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Papyrus 2079
- Record Id:
- 040-003695852
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100107808913.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467109.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2079
- Title:
- Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1982, SB V 7985, TM 1544)
- Scope & Content:
-
Letter of Hermolaus, chief financial official (oikonomos) of the Memphite nome, to Zenon, informing him that he sent an agent to collect croton and asking him to hire draught animals for him. The address is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003695852 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2079 : Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1982, SB V 7985, TM 1544) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1867]/040-003695852
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Papyrus sheet, light-brown, complete, slightly damaged along the folding lines; written on both sides. On the front, there are 6 lines running across the fibres; all margins are extant. On the back, there is one line running along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467109.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0252
- End Date:
- -0252
- Date Range:
- 7 April 252 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 340 x 112 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring x mm.
Script: Practised hand of chancery type, upright and thin, somewhat hasty; smaller and more cursive hand in the last line.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Memphite nome?, Egypt.
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 1982
SB V 7985 - 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.
E. M. Thompson, Facsimiles of ancient manuscripts, etc.: second series. New Palaeographical Society Series II. Part V (London: Oxford University Press 1913-1932), plate 97(a).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band V (Heidelberg: Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers 1934-1955), no. 7985.
T. C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum 1974), pp. 79-80, no. 1982.
C. Orrieux, Les papyrus de Zénon: l'horizon d'un Grec en Egypte au IIIe siècle avant J.C. (Paris: Macula 1983), p. 105.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)