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Papyrus 2682
- Record Id:
- 040-003708259
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108938697.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468218.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2682
- Title:
- Letter of Introduction from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1946, TM 2380)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter to Nicanor from Hierocles introducing the bearer of the letter, Apollodorus, who is sailing to Herakleopolis. Hierocles asks Nicanor to make further introductions and offer any assistance that may be needed. The address on the back reads ‘to Zenon’, as it was accidentally swapped with that of Papyrus 2681 (P.Lond. VII 1945), another letter of introduction by Hierocles for Apollodorus to Zenon, wrongly addressed to Nicanor. Fragments of the original seal (TM Seal 971) still survive.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003708259 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2682 : Letter of Introduction from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1946, TM 2380) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1902]/040-003708259
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off to the right; P. Zaki Aly 15b is another small fragment of the same papyrus; written on both sides. On the front, there are 9 lines running across the fibres, with lines 1-8 being imperfect at the end; upper, lower and left margins are extant. A sheet-join runs horizontally along the lower edge. On the back, there are two words written along the fibres, upside down in relation to the text on the front, one in the left-hand edge and one in the middle. Horizontal folds are still visible. Fragments of the original seal survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468218.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0257
- End Date:
- -0257
- Date Range:
- c. 6 May 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: 93 x 235 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 150 x 295 mm.
Script: Rather untidy, thin and large hand of Hierocles.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Alexandria (?), 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 1946
- 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. 34-35, no. 1946.
Pieter W Pestman, A guide to the Zenon Archive (P.L.Bat. 21) (Leiden: Brill, 1981), passim.
James M. S Cowey,‘Parted Pieces: P. Zaki Aly 15 b (= SB XVIII 13617) and P. Lond. VII 1946’, in Mousopolos stephanos. Festschrift für Herwig Görgemanns. Bibliothek der klassischen Altertumswissenschaften. Reihe 2. N.F., 102 ed. by Baumbach, M., Köhler, H., and Ritter, A. M. (1998), pp. 201-209.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill 2002), p. 123.
Delphine Nachtergaele, ‘Remarks on the Variation in the Initial Health Wish in Hierokles' Letters’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 190 (2014), 223-6.
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)