408), and Accounts (UPZ I 86, TM 3477) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2216]/040-003791060
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Long and narrow medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with some holes; written on both sides. On the front, there is a column of 29 lines; margins are extant, the lower being ample. A sheet-join is visible along the right edge. The back bears two lines at the top and two short columns at the bottom, written the other way up in relation to the lines at the top. The text on the back runs across the fibres. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame, with two openings for the texts on the back.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470729.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0163
- End Date:
- -0161
- Date Range:
- 163-161 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 321 x 123 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 350 x 150 mm.
Script: Large, upright hand, without ligatures; different hand on the back.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Memphis, Serapeum in Saqqara, Egypt.
Provenance: Memphis, Serapeum in Saqqara. Purchased with Papyri 17-36 at Salt's sale at Sotheby's in June 1835.
- Former External References:
- UPZ I 17
UPZ I 86 - Publications:
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Josiah Forshall, Description of the Greek Papyri in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1839), pp. 14-16, no. III.
Frederic G. Kenyon, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, I (London: British Museum, 1893), pp. 7-8, no. 22, with facsimile 1.
Ulrich Wilcken, Urkunden der Ptolemäerzeit (Ältere Funde). 2 vols. (Berlin: W. de Gruyter, 1927-34), 1: Papyri aus Unterägypten, nos. 17, 86.
Thomas S. Pattie, Eric G. Turner, The Written Word on Papyrus (London: The British Library Board, 1974), p. 37, no. 14.
Richard Seider, Paläographie der griechischen Papyri. 3 vols. (Stuttgart: A. Hierseman 1967-1990), 3.1.II, p. 335, no. 82.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1995), p. 362.
Hermann Harrauer, Handbuch der griechischen Paläographie: Textband (Stuttgart: Hiersemann, 2010), pp. 217-18, no. 39.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)