1. Papyrus 2310
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2310
- Title:
- Petition to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2038, TM 1600)
- Scope & Content:
- Petition to Zenon from Lysimachus and Paesis, two potters, who complain that they have had no work for four days, but still had to pay the wages to the workmen they had hired. The loss they incurred amounts to thirty jars. They now ask Zenon to order that their wages be paid punctually.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 263-229 BC
- Extent:
- Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete but with insect-holes regularly distributed along the right edge; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 29 lines written along the fibres; all margins are extant. A sheet-join is visible along the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
