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Papyrus 2662
- Record Id:
- 040-003541484
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101366718.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471153.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2662
- Title:
- Private Letter (P.Lond. VII 1977, TM 1540)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter from Zenon to Zenon, concerning a payment made by Nicon on account of some honey and a refund to be made to Thyrsus; with accounts concerning the honey at the bottom and back; the back bears the address.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003541484 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2662 : Private Letter (P.Lond. VII 1977, TM 1540) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1535]/040-003541484
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, pale-brown, complete and well preserved, with a break along a horizontal fold; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 12 lines running across the fibres; five additional lines occupy the lower margin; margins are extant, and a sheet-join runs along the width of the papyrus near its middle. On the back, there is one word running along the fibres, written at the bottom right, the other way up in relation to the text on the front. At the lower left corner there are traces of few washed out letters, running along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147471153.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0253
- End Date:
- -0253
- Date Range:
- 23 July 253 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 217 x 127 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 270 x 180 mm.
Script: Upright, thin, medium-sized hand, smaller at the bottom; lines tend to incline upwards.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Arsinoite nome (?), 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 1977
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of the Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum 1950), p. 370.
T. C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum 1974), p. 72, no. 1977.
P. W. Pestman, A Guide to the Zenon Archive (Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava 21) (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1981), passim.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), pp. 110-111.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)