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Papyrus 2081
- Record Id:
- 040-003695854
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100107810585.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467131.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2081
- Title:
- Letter from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2012, TM 1574)
- Scope & Content:
-
Conclusion of a letter, the names of the correspondents being lost. The writer informs the recipient that he had dispatched some items, such as wool.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003695854 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2081 : Letter from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2012, TM 1574) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1868]/040-003695854
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Long and narrow papyrus sheet, light-brown, broken off at the top; written on one side along the fibres, the back displaying some ink smudges. On the front, there are 13 lines running along the fibres; the first is fragmentary; right, left and lower (80 mm) margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467131.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0243
- End Date:
- -0243
- Date Range:
- 5 March 243 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 244 x 76 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 285 x 120 mm.
Script: Practised upright hand displaying cursive traits.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Arsinoite 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 2012
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1916-1920 (London: British Museum 1933), p. 373.
T. C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum 1974), pp. 163-164, no. 2012.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)