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Papyrus 2088
- Record Id:
- 040-003541489
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101366886.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467145.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2088
- Title:
- Letter (P.Lond. VII 1967, TM 1530)
- Scope & Content:
- Psenemous informs Zenon about a conflict concerning water supplies between the inhabitants of Philadelpheia and those of the neighbouring village of Ammonias. With docket on the back including date and summary, and address.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003541489 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2088 : Letter (P.Lond. VII 1967, TM 1530) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1540]/040-003541489
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Light-brown papyrus slip, broken off on the right-hand side, with a few holes and loss of fibres in places; written on both sides. On the front, there are 6 lines running against the fibres and lacking the ends; on the back there are two lines and a word after blank space written along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467145.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0255
- End Date:
- -0255
- Date Range:
- Around 255 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 105 x 225 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 150 x 270 mm.
Script: Large and regular upright hand, with lines slightly uneven.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Ammonias(?), 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 1967
- 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.
T. C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum 1974), p. 58, no. 1967.
P. W. Pestman, A Guide to the Zenon Archive (Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava 21) (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1981), p. 134.
C. Orrieux, Les papyrus de Zénon: l'horizon d'un Grec en Egypte au IIIe siècle avant J.C. (Paris: Macula 1983), pp. 100-101.
B.Van Beek, ‘A Letter from Zenon to Kleon: a new date for "P. Zen. Pestm". Suppl. B’, Ancient Society 35 (2005), pp. 119-128 (p. 128).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)