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Papyrus 2331
- Record Id:
- 040-003666271
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100103284879.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467620.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2331
- Title:
- Letter to Eucles (P.Lond. VII 2047, TM 1609)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragmentary letter to Eucles, Zenon’s colleague, from a shepherd, advising him that everything said by Hermolaus, the chief financial official (oikonomos) of the Memphite nome, about him is false.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003666271 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2331 : Letter to Eucles (P.Lond. VII 2047, TM 1609) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1673]/040-003666271
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and damaged by insect-holes throughout; written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 6 lines from the top of a column running along the fibres; of the sixth line, only a scant trace remains; upper and left margins are extant; no margin was left on the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467620.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0247
- End Date:
- -0243
- Date Range:
- 247-243 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 95 x 94 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 150 x 145 mm.
Script: Untidy and roughly formed semi-cursive hand of medium size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Tanis (?), 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 2047
- 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), p. 195, no. 2047.
C. Orrieux, ‘Les archives d'Euclès et la fin de la dôréa du diécète Apollonios’, Chronique d'Égypte 55 (1980), pp. 213-239 (p. 231).
P. Pestman, A guide to the Zenon Archive (P.L.Bat. 21) (Leiden: Brill 1981), p. 91 and passim.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)