PPenn Ptolemaic Greek

The Penn papyri collections contain a variety of Greek Ptolemaic fragments, starting with the several Hibeh papyri awarded to Penn and housed at the Museum (PPennMuseum):

• PHib 013 (E03068) cartonnage, mummies 69&70; with a treatise on music on the other side (Hippias?[--]), and documentary materials visible [||], c 250 bce
• PHib 075 (E02824) cartonnage, mummy A 15; Letter of Theodorus to the Phylacitae, 232 bce [--] (other side [||] mostly blank)
• PHib 079 (E02825) cartonnage, mummy 87; Letter of Ptolemaeus to Heraclides, c 260 bce [--]
• PHib 050 (E03069) cartonnage, mummy A 16; Letter of Leodamas to Theodorus, c 257 bce [--]
• PHib 096 (E03070A-C) cartonnage, mummy A 17; Renunciation of Claims (in duplicate), 259 bce [||]
• PHib 117 (E03071) cartonnage, mummy A; Return of Corn Revenue, 239 or 214 bce [--] (other side [||] blank)
• PHib 156 (E03072) cartonnage, mummy 117; Acknowledgement by a Naukleros, c 251 bce [--] (other side [||] blank)
• PHib 167 (E03073) cartonnage, mummy A 9; Letter from Demophon to Ptolemaeus, c 245 bce [--]
  

Also in the Muesum collection are numerous other Ptolemaic pieces:

• ?????? very nicely written letter (RAK xerox), source under investigation (similar in size to cartonnage panel E16753, on display)
• E 16341  written against the fibers ||
  • 01  . . . EMELION . . .
  • 02  . . . . EXORNSIAN
  • 03  ]MATEUSI KAI KWM[
  • [SB 22.15766(4)]  καὶ τοπάρχαις καὶ τοπογραμματεῦσι καὶ κωμάρχαις καὶ κωμογραμματεῦσι
  • 04  . . . HEOS OUALIS .
  • 05  . . .SOU SOI K ERWMEN
  • 06  IAEIAS GRAYHIS EN .
  • 07  . THS XREIAS   TI . [
  • 08  . OQHNAI  ETUGXA .
  • 09  . ERON LWTA FORON K
  • 10  . EWN PEST . A
  • 11  . M E . . . .
  • 12  . KALWS  XR[
  • 13  . . SUN UIOI EUS
  • 14  OI . KAT . .NDRA
  • 15  IS [          ] . U . . N
  • 16                         ] . .
  • 17                            ] .
• E16542A -- dated late spring, 229 bce; class project to prepare the text [||] for a proposed article.
• E16542F mentions a Philip in line 6 of the 12 line fragments preserved [||] (other side [--] completely blank)
  • 01 ] . . . [
  • 02 ] . . . KAI TA ONOM[ATA] . .E K[
  • 03 ]EPIBALONTES EPI THN IAXEWS[
  • 04 ] . . . SURON . . . .. . . . .U KAI [
  • 05 ] . . . S A EURW EPEBAL[E] EPI TOU[S
  • 06 ] . . AISQESQAI KATEGH FILIPPO[
  • 07 ] . ENTE . AIN KAI ANADOUS AUTOIS[
  • 08 ] . . . . . . . . . . . .TWN ETRAUMATISM[ENWN
  • 09 ] . . .E U A I D [    ] -- [   ] . A E K T A T[
  • 10 ] . . . . . . . .   (blank)        [
  • 11 ] (blank) . . RS                  MESRH . . [
  • 12 ] . MERIS IS TOEI . . . . XEIRI E . EX[
• E16695 box [about 100 pieces, mostly papyrus, of which 30 or so are small scraps)
  • mostly Greek Ptolemaic cartonnage, some Demotic (needs separation, flattening)
  • digital images by RAK on 17 March 2009 (four panels, front and back [8 images])
  • panel #1 (backside #1) -- 16 papyrus pieces, Ptolemaic Greek, some with writing on backside
  • panel #2 (backside #2) -- about 20 papyrus pieces 3 cm or more, about 30 smaller scraps
    • at least two Demotic (one with backside blank)
    • otherwise Greek, some with writing on backside
  • panel #3 (backside #3) -- 19 papyrus pieces
    • one crushed roll withPtolemaic Greek showing all around
    • one crushed or folded piece showing no writing on the visible sides
    • otherwise mainly Ptolemaic Greek
  • panel #4 (backside #4) -- 17 pieces
    • Demotic (6, one with Greek as well? mostly blank backs)
    • papyri with drawn lines (no lettering, blank backs; 3)
    • includes parchment scraps of Coptic/Greek codex (3),
    • paper codices with Arabic (3) & Arabic-Coptic (1)
    • unidentified paper (1)

And from the PPennLibrary collection, the following:

• temp 02.01 [||]
• temp 02.01b [--] and [||] perpendicular
• temp 02.02 [--]
• temp 02.02 [||] cartonnage remnants, etc.
• temp 03.10 [||] grain transaction
• temp 04.09 [--]
• temp 09.01.1 [--]
• temp 09.01.2 [||]
• temp 09.01.3 [--]
• temp 11.05 [||] cartonnage remnants and Demotic on other side [--]
• temp 08.07.1 [||] Demotic on the other side [--]
• temp 08.07.2 [||] badly mutilated, blank on other side [--]
• temp 08.07.3 [||] cartonnage remains on other side
• Reich 01.1 [--] letter published by RAK
• Reich 01.1 [||]
• Reich 01.2 [||]
• Reich 01.3 [--]
• Reich 01.3 [||]

In PPennKraft, various fragments extracted from cartonnage:

• cart078-2w perhaps a contract? (partly deciphered with help from Willy Clarisse)

1. ] . . Φ [

2.  ] Δ . . . . . . . . . [

3.   ] . Λ Ο Υ . . . Κ A Q I Μ . Ι Σ Τ Ο Σ . [

4.  ] A Θ Ο N T I N Ο Υ Ν Τ R Ο P [     ==  καθ? ?ντινο?ν τρ?πον

5.] . . . . I Ε P I Τ Ο Υ  T O [   == ?π? το?τοις  (or the like)

[under construction; pause 17mr2009]