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Place Athribis, Athribite nome, Egypt

1. Papyrus 2321

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2321
Title:
Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1968, TM 1531)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a letter to Zenon (the name of the recipient is lost) from Artemidorus, personal physician of Apollonius, finance minister, concerning some honey; with docket on the back. P.Cair.Zen. 59311 and 59555 may concern the same matter.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2 August 255 BC
Extent:
Right-hand portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the top, right and bottom; overall well preserved; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are the ends of 11 lines running across the fibres; upper, right and lower margins are extant. A sheet-join runs horizontally. On the back, there are 3 lines written along the fibres, complete. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2. Papyrus 2352

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2352
Title:
Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1943, TM 1510)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of a letter to Zenon from Theodorus, assistant (hyperetes), reporting on a sum of money advanced by Python, director of the tax-office at Athribis. P.Cair.Zen. I 59062 is the continuation of this letter and contains the request to present a letter from Amyntas to Apollonius zealously; ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. May 257 BC
Extent:
Upper portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, another fragment of which is in Cairo (P.Cair.Zen. I 59062); somewhat damaged at the top, otherwise well preserved; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 8 lines, with a scant trace of another line at the bottom; upper, right and left margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3. Papyrus 2679

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2679
Title:
Private Letter from Python to Zenon Concerning the Granting of a Loan (P.Lond. VII 1944, TM 1509)
Scope & Content:
Letter from Python, director of the tax office at Athribis, to Zenon, to inform him that he has paid to his agent Theodorus the requested 1000 drachmae for the purchase of donkeys. The back contains a short summary of the letter with the date of reception and, in larger letters, the name of the a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
before 6 May 257 BCE
Extent:
Joining fragments of a light-brown papyrus sheet; the one containing the ends of the line was acquired later. Written on both sides with the text running across the fibres on the recto and along the fibres on the verso; well-preserved apart from a few holes, the largest of which is at the joint of the fragments and affects the first three lines. Mounted in a glass case.

4. Papyrus 2690(B) and 2694

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2690(B) and 2694
Title:
Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1938, TM 2382)
Scope & Content:
Two fragments of a letter to Zenon by Ammonius, royal banker of Athribis, who explains that he has given 1,000 drachmas of silver and copper to Theodorus, agent of Zenon, out of the 2,000 drachmas requested by Zenon for a large purchase of donkeys because he had to pay a body of troops who had j...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2 April 257 BC
Extent:
Two fragments of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, housed in a glass frame; the left-hand fragment is inventoried as Papyrus 2690B and the right-hand fragment as Papyrus 2694; another fragment is now in Michigan University, inventoried as P. 3149 and published as P.Mich.Zen. 11. The British Library fragments are complete at the top, right and bottom and preserve portions of 6 lines written across the fibres on the front, the back being blank. Upper, right and lower margins are extant. Folding lines are still visible. The fragment in Michigan bears the beginnings of the lines and the docket on the back.