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Papyrus 2326
- Record Id:
- 040-003708341
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108995128.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100120697144.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2326
- Title:
- Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1931, P.Zen.Pestm. 32, C.Zen.Palestine 10, TM 1863)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragment of a letter from Heliodorus to Zenon asking him to take delivery of a large amount of wheat and barley at Ptolemais, the Palestinian port of Acre, following Apollonius’ instructions. The back bears the address. Other fragments of the same letter are in Cairo (P.Cair. I 59017, containing the ends of some lines) and New York (P.Col. IV 61 and 115g, containing the beginnings of the lines including the name of the sender, and the docket).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003708341 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2326 : Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1931, P.Zen.Pestm. 32, C.Zen.Palestine 10, TM 1863) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1912]/040-003708341
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Central portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, three additional fragments of which are in Cairo and Columbia University, New York; complete at the top and bottom; with some damage along the folds; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 8 lines running across the fibres, lacking beginnings and ends; upper and lower margins are extant. A sheet-join runs at c. 80 mm from the top. The fragment in Cairo (P.Cair.Zen. I 59017) preserves the ends of lines 5-8; one fragment at Columbia University (P.Col. IV 115g) preserves the beginnings of lines 3-8; the other fragment at Columbia University (P.Col. IV 61) preserves the beginnings of lines 1-2. On the back, there is one word written along the fibres at the bottom, upside down in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100120697144.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0258
- End Date:
- -0258
- Date Range:
- 9 February 258 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 190 x 118 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 245 x 175 mm.
Script: Proficient, thin and regular hand of the chancery type; lines fairly spaced.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Arsinoite nome (?), Egypt.
Provenance: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2305-2434 from Dr A. N. Kondilios in July 1921.
- Former External References:
- C.Zen.Palestine 10
P.Lond. VII 1931
P.Zen.Pestm. 32 - 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. 364.
Campbell C Edgar, Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire N° 59001-59139, Zenon Papyri, t. I (Le Caire: Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 1925), p. 37, no. 59017.
William L. Westermann, Clinton W. Keyes, and Liebesny Herbert Columbia Papyri IV (P.Col.Zen. II) (New York: Columbia University Press, 1940), nos. 61 and 115g.
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), pp. 11-12, no. 1931.
Pieter W. Pestman, Greek and Demotic Texts from the Zenon Archive: P.L.Bat. 20 (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1980), no. 32.
Pieter W. Pestman, A guide to the Zenon Archive (P.L.Bat. 21) (Leiden: Brill, 1981).
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten VIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1992), p. 204.
Xavier Durand, Des Grecs en Palestine au IIIe siècle avant Jésus-Christ: le dossier syrien des archives de Zénon de Caunos, 261-252 (Paris: Gabalda, 1997), no. 10.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2002), p. 126.
Willy Clarysse, New Editions, Addenda and Corrigenda to the Texts of the Zenon Archive, p. 8 (http://www.trismegistos.org/arch/add_corr_zenon.pdf).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)