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Papyrus 2091
- Record Id:
- 040-003653496
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100102964589.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467172.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2091
- Title:
- Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2059, TM 1621)
- Scope & Content:
-
Letter from Philoxenus to Zenon, reminding him to send his millstone back, as he needs it. He has already written about this several times; with address on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003653496 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2091 : Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2059, TM 1621) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1626]/040-003653496
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Long and narrow papyrus sheet, light-brown, complete, with minor surface damage in places and slightly torn at the top and bottom; written on both sides. The front bears 16 complete lines running along the fibres; margins are extant, the lower being ample and measuring 70 mm. A sheet-join runs vertically along the right edge. The back bears one word written along the fibres, but the ink is very faint. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame, with a small opening for the word on the back.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467172.0x000001 (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: 267 x 86 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 310 x 130 mm.
Script: Large and thin semi-cursive hand.
- 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 2059
- Publications:
-
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. 208-209, no. 2059.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)