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Papyrus 2245
- Record Id:
- 040-003653428
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100102820203.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467442.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2245
- Title:
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Business Letter (P.Lond. VII 1932, TM 2378)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter to Zenon, presumably from one of his correspondents in Palestine, asking for pitch and timber, necessary for repairing a boat. The author also asks for his salary, corn and a fine cloak to be sent to him. With docket including the summary and address on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003653428 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2245 : Business Letter (P.Lond. VII 1932, TM 2378) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1612]/040-003653428
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Fragment of a papyrus sheet, light-brown, broken off on the sides and complete at the top and bottom; with minor abrasion and some surface damage in places; written on both sides. On the front, there are 11 lines running across the fibres, lacking beginnings and ends with the exception of the last line, which is complete. A sheet-join runs horizontally. On the back, there are 3 damaged lines running along the fibres. Folding lines are still visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467442.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0258
- End Date:
- -0258
- Date Range:
- 24 April 258 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 168 x 180 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 225 x 280 mm.
Script: Hasty, carelessly formed hand, rarely ligatured.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Palestine.
Provenance: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2243-2304 from Maurice Nahman (b. 1868, d. 1948) through Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (b. 1857, d. 1934) on 9 July 1921. Part of a joint purchase with the University of Michigan, Princeton University, Cornell University, the University of Geneva.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. VII 1932
- 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. 363.
T. C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum 1974), pp. 12-13, no. 1932.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 123.
X. Durand, Des Grecs en Palestine au IIIe siècle avant Jésus-Christ. Le dossier syrien des archives de Zenon de Caunos (261-252), (Cahiers de la Revue Biblique 38) (Paris: Gabalda 1997), p. 166, no. 26.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)