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Papyrus 2658
- Record Id:
- 040-003708287
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108940038.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468046.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2658
- Title:
- Order to Supply Barley and Wheat (P.Lond. VII 1952, TM 1516)
- Scope & Content:
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Order in duplicate form from Panacestor to Clitarchus and Andron to issue quantities of barley and wheat to various individuals as loans for labour costs and for seed.
Lines 1-15: Inner text, originally rolled up and sealed.
Line 16-end: Outer text.
The endorsement is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003708287 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2658 : Order to Supply Barley and Wheat (P.Lond. VII 1952, TM 1516) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1906]/040-003708287
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Long and narrow medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved, with holes in the middle; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 31 lines running along the fibres, complete; blank space separates line 15 and line 16. Margins are extant, the right and left being minimal. On the back, there are 3 lines running across the fibres, the one at the top written upside down in relation to the two at the bottom. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468046.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0257
- End Date:
- -0257
- Date Range:
- 19 November 257 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 300 x 80 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 355 x 130 mm.
Script: Fairly neat semi-cursive hand; second hand, smaller and more cursive, in lines 15, and 30-31; third hand on the back in the line written upside down.
- Custodial History:
-
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 1952
- 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. 40-43, no. 1953.
Pieter W. Pestman, A guide to the Zenon Archive (P.L.Bat. 21) (Leiden: Brill, 1981), passim.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)