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Papyrus 2094
- Record Id:
- 040-003653430
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100102820681.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470694.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2094
- Title:
- Farmers' Petition (P.Lond. VII 1955, SB V 7986, TM 1518)
- Scope & Content:
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Petition from some farmers to Zoilus, chief financial official (oikonomos) of the Arsinoite nome, complaining about the damage caused by Damis, who was preventing them from sowing the land they were supposed to cultivate. They ask that Zoilus introduce them to Apollonius, chief minister of the finances (dioiketes). Papyrus 2090 concerns the same subject and is addressed to Apollonius.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003653430 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2094 : Farmers' Petition (P.Lond. VII 1955, SB V 7986, TM 1518) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1613]/040-003653430
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Papyrus slip, light-brown, cut from a roll of exceptional height; complete but with surface damage in the central portion; written on one side across the fibres; the back bears some set-offs. On the front, there are 7 lines, with the last being indented. Margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame, with a small opening for the set-offs on the back.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470694.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0257
- End Date:
- -0257
- Date Range:
- October-November 257 BC (?)
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 103 x 426 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 150 x 485 mm.
Script: Thin and regular medium-sized uncial.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite nome?
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 1955
SB V 7986 - 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. M. Thompson, Facsimiles of ancient manuscripts, etc.: second series. New Palaeographical Society Series II (London: Oxford University Press 1913-1932), plate 97b.
M. I. Rostovtzeff, A Large Estate in Egypt in the Third Century B.C. - A Large Estate in Egypt in the Third Century B.C.: A Study in Economic History (Madison: University of Wisconsin 1922), pp. 73-74.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band V (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1934-1955), no. 7986.
T. C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum 1974), pp. 45-47, no. 1955.
P. Pestman, A guide to the Zenon Archive (P.L.Bat. 21) (Leiden: Brill 1981), p. 69, and passim.
T. Reekmans, ‘Archives de Zénon: situation et comportement des enterpreneurs indigènes’, in E. Van’t Dack, P. Van Dessel, W. Van Gucht (eds.), Egypt and the Hellenistic World. Proceedings of the International Colloquium, Leuven 24-26 May 1982 (Lovanii: Orientaliste 1983), pp. 325-350 (p. 349).
M. Depauw, ‘The Royal Format of Early Ptolemaic Demotic Papyri’, in K. Ryholt (ed.), Acts of the Seventh International Conference of Demotic Studies (Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press 2002), pp. 85-100 (p. 95).
W. Huß, Die Verwaltung des ptolemaiischen Reichs (München: Beck 2011), p. 65.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)