1. Papyrus 2679
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2679
- Title:
- Private Letter from Python to Zenon Concerning the Granting of a Loan (P.Lond. VII 1944, TM 1509)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter from Python, director of the tax office at Athribis, to Zenon, to inform him that he has paid to his agent Theodorus the requested 1000 drachmae for the purchase of donkeys. The back contains a short summary of the letter with the date of reception and, in larger letters, the name of the a...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- before 6 May 257 BCE
- Extent:
- Joining fragments of a light-brown papyrus sheet; the one containing the ends of the line was acquired later. Written on both sides with the text running across the fibres on the recto and along the fibres on the verso; well-preserved apart from a few holes, the largest of which is at the joint of the fragments and affects the first three lines. Mounted in a glass case.
