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Papyrus 2349
- Record Id:
- 040-003699316
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108324301.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467735.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2349
- Title:
- Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2053, TM 1615)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragmentary letter to Zenon from Sostratus, who reports on the subject of horses (five of which were in foal) and on the price of some wine. The address is on the back. Another fragment of the same papyrus is in Cairo.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003699316 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2349 : Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2053, TM 1615) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1881]/040-003699316
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Fragment of a light-brown papyrus sheet, the right-hand portion of which is in Cairo;complete at the top and bottom, broken off at the right and left; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are portions of 10 lines running across the fibres and lacking beginnings and ends. Upper and lower margins are extant. On the back there is one word written along the fibres in the lower half, upside down in relation to the text on the front, lacking the end. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467735.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0255
- End Date:
- -0246
- Date Range:
- 255-246 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 112 x 100 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 170 x 155 mm.
Script: Rather irregular upright hand, with a tendency to become more compressed and cursive.
- 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 2305-2434 from Dr A. N. Kondilios in July 1921.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. VII 2053
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum, 1950), p. 364.
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), pp. 201-202, no. 2053.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)