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Papyrus 2657
- Record Id:
- 040-003707892
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108801489.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468034.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2657
- Title:
- Letter of Introduction from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2026, TM 1588)
- Scope & Content:
- Asclepiades writes to Zenon to introduce the bearer of the letter, Philon, and asks that assistance be offered to him, as he is worthy of Zenon’s consideration. The address is on the back, and possibly the date, which is smudged.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003707892 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2657 : Letter of Introduction from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2026, TM 1588) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1897]/040-003707892
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete and overall well preserved, with holes in the centre and slight damage along the folds; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 18 lines written along the fibres; all margins are extant, the right being minimal. On the back, there is a word written along the fibres to the left of the centre, and traces of smudged letters at the left-hand edge, possibly deleted, followed by an alpha. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468034.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0263
- End Date:
- -0229
- Date Range:
- 263-229 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 310 x 127 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 360 x 180 mm.
Script: Neat and regular medium-sized uncial hand, upright and thin; smaller in the last line of the recto.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite 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 2026
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum, 1950), p. 370.
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), pp. 176-7, no. 2026.
Naphtali Lewis, Greeks in Ptolemaic Egypt. Case studies in the Social History of the Hellenistic world (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), p. 16.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2009), p. 111.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)