1. Papyrus 2099
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2099
- Title:
- Petition to the King (P.Lond. VII 2039, TM 1601)
- Scope & Content:
- Petition to the king Ptolemy from a certain Menander against a certain Dionysodorus, who apparently was claiming to hold the entire land where Menander had built his houses. The petition was probably handed to Zenon, even though it is addressed to the king. With ink-marks on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 263-229 BC
- Extent:
- Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete but with some surface damage in places, especially along the folds; written on one side, the back having few ink-marks, perhaps of set-offs. On the front, there are 13 lines written along the fibres, with the last line written in the middle, after some blank space. A sheet-join runs vertically at c.25 mm from the left-hand edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame, with a small opening for the traces of ink on the back.
