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1791. Papyrus 2329

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2329
Title:
Letter from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2080, TM 1641)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a letter; the names of the correspondents are lost. The sender will visit the recipient, who, until then, should take care of himself; the author also asks him to write about anything he may want.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
263-229 BC
Extent:
Dark-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and bottom, complete on the sides; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 7 lines running along the fibres, with only a few traces surviving of the first and last lines; side margins are minimal; folding lines are still visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1792. Papyrus 2331

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2331
Title:
Letter to Eucles (P.Lond. VII 2047, TM 1609)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary letter to Eucles, Zenon’s colleague, from a shepherd, advising him that everything said by Hermolaus, the chief financial official (oikonomos) of the Memphite nome, about him is false.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
247-243 BC
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and damaged by insect-holes throughout; written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 6 lines from the top of a column running along the fibres; of the sixth line, only a scant trace remains; upper and left margins are extant; no margin was left on the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1793. Papyrus 2332

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2332
Title:
Copy of a Will (P.Lond. VII 2015, TM 1577)
Scope & Content:
Opening of the copy of a will drawn up in Memphis, with dating clause and physical description of the testator, a military settler (cleruch) whose name is lost, aged 65. To whom he bequeaths his plot of land remains unknown.The content of the smaller fragment is uncertain as little remains.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
28 June 242 BC
Extent:
Two papyrus fragments of varying size, dark-brown, with writing on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame. The left fragment preserves portions of 12 lines from the top of a column; upper and part of the left margins survive. The right fragment is broken off on all sides and bears portions of 7 lines.

1794. Papyrus 2334

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2334
Title:
Letter of Introduction (P.Lond. VII 2069, TM 1630)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary letter to recommend Diodorus, the bearer of the message, to the recipient. The addressee may have been an acquaintance or colleague of Zenon, and for this reason the letter may have come to be among Zenon’s papers. The address is partly preserved on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
263-229 BC
Extent:

Portion of a papyrus sheet, broken off on the sides, complete at the top and bottom; with some damage along the horizontal folds; written on both sides. On the front, there are portions of 5 lines lacking beginning and ends, running across the fibres. Upper and lower margins measure 20 and 45 mm respectively. The back bears one word written along the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1795. Papyrus 2335

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2335
Title:
Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2037, TM 1599)
Scope & Content:
Letter to Zenon from a certain Kyanos, mentioning Metrodorus; the content is unclear owing to the poor condition of the papyrus; the address is on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
263-229 BC
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus sheet, torn on the right and left, and damaged along the horizontal folds; written on both sides. On the front, there are portions of 6 lines running across the fibres; upper and lower margins survive. On the back, there is one word written along the fibres, damaged. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1796. Papyrus 2336

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2336
Title:
Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2072, TM 1633)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary letter to Zenon of uncertain content owing to mutilation; another fragment of the same letter is Papyrus 2101(A).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
263-229 BC
Extent:
Left-hand portion of a papyrus-sheet, stained in places; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears the beginnings of 5 lines; upper, left and lower margins are ample. Papyrus 2101(A) contains part of the right-hand portion of the same sheet. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1797. Papyrus 2337

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2337
Title:
Letter from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2081, TM 1642)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a letter mentioning the pasture tax (ennomion); the names of the correspondents are lost.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
263-229 BC
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the top and bottom, broken off on the sides; with few insect holes in places; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 5 lines running across the fibres, lacking beginnings and ends. Upper and lower margins are extant. Folding lines are still visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1798. Papyrus 2338(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2338(A-B)
Title:
Documents from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2082, TM 1643)
Scope & Content:
Left fragment (A) (P.Lond. VII 2082, TM 1643): Fragment of a document, perhaps a letter, of which only a few words survive. Right fragment (B): With no writing; the address ‘to Zenon’ survives on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
263-229 BC
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.

Left fragment (A): Medium-brown; broken off on the right; with the beginnings of 6 lines running across the fibres, upper, left and lower margins. The back is blank.

Right fragment (B): Light-brown; broken off on the left; blank on the front, end of a word running along the fibres on the back. Folding lines are still visible.

1799. Papyrus 2339

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2339
Title:
Petition from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2009, TM 1571)
Scope & Content:
Petition from the owner of a wine-shop in Philadelpheia, harassed by a drunken man and his fellows. The men tried to force the entrance of his shop with knives and sticks at night, as they were willing to drink more. The petitioner had to run up to the roof and shout. He now asks that the man be ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 246 BC
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the top, complete on all other sides; with some surface damage and three dark round stains at the bottom; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 20 lines running along the fibres; lower and side margins are extant and minimal. Folding lines are still visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1800. 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.

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