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Papyrus 2671
- Record Id:
- 040-003708313
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108949902.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468154.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2671
- Title:
- Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2020, TM 1582)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragmentary letter from Agesilaus to Zenon, mentioning salaries. Details are lost.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003708313 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2671 : Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2020, TM 1582) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1911]/040-003708313
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Light-brown papyrus sheet, broken off on the right and with surface damage throughout; written on both sides. On the front, there are the beginnings of 3 lines written across the fibres at the top, with most of the sheet being blank; upper, left, lower margins survive. A dark stain is visible in the centre. On the back, there is the beginning of one word written along the fibres, the other way up in relation to the text on the front. Folding lines are still visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468154.0x000001 (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: 96 x 98 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 150 x 140 mm.
Script: Medium-sized, untidy and irregular hand.
- 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 2020
- 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), p. 173, no. 2020.
Pieter W. Pestman, A guide to the Zenon Archive (P.L.Bat. 21) (Leiden: Brill, 1981), p. 276, and passim.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)