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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Papyrus 1-3136 Name Hierocles, from Alexandria (Egypt), 263-229 BCE Level [40] File

1. Papyrus 2312

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2312
Title:
Letter from Hierocles to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1941, C.Ptol.Sklav. II 157, TM 2384)
Scope & Content:
A letter from Hierocles to Zenon regarding the training of a boy, Pyrrhus, for the public games. On the verso there is the docket. The papyrus belongs to the Zenon archive.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Before 5 May 257 BCE
Extent:

Papyrus sheet made of fragments of varying size purchased in different years; writing is on both sides and runs across the fibres on the recto and along the fibres on the verso; left, top, and bottom margins are extant on the recto. Mounted in a glass case.

2. Papyrus 2681

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2681
Title:
Letter of Introduction from Hierocles to Zeno (P.Lond. VII 1945, TM 2386)
Scope & Content:
Personal letter in which Hierocles introduces Apollodorus to Zeno. Apollodorus is sailing to Herakleopolis, and Hierocles asks Zeno to make further introductions and to assist him in the purchase of some cloaks and tunics. The back bears the address ‘Hierocles concerning Apollodorus to Nikanor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Before 6 May 257 BCE
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken at the right-hand side of recto, with writing on both sides, mounted in glass. A larger fragment of the sheet, containing much of the missing right-hand side of the column, is preserved in Cairo under the inventory JdE 48980.

3. Papyrus 2682

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2682
Title:
Letter of Introduction from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1946, TM 2380)
Scope & Content:
Letter to Nicanor from Hierocles introducing the bearer of the letter, Apollodorus, who is sailing to Herakleopolis. Hierocles asks Nicanor to make further introductions and offer any assistance that may be needed. The address on the back reads ‘to Zenon’, as it was accidentally swapped with that...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 6 May 257 BC
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off to the right; P. Zaki Aly 15b is another small fragment of the same papyrus; written on both sides. On the front, there are 9 lines running across the fibres, with lines 1-8 being imperfect at the end; upper, lower and left margins are extant. A sheet-join runs horizontally along the lower edge. On the back, there are two words written along the fibres, upside down in relation to the text on the front, one in the left-hand edge and one in the middle. Horizontal folds are still visible. Fragments of the original seal survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

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