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Papyrus 2083
- Record Id:
- 040-003432687
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100069985740.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143123814.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2083
- Title:
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Letter of Artemidorus to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1964, SB V 7983, TM 1527)
- Scope & Content:
- Business letter sent from Artemidorus to Zenon concerning a purchase of cattle. Artemidorus asks that the price of the cattle be credited to the account of Apollonius. With docket on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003432687 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2083 : Letter of Artemidorus to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1964, SB V 7983, TM 1527) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0843]/040-003432687
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Light-brown papyrus sheet, fully preserved, with writing along the fibres on both sides; mounted in a glass case.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100143123814.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0256
- End Date:
- -0256
- Date Range:
- 29 August 256 BCE
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 257 x 96 mm, mounted in a glass case measuring 305 x 140 mm.
Script: Large, hastily formed semi-cursive handwriting (possibly the autograph of Artemidorus).
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2078-2102 from Maurice Nahman (b. 1868, d. 1948) in April 1919.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. VII 1964
SB V 7983 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1916-1920 (London: British Museum 1933), p. 373.
E. A. Bond, E. M. Thompson - G. F. Warner, Facsimiles of Manuscripts and Inscriptions. Series II. Vol. I. The Palaeographical Society (London 1884-1894), plate 96a.
T. C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. Papyri from the Zenon Archive (London: British Museum: 1974), pp. 55-56, no. 1964.
C. Orrieux, Les Papyrus de Zénon. L'horizon d'un grec en Egypte au III. siècle avant J.C. (Paris: Macula 1983), p. 139.
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)