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Papyrus 2361
- Record Id:
- 040-003409353
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100057898591.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2361
- Title:
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Accounts of Grains from the Zenon Archive (P.Lond. VII 1995, TM 1557)
- Scope & Content:
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Accounts of grains put at the disposal of Heraclides, an employee of Apollonius working in the latter’s estate. The accounts, arranged in 15 columns (12 on recto, 3 on verso), cover a period of three years (years 33-35 of Ptolemy II Philadelphus) and are to be compared with those of Papyrus 2360 (P.Lond. VII 1994). A final net total is stated and a balance struck in order show whether Heraclides was in credit or debit overall. The method of accounting income and outgoing of different grains is obtained by converting them into wheat equivalent. With marginal notes and corrections throughout. The papyrus belongs to the archive of Zenon.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003409353 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2361 : Accounts of Grains from the Zenon Archive (P.Lond. VII 1995, TM 1557) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0619]/040-003409353
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragments of various sizes, from a medium-brown papyrus roll, damaged throughout and containing 15 columns of varying length, the first one on the recto only having four lines. With marginal notes and corrections throughout. Housed in two glass frames; the fragments mounted in frame 1 are on carboard, with the exception of a small part, which preserves traces of writing on the verso; those in frame 2 are not mounted on cardboard.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Papyrus_2361 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0251
- End Date:
- -0251
- Date Range:
- ca. October 251 BCE
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Papyrus 2361 (1): 330 x 740 mm; Papyrus 2361 (2): 330 x 835. Housed in two glass frames measuring 390 x 820 mm and 370 x 920 mm respectively.
Script: Various hands. The hand responsible for the main text is medium sized and well formed; additions were made in a smaller and more cursive hand; the text on the verso was drawn by a semi-cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased with a lot comprising Papyri 2305-2434 from Dr. Kondilios in July 1921.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. VII 1995
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts 1921-1925 (London: The Trustees of the British Museum 1950), p. 363.
H. I. Bell, ‘Notes on Early Ptolemaic Papyri’, Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 7 (1924), pp. 17-29 (p.17).
Greek Papyri in the British Museum (Now in the British Library) VII. The Zenon Archive (London: Published for the British Library Board, British Museum Publications 1974), pp. 118-130, no. 1995.
P. W. Pestman, A Guide to the Zenon Archive (P.L.Bat. 21) (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1981), p. 45.
H. Cuvigny, L'arpentage par espèces dans l'Égypte ptolémaïque d'après les papyrus grecs. Papyrologica Bruxellensia 20 (Bruxelles: Fondation Égyptologique, Reine Elisabeth 1985), pp. 39-40.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E.J. Brill 1992), p. 195.
L. Criscuolo, ‘Observations on the Economy in Kind in Ptolemaic Egypt’, in Z. Archibald, J. K. Davies, V. Gabrielsen, The Economies of Hellenistic Societies, Third to First Centuries BC (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2011), pp. 166-176 (pp. 168-169).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)