1. Papyrus 2854
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2854
- Title:
- Receipt of Payment (P.Lond. VII 1963, TM 1526)
- Scope & Content:
- Acknowledgment in the form of a double deed, in which Panacestor, superintendent of the dispatches, has received from Posidonius, royal banker in Memphis, a salary of 300 drachmae as per Apollonius' order. The retribution is said to be 200 drachmae in the outer text. Lines 1-12: Inner text; Li...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 20 July-18 August 256 BCE
- Extent:
-
Two larger fragments that do not join, with two lines lost in between, and two scraps from a dark-brown papyrus sheet; writing is along the fibres on one side only. Margins are extant. The text, in the form of a double deed, is arranged in one long column; the two versions of the deed are separated by some blank space. The papyrus was folded up from top to bottom. Mounted in one glass case.
