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HGV: P.Petr. Kleon 19 [source] [xml]

Title Letter from Zenon to Kleon
Publications P.Petr. Kleon 19
More in series P.Petr. Kleon
P.Petr. II 13 (11)
P.Petr. III 42 A
P.Lond. III 539 descr.
P. L. Bat. 20 Suppl. B
Inv. Id Pap 539
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Post-Concordance BL Entries ; XIII 133
Translations B. Van Beek, AncSoc 35, 2005, S. 125.; Orrieux, Les papyrus de Zenon (1983), S. 98; Burnet, L'Égypte ancienne (2003), Nr. 49
Origin Schreibort: Arsinoites; Fundort: Gurob
More from Schreibort: Arsinoites; Fundort: Gurob
Material Papyrus
Date 13. Okt. 256 v.Chr. (Jahr unsicher)
More from the period between 256 BCE and 255 BCE
Date 13. Okt. 255 v.Chr. (Jahr unsicher)
More from the period between 255 BCE and 254 BCE
Commentary Alternativdatierung: 13. Okt. 255 v.Chr. Datierung nach dem makedonischen Regierungsjahr. Zur Datierung vgl. AncSoc 35, 2005, S. 119-128.
Mentioned Dates
  • B (S. 266) Z. 6: 15. Okt. 256 v.Chr.
  • B (S. 266) Z. 6: 15. Okt. 255 v.Chr.
Print Illustrations AncSoc 35, 2005, S. 126
Subjects Brief (Geschäfts-); Zenon an Kleon; Bewässerung
Images http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Papyrus_53...
Images https://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468977...
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 2491 [source]

Publications P. Petrie Kleon 19 (forthcoming) (Van Beek, Bart; ined.) = P. L. Bat. 20 Suppl. B (Clarysse, Willy; 1980) = P. Petrie 3 42 a (Mahaffy, John P.; 1905) = P. Petrie 2 13 (11) (Mahaffy, John P.; 1893) = Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (JEA) 14 (1928), p. 288-289 no. 1 (Edgar, Campbell Cowan; 1928) = P. Lond. 3 p. XIV no. 539 descr. (Kenyon, Frederic G.; 1907) = Ancient Society 35 (2005), p. 119-128 (Van Beek, Bart; 2005)
Inv. no. London, British Library Pap 539
Date BC 255 Oct 13? ((P02), year [31?], Mesore 23) or BC 256 Oct 13? ((P02), year [30?], Mesore 23; or year 31 = 255 Oct 13)
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, 00a? - Gurob[found]; Egypt, 00 - Arsinoites (Fayum)[written]
Archive Kleon and Theodoros engineers
People mentioned people

DDbDP transcription: p.petr.kleon.19 [xml]

258 BC Gurob < Philadelphia
[Reprinted from: .] P.Petr. 2 13,11
[Reprinted from: p.zen.pestm.B] P.Zen.Pestm. B

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Ζήνων Κλέωνι χαίρειν. τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ἐ̣[ν τῆι διώρυγι οὐκ ἀνα]βέβη[κ]εν πλείω ἢ̣ [πῆ]χυν
ὥστε μὴ δύνασθαι ἀπʼ αὐτῆς ποτίζε[σθαι τὴν γῆν. καλῶς ἂν ο]ὖ̣ν̣ π̣[ο]ήσαις(*) ἀνοίξας
τὰς θύρας, ἵνα ποτίζηται ἡ γῆ.
ἔρ[ρωσο. (ἔτους) λ Λωίου] κγ, Μεσορὴ κγ v
5(hand 2) [(ἔτους) λ, Μεσ]ο̣ρ̣ὴ̣ κδ(*). ⁦ vac. ? ⁩ Κλέωνι
  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ω̣ν̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ ὕ̣δ[ατ]ο̣ς
  ̣  ̣  ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]

Apparatus


^ r.2. l. ποιήσαις
^ v.5. (ἔτους(?)) κ̣η̣ Μ̣ε̣σ̣ο̣ρ̣ὴ̣ κδ Edgar, JEA 14 (1928) 288

Editorial History; All History; (detailed)

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HGV 2491 Translation (Englisch) [xml]

textpart

1  Zenon to Kleon, greetings. The water in the canal has not risen more than a cubit, so that the land cannot be irrigated from it. 2  Please, open the sluice gates so that the land can be irrigated.
4  Farewell. [Year 30, Loios] 23, Mesore 23.

textpart

5  [Year 30, Mes]ore 24. To Kleon [...] water. (Translation: B. Van Beek in P.Petr.Kleon, p. 59, © Peeters)