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Papyrus 2663
- Record Id:
- 040-003707894
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108801887.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468081.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2663
- Title:
- Letter of Introduction from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2027, TM 1589)
- Scope & Content:
- Asclepiades asks Zenon to offer his assistance to the bearer of the letter, Erasis, who is a relative and friend of his, and who is bringing his nephew for the measuring out of some land. The address is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003707894 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2663 : Letter of Introduction from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2027, TM 1589) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1898]/040-003707894
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Medium-brown papyrus sheet, of lighter colour in places, complete and overall well preserved, slightly damaged at the edges; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 8 lines written across the fibres; all margins are extant. On the back, there is a word written along the fibres upside down in relation to the text on the front, and traces of two lines, perhaps off-sets. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468081.0x000001 (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: 125 x 357 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 180 x 410 mm.
Script: Neat and regular medium-sized uncial hand, upright and thin.
- 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 2027
- 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. 370.
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), pp. 177-8, no. 2027.
Naphtali Lewis, Greeks in Ptolemaic Egypt. Case studies in the Social History of the Hellenistic world (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), p. 25.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)