1. Papyrus 2660
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2660
- Title:
- Letter of a Beer-Shop Manager (P.Lond. VII 1976, TM 1539)
- Scope & Content:
- Petition in the form of a letter to Zenon from Haynchis, a beer-shop manager, who complains that her daughter has been deceived and abducted by Demetrius, a vine-dresser, although he already has a wife and children. Due to her old age, Haynchis needs her daughter's help for managing the shop, and...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- March-April 253 BCE
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, light-brown, complete, with some surface damage in places; written on both sides. On the front, there are 23 lines written along the fibres, and all margins are extant; on the back, 2 lines run along the fibres in the left-hand half, and traces of one column written across the fibres are visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame
