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Papyrus 2681
- Record Id:
- 040-002105327
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0000d6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143125129.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2681
- Title:
- Letter of Introduction from Hierocles to Zeno (P.Lond. VII 1945, TM 2386)
- Scope & Content:
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Personal letter in which Hierocles introduces Apollodorus to Zeno. Apollodorus is sailing to Herakleopolis, and Hierocles asks Zeno to make further introductions and to assist him in the purchase of some cloaks and tunics.
The back bears the address ‘Hierocles concerning Apollodorus to Nikanor’ [sic]’, and date. Papyrus 2682 (= P.Lond. VII 1946), another letter of introduction by Hierocles for Apollodorus, is accidentally addressed to Zeno instead of Nikanor.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105327 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2681 : Letter of Introduction from Hierocles to Zeno (P.Lond. VII 1945, TM 2386) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0477]/040-002105327
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken at the right-hand side of recto, with writing on both sides, mounted in glass. A larger fragment of the sheet, containing much of the missing right-hand side of the column, is preserved in Cairo under the inventory JdE 48980.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143125129.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0257
- End Date:
- -0257
- Date Range:
- Before 6 May 257 BCE
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 128 x 95 mm, mounted in a glass case measuring 135 x 170 mm.
Script: Cursive hand characteristic of Hierocles, letter (on recto) written along fibres, and addressee (on verso) across fibres.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Memphis, Egypt.
Provenance: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased with a lot comprising Papyri 2652-2721 from Dr. A. N. Kondilios in July 1925. Part of a joint purchase with the University of Michigan and Columbia University.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. VII 1945
- Publications:
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Catalogue of the Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum 1950), p. 369.
Greek Papyri in the British Museum, Volume VII (London: British Museum 1974), pp. 33-34, no. 1945.
C. Orrieux, Les papyrus de Zénon: l'horizon d'un grec en Egypte au IIIe siècle avant J.C. (Paris: Macula 1983), p.71.
Metadata provided by the 2018 Heidelberg Research Webinar on BL Greek Papyri, funded by the MWK Baden-Württemberg and taught by R. Ast and L. Berkes.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)