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Papyrus 2676
- Record Id:
- 040-003666268
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100103284453.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468195.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2676
- Title:
- Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2071, TM 1632)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter to Zenon concerning viticulture and some vine poles to be sent to him; dog puppies will also be delivered; the address is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003666268 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2676 : Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2071, TM 1632) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1671]/040-003666268
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Papyrus sheet, medium-brown in colour, damaged on the sides and complete at the top and bottom; with minor abrasion in places; written on both sides. The front bears 7 lines running across the fibres and lacking beginnings and ends. Upper and lower margins survive. On the back, there is one word written along the fibres 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_100147468195.0x000001 (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: 141 x 195 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 195 x 240 mm.
Script: Good chancery hand, with large, thin and upright letterforms; a horizontal stroke links the top of chi to the following letter; with one correction.
- Custodial History:
- Origin: Arsinoite nome?Provenance: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased with a lot comprising Papyri 2652-2721 from Dr. A. N. Kondilios in July 1925. Part of a joint purchase with the University of Michigan and Columbia University.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. VII 2071
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum 1950), p. 369.
T. C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum 1974), pp. 218-219, no. 2071.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)