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Papyrus 2312
- Record Id:
- 040-003432678
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100069985467.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147453882.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2312
- Title:
- Letter from Hierocles to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1941, C.Ptol.Sklav. II 157, TM 2384)
- Scope & Content:
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A letter from Hierocles to Zenon regarding the training of a boy, Pyrrhus, for the public games. On the verso there is the docket. The papyrus belongs to the Zenon archive.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003432678 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2312 : Letter from Hierocles to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1941, C.Ptol.Sklav. II 157, TM 2384) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1250]/040-003432678
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Papyrus sheet made of fragments of varying size purchased in different years; writing is on both sides and runs across the fibres on the recto and along the fibres on the verso; left, top, and bottom margins are extant on the recto. Mounted in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147453882.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0257
- End Date:
- -0257
- Date Range:
- Before 5 May 257 BCE
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 125 x 265 mm; mounted in a glass case measuring 180 x 320 mm.
Script: Clear epistolary style script, signed by Hierocles.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Alexandria, Egypt.
Provenance: Alexandria, Egypt. The left fragment was purchased with a lot comprising Papyri 2305-2434 from Dr. Kondilios in July 1921. Further fragments were acquired later, in 1925 and 1926.
- Former External References:
- C.Ptol.Sklav. II 157
P.Lond. VII 1941 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum 1950), p. 364.
T. C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum VII. Papyri from the Zenon Archive (London: British Museum 1974), pp. 26-28, no. 1941.
R. Scholl, Corpus der ptolemäischen Sklaventexte. Forschungen zur antiken Sklaverei II, (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner 1990), pp. 677-680, no. 157.
W. Clarysse and K. Vandorpe, Zénon, un homme d'affaires grec à l'ombre des pyramides (Leuven: Presses Univ. de Louvain 1995), p. 58.
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)