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Papyrus 2664
- Record Id:
- 040-003708305
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108944277.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468094.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2664
- Title:
- Letter from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2066, TM 1627)
- Scope & Content:
- Anonymous communication to an unnamed addressee with the request to ask Dionysodorus to order that deliveries of various types of grain should be accepted on a proportional basis. The grain-collectors are at fault, as they ought to have defined the quantities themselves.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003708305 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2664 : Letter from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2066, TM 1627) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1908]/040-003708305
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Light-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved. On the front, there are 19 lines written along the fibres, complete; all margins are extant and ample. A sheet-join runs along the right edge. On the back, there are some traces of ink, possibly set-offs. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468094.0x000001 (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: 332 x 185 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 385 x 240 mm.
Script: Neat and large upright uncial hand, with some elongated strokes and occasional wide spaces between phrases.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: 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 2066
- 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. 214-215, no. 2066.
Pieter W. Pestman, A guide to the Zenon Archive (P.L.Bat. 21) (Leiden: Brill, 1981), p. 319.
Theodore C. Skeat, ‘The Length of the Standard Papyrus Roll and the Cost-Advantage of the Codex’, Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 45 (1982), 169-175 (p. 169).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Zenon, estate manager of Apollonius, 263-228 BC
- Places:
- Arsinoite nome (Fayum), Egypt
Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza), Egypt - Related Material:
- The papyrus belongs to the Archive of Zenon, son of Agreophon (TM Arch ID 256).