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Papyrus 2322
- Record Id:
- 040-003665605
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100103154248.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467580.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2322
- Title:
- Letter of the Chief Minister of Finances (P.Lond. VII 2023, TM 1585)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragmentary letter of Apollonius, chief minister of finances (dioiketes), to Zenon, enclosing the copy of a petition he had received from someone whose name is lost, who appears to have been jailed.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003665605 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2322 : Letter of the Chief Minister of Finances (P.Lond. VII 2023, TM 1585) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1645]/040-003665605
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Left-hand portion of a light-brown papyrus sheet of fine quality, with insect-holes and with a zig-zag break on the right; written on one side, the back being blank. The front preserves the beginnings of 14 lines written across the fibres. Upper, left and lower margins are ample. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467580.0x000001 (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:
-
Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 262 x 87 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 310 x 140 mm.
Script: Fine chancery hand, upright, thin and large.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: 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 2023
- Publications:
-
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. 174-175, no. 2023.
P. Pestman, A guide to the Zenon Archive (P.L.Bat. 21) (Leiden: Brill 1981), p. 191, and passim.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)