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Papyrus 2997
- Record Id:
- 040-003878900
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121448305.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471448.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2997
- Title:
- Minutes of Legal Proceedings (?) (P.Hib. II 233, TM 8289)
- Scope & Content:
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Portions of a text, perhaps minutes of legal proceedings, referring to the commander of a garrison (phrourarchos) acting with a strategus. The back bears another text, possibly medical receipts.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003878900 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2997 : Minutes of Legal Proceedings (?) (P.Hib. II 233, TM 8289) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2325]/040-003878900
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Three fragments of varying size from a medium-brown papyrus sheet, extracted from mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue in places; written on both sides. The front of the largest fragment bears the beginnings of 12 lines running along the fibres. The back preserves the ends of 13 lines written across the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front. The fragments are housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147471448.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0275
- End Date:
- -0225
- Date Range:
- mid 3rd 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 90 x 74 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 190 x 190 mm.
Script: Recto: Small, neat semi-cursive hand in a very thin pen. Verso: Careless cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Ankyropolis (El-Hiba), 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 233
- Publications:
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Eric G. Turner, The Hibeh Papyri, II (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1955), p. 153, no. 233.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)