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Papyrus 2314
- Record Id:
- 040-003653501
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100102967173.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467526.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2314
- Title:
- Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2046, TM 1608)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter to Zenon from Peteermotis, who had already applied for a position in the temple of Arsinoe at Philadelpheia, which was to be built, and now renews his request.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003653501 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2314 : Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2046, TM 1608) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1629]/040-003653501
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Two fragments of a papyrus sheet which do not join, medium-brown, darkened in patches; torn on the right and left; written on one side across the fibres. The front bears 5 lines, with ample lower margin (45 mm); horizontal folds are still visible. A sheet-join runs horizontally along the lower edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467526.0x000001 (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: Left fragment: 111 x 153 mm; Right fragment: 107 x 128 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 165 x 355 mm.
Script: Carefully formed upright uncial hand.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome (?), Egypt.
Provenance: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2305-2434 from Dr Kondilios in July 1921. - Former External References:
- P.Lond. VII 2046
- 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. 364.
T. C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum 1974), pp. 193-195, no. 2046.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1992), p. 195.
J. Rowlandson, Women and society in Greek and Roman Egypt: A Sourcebook (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1998), p. 28, no. 4.
S. Pfeiffer, ‘The god Serapis, his cult and the beginnings of the ruler cult in Ptolemaic Egypt’, in P. R. McKechnie, Ph. Guillaume (eds.), Ptolemy the second Philadelphus and his world (Leiden-Boston: Brill 2008.), pp. 387-408 (p. 406).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)