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Name Achoapis, nomarch, 3rd century BC Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable) Level [40] File

1. Papyrus 2667

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2667
Title:
Letter of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2019, TM 1581)
Scope & Content:
Letter of Zenon to the head of a district (nomarches) Achoapis, informing him that he has gone to Krokodilopolis in order to make the payments as agreed, and asking him not to vex his people any further. The address is on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
24 September 235 BC
Extent:
Light-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 3 lines written across the fibres, complete; all margins are extant. On the back, there is a word written along the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2. Papyrus 2977

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2977
Title:
Official Report (P.Hib. II 205, TM 5189)
Scope & Content:
Draft of an official report on a petition concerning the tax on vineyard. The author of the report summarises that, while those with less productive vineyards have paid the dues without protest, the present petitioners, farming more productive vineyards, object to the high rate, apparently encour...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
246-245 BC
Extent:
Two larger fragments with detached scraps from a medium-brown papyrus, reused as mummy cartonnage; poor condition; written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of 36 lines written along the fibres; of the last two, only a few traces survive. The papyrus is partly mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.