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Papyrus 2086
- Record Id:
- 040-003541491
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100101366913.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467135.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2086
- Title:
- Complaint (P.Lond. VII 2036, TM 1598)
- Scope & Content:
- Isidora, who leases baths, complains to Zenon that Maron is doing her wrong by demanding a sum of money from her, and asks Zenon to investigate the matter; an interruption of water supply for nine days had occurred, for which she had quarrelled with Zenon.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003541491 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2086 : Complaint (P.Lond. VII 2036, TM 1598) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1542]/040-003541491
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Light-brown papyrus sheet, long and narrow, of poor quality, torn along the right edge; written on one side, the back being blank. There are 27 lines across the fibres, some of which lack the final letters. Blank space separates line 19 from line 20. Upper and left margins are minimal, the lower margin is extant, the right is lost. An irregular sheet-join is visible along the width of the sheet, above line 20. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467135.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0263
- End Date:
- -0229
- Date Range:
- 263-229 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 305 x 97 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 355 x 155 mm.
Script: Thin, upright hand, with a few ligatures in places.
- 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 2036
- 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), pp. 183-184, no. 2036.
P. W. Pestman, A Guide to the Zenon Archive (Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava 21) (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1981), p. 364 and passim.
K. Maresch, Bronze und Silber: papyrologische Beiträge zur Geschichte der Währung im ptolemäischen und römischen Ägypten bis zum 2. Jahrhundert n. Chr. (Opladen: Westdt. Verl. 1996), p. 108.
B. Redon, ‘Rencontres, violence et sociabilité aux bains. La clientèle des édifices balnéaires ptolémaïques’, in B. Redon, G. Tallet (eds.), Rencontres, convivialité, mixité, confrontations. Les espaces sociaux de l’Égypte tardive 20 (Lyon: Association des amis de la Bibliothèque Salomon Reinach 2016), pp. 59-87 (p. 81).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)