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Papyrus 2674
- Record Id:
- 040-003707050
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108584376.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468174.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2674
- Title:
- Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1937, TM 2375)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter to Zenon from Nikon, agent in the Memphite nome of Apollonios, chief minister of finances (dioiketes), asking the recipient to reply about the unsold emmer wheat and barley, about which he had repeatedly written, and reporting on the current prices of these products. PSI V 493 preserves the rest of the letter with the docket, including date of receipt and summary. The original clay seal (TM Seal 970) is still preserved.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003707050 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2674 : Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1937, TM 2375) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1886]/040-003707050
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Right-hand portion of a papyrus slip another portion of which is in Florence, published as PSI V 492; medium-brown, overall well preserved, with minor damage along the horizontal folds; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 6 lines written across the fibres, with lines 1-5 lacking the beginnings, which are preserved in the fragment in Florence; upper, lower and right margins are extant. The original clay seal is still preserved. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame with a small opening for the seal.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468174.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0257
- End Date:
- -0257
- Date Range:
- 1 April 257 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Papyrus; Clay.
Dimensions: 100 x 215 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 160 x 280 mm.
Script: Small, neat, upright hand, presumably Nikon’s. Same hand as Papyrus 2683.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Memphite nome (?), Egypt.
Provenance: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2652-2721 from Dr. A. N. Kondilios in July 1925. Part of a joint purchase with the University of Michigan and Columbia University.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. VII 1937
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum 1950), p. 370.
Papiri greci e latini 5 (Firenze: Pubblicazioni della Società Italiana per la ricerca dei papiri greci e latini in Egitto 1917), p. 75, no. 492.
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), pp. 18-19, no. 1937.
Pieter W. Pestman, A guide to the Zenon Archive (P.L.Bat. 21) (Leiden: Brill, 1981), p. 58, and passim.
Klaus Maresch, Bronze und Silber: papyrologische Beiträge zur Geschichte der Währung im ptolemäischen und römischen Ägypten bis zum 2. Jahrhundert n. Chr. (Opladen: Westdt. Verl., 1996), p. 183.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1998), p. 110.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2002), p. 123.
Willy Clarysse, New Editions, Addenda and Corrigenda to the Texts of the Zenon Archive, p. 3: http://www.trismegistos.org/arch/add_corr_zenon.pdf.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)