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Papyrus 2099
- Record Id:
- 040-003655827
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100103034279.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467231.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2099
- Title:
- Petition to the King (P.Lond. VII 2039, TM 1601)
- Scope & Content:
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Petition to the king Ptolemy from a certain Menander against a certain Dionysodorus, who apparently was claiming to hold the entire land where Menander had built his houses. The petition was probably handed to Zenon, even though it is addressed to the king. With ink-marks on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003655827 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2099 : Petition to the King (P.Lond. VII 2039, TM 1601) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1636]/040-003655827
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete but with some surface damage in places, especially along the folds; written on one side, the back having few ink-marks, perhaps of set-offs. On the front, there are 13 lines written along the fibres, with the last line written in the middle, after some blank space. A sheet-join runs vertically at c.25 mm from the left-hand edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame, with a small opening for the traces of ink on the back.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467231.0x000001 (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: 123 x 225 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 180 x 280 mm.
Script: Upright, medium-sized, clumsy uncial 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 2039
- 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. 187-188, no. 2039.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)