1. Papyrus 2316
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2316
- Title:
- Letter of a Farmer (P.Lond. VII 2061, CPS 200, TM 1623)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter to Zenon from Psentaes, a farmer employed in the royal-gift estate of Apollonius, the financial minister (dioiketes) of the country. Psentaes did not receive his wage from Zenon and asks to be received by Apollonius and requests a full payment of his salary. He has eleven sub-workers to m...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 263-229 BC
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet, light-brown, complete but damaged along the left-hand edge and with holes in places, affecting the writing; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 18 lines; margins are minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
