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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Papyrus 1-3136 Place Alexandria, Egypt Digitised Content Platform BL Digitised Manuscripts (2024-)

1. Papyrus 2098

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2098
Title:
Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1998, TM 1560)
Scope & Content:
Letter to Zenon from Glaucus, reporting on the comestibles delivered to stewards of Apollonius, the chief financial official (dioiketes), comprising gazelles, hares (alive and dead), goose eggs, turtle-doves (alive and dead), bunches of grapes. With original clay seal (TM Seal 974), possibly wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
16 July 250 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, light-brown, complete at the top and bottom, and damaged on the other sides, especially on the right (front); bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 5 lines written across the fibres, complete. Upper and lower margins are extant. The original clay seal is still attached on the right-hand side. On the back, there are a few words written along the fibres at the bottom. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2. Papyrus 2248

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2248
Title:
Tax Register (P.Lond. VI 1912r. descr., TM 91987) and Letter from the Emperor Claudius to the Alexandrians (P.Lond. VI 1912v., TM 16850)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. VI 1912r. descr., TM 91987): Unpublished tax register from Philadelpheia from 37/38, belonging to the tax archive of Nemesion, son of Zoilus, tax collector. Verso (P.Lond. VI 1912v., CPJ II 153, Sel.Pap. II 212, TM 16850): Column 1: Ends of lines from a register; Column 2: Edic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
37-41
Extent:

Long, yet imperfect roll, lacking the beginning, but well preserved as to the rest; written on both sides and housed in one glass case.

3. Papyrus 2344

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2344
Title:
Contract for Land Clearance (P.Cair.Zen. II 59182, TM 828)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a contract before six witnesses in duplicate form, whereby some labourers acknowledge receipt of money from Zenon as a payment for the clearing of brushwood land. The labourers have the right to occupy and defend the land, and they should return it clean within twenty-one days. Shoul...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4 October 255 BC
Extent:

Fragment of the same papyrus as two other fragments in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, inventoried as CG 59182; light-brown, complete at the top and bottom; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 12 lines written across the fibres, lacking beginning and ends. Upper and lower margins are extant. The original clay seal is still preserved. On the back, there are a few words written along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

4. Papyrus 2682

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2682
Title:
Letter of Introduction from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1946, TM 2380)
Scope & Content:
Letter to Nicanor from Hierocles introducing the bearer of the letter, Apollodorus, who is sailing to Herakleopolis. Hierocles asks Nicanor to make further introductions and offer any assistance that may be needed. The address on the back reads ‘to Zenon’, as it was accidentally swapped with that...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 6 May 257 BC
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off to the right; P. Zaki Aly 15b is another small fragment of the same papyrus; written on both sides. On the front, there are 9 lines running across the fibres, with lines 1-8 being imperfect at the end; upper, lower and left margins are extant. A sheet-join runs horizontally along the lower edge. On the back, there are two words written along the fibres, upside down in relation to the text on the front, one in the left-hand edge and one in the middle. Horizontal folds are still visible. Fragments of the original seal survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.