1. Papyrus 2340
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2340
- Title:
- Receipt for Money Payment from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1957, TM 1520)
- Scope & Content:
- Nechthembes son of Horus acknowledges that he has received a sum of money as wages for twenty labourers he appears to have been employing for the levelling of a vineyard. The receipt is in duplicate form, with the British Library fragment being the inner text, originally rolled up and sealed; the...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 1 February 256 BC
- Extent:
- Fragment of light-to-medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the top, broken off at the bottom and damaged on the sides; another fragment preserving part of the lower portion of the same papyrus is in Michigan University, under the inventory P. 3151. The papyrus bears writing on one side, the back being blank. On the British Library fragment, there are 6 lines running along the fibres; line 6 lacks the beginning; the upper margin is minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
