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Papyrus 2311
- Record Id:
- 040-003666264
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100103283752.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467517.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2311
- Title:
- Business Letter (P.Lond. VII 2073, TM 1634)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter to Apollonius instructing him to take Leonidas and another man with him to perform a shoring-up work; if Leonidas is not available, he should do it himself; the address is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003666264 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2311 : Business Letter (P.Lond. VII 2073, TM 1634) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1668]/040-003666264
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, medium-dark brown in colour, complete but lacking the upper left-hand corner and with damage in the middle; written on both sides. The front bears 14 lines running along the fibres; all margins survive, although the left and upper margins are mutilated. On the back, there is one line running across the fibres, written the other way up in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467517.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0225
- End Date:
- -0100
- Date Range:
- Late 3rd century BC-2nd century BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 159 x 98 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 210 x 150 mm.
Script: Medium-sized, rapid, untidy cursive.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Egypt.
Provenance: Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2305-2434 from Dr Kondilios in July 1921.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. VII 2073
- 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. 219-220, no. 2073.
P. Pestman, A guide to the Zenon Archive (P.L.Bat. 21) (Leiden: Brill 1981), p. 73.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)