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Papyrus 2667
- Record Id:
- 040-003707902
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108803574.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468114.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2667
- Title:
- Letter of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2019, TM 1581)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter of Zenon to the head of a district (nomarches) Achoapis, informing him that he has gone to Krokodilopolis in order to make the payments as agreed, and asking him not to vex his people any further. The address is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003707902 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2667 : Letter of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2019, TM 1581) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1900]/040-003707902
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Light-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 3 lines written across the fibres, complete; all margins are extant. On the back, there is a word written along the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468114.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0235
- End Date:
- -0235
- Date Range:
- 24 September 235 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 55 x 331 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 115 x 339 mm.
Script: Medium-sized, upright and thin hand, more cursive in places.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum) (?), 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 2019
- 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. 172-3, no. 2019.
Claude Orrieux, Les papyrus de Zénon: l'horizon d'un Grec en Egypte au IIIe siècle avant J.C. (Paris: Macula 1983), p. 145.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)