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Papyrus 2343
- Record Id:
- 040-003707018
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108471838.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467707.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2343
- Title:
- Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1935, TM 2379)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter to Zenon from Amyntas, administrator in the Alexandrian household of Apollonius, finance minister (dioiketes), informing him that he has given fifty drachmas to the boat-captain, but has not yet sent him wine and honey as he is waiting to know whether Zenon is coming.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003707018 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2343 : Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1935, TM 2379) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1884]/040-003707018
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Long and narrow papyrus sheet, medium-brown, severely damaged at the bottom, with some damage along the vertical folds as well; bearing writing on one side along the fibres. On the front, there are 13 lines written in the upper half of the sheet; margins are extant. The original clay seal has disintegrated. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467707.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0257
- End Date:
- -0257
- Date Range:
- 2 January 257 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 290 x 125 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 330 x 185 mm.
Script: Hasty, semi-cursive hand, possibly Amyntas’ autograph.
- 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 2305-2434 from Dr Kondilios in July 1921.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. VII 1935
- 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.
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum 1974), pp. 16-17, no. 1935.
Trevor V. Evans, ‘The language of the individual’, in The language of the papyri, ed. by Trevor V. Evans, and Dirk D. Obbink (Oxford-New York: Oxford University Press, 2010), pp. 62-63.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)