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Papyrus 2092
- Record Id:
- 040-003695874
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100107898262.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467178.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2092
- Title:
- Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1979, TM 1542)
- Scope & Content:
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Letter to Zenon from Demetrius, informing him that Zenon’s father and Acrisius had reached home safely. They had left behind mattresses and pillows because of some difficulties with customs clearance, but Cimon will send them as soon as the weather allows. In addition, Demetrius advises Zenon that he did not received the payment that Zenon had ordered to collect from Sostratus. With date (2 January 252 BC), address and summary on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003695874 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2092 : Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1979, TM 1542) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1870]/040-003695874
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Papyrus sheet, light-brown, complete, with minor surface damage along the folds; written on both sides. On the front, there are 19 lines running across the fibres, complete; all margins are extant. On the back, there are 4 lines written along the fibres. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame, with a small opening for the text on the back.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467178.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0252
- End Date:
- -0252
- Date Range:
- c. 252 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 160 x 257 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 215 x 300 mm.
Script: Medium-sized, upright and thin hand, somewhat irregular and clumsy, with a tendency to become smaller. Smaller and more cursive hand on the back.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Alexandria?, 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 1979
- 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.
T. C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum 1974), pp. 74-76, no. 1979.
K. Vandorpe, A Companion to Greco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt (Chichester, West Sussex-Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell 2010), p. 91.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)