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Papyrus 686
- Record Id:
- 040-003851821
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121047659.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147472022.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 686
- Title:
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Miscellaneous Ptolemaic Texts (P.Lond. III 686 descr., TM 278-279, 269, 286, 613, 655)
- Scope & Content:
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Lower left papyrus (D) (SB XVIII 13847, TM 279): Conclusion of a loan, with subscription of the notary at the end. Dated between 114 and 97 BC.
Small fragment to the right (E) (P.Dryton 39, TM 269): Small fragment belonging to Papyrus 641, containing an account recording expenses or receipts of money for the purchase or sale of various items. Dated 137-136 BC.
Second papyrus from the bottom left (F) (P.Dryton 31, TM 286): Fragment of the same papyrus as Papyrus 687(B), a papyrus in the John Rylands Library inventoried as no. 67, and a papyrus in Heidelberg, inventoried as 1301. They are part of a petition, presumably by Dryton, addressed to the Hermias, the financial official (epimeletes), concerning some financial matter involving a big sum of money due, and the purchase of some plots by Esthladas, son of Dryton. The petition was preceded by another text, of which only one line remains, presumably a bank receipt, in which the property sold was described. Dated between 140 and 130 BC.
Other fragments (A-C, G-H): Fragments from Ptolemaic documents, unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003851821 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 686 : Miscellaneous Ptolemaic Texts (P.Lond. III 686 descr., TM 278-279, 269, 286, 613, 655) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2313]/040-003851821
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Eight fragments of varying size not belonging together, housed in a glass frame.
Upper left papyrus (A): Papyrus strip, complete on the left, broken off on the other sides; written on one side across the fibres. The front bears the beginnings of 3 lines; the back is blank.
Second papyrus at the top (B): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the top; written on both sides. The front bears portions of 11 lines running along the fibres, the back contains parts of 11 lines written across the fibres, the other way up in relation to the text on the front.
Third papyrus from the left (C): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete on the right; written on both sides. The front bears the ends of 11 lines running along the fibres; the back contains parts of 7 lines written across the fibres.
Lower left papyrus (D): Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the bottom and left, damaged at the top; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 5 lines; a sheet-join runs vertically. The back is blank.
Small fragment to the right (E): Small fragment from the same papyrus as Papyrus 641, complete at the bottom; placed upside down in the frame; written on one side across the fibres. The front bears a few letters from 3 lines, the back is blank.
Second papyrus from the bottom left (F): Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the bottom; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears parts of 6 lines, with a small trace from another line at the top. The back is blank.
Third papyrus from the bottom left (G): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the bottom, broken off on all other sides; written on one side along the fibres; the front bears a few letters from 2 lines, and a trace from another line at the top. The back is blank.
Lower right papyrus (H): Lower right corner of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres. The front bears the ends of 5 lines; the lower margin is ample. The back is blank.
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- 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: Fragments of varying size, the largest measuring 145 x 95 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 230 x 320 mm.
Script: Various cursive hands.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Pathyris (Gebelein), Pathyrite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Pathyris (Gebelein), Pathyrite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 682-687 from Bernard Pyne Grenfell (b. 1869, d. 1926) in July 1896.
- Former External References:
- P.Dryton 31
P.Dryton 39
P.Lond. III 686 descr.
SB XVIII 13847 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1894-1899 (London: British Museum 1901), p. 535.
Frederic G. Kenyon, Harold Idris Bell, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, III (London: British Museum, 1907), p. xxv, no. 599 descr.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1992), p. 180.
D
Gabriella Messeri, ‘Frammenti di documenti agoranomici tolemaici della British Library’, Yale Classical Studies, 28 (1985), 73-83 (p. 79 no. 2).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten, XVIII (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1993), no. 13847.
E
Katelijn Vandorpe, The bilingual family archive of Dryton, his wife Apollonia and their daughter Senmouthis (P. Dryton) (Brussel: Het Comité Klassieke Studies, Subcomité Hellenisme, Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten, 2002), pp. 317-21, no. 39.
F
Katelijn Vandorpe, The bilingual family archive of Dryton, his wife Apollonia and their daughter Senmouthis (P. Dryton) (Brussel: Het Comité Klassieke Studies, Subcomité Hellenisme, Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten, 2002), pp. 221-29, no. 31.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)