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Papyrus 2744
- Record Id:
- 040-003708365
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109030518.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468349.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2744
- Title:
- Letter from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2014, TM 1576)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragmentary letter of Heraclides, who, among other things, asks that Clearchus be received; the address is on the back. Dated in the month of Mesore.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003708365 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2744 : Letter from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2014, TM 1576) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1923]/040-003708365
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Medium-brown papyrus sheet, shredded on the right; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 8 lines running along the fibres and imperfect at the end. Upper, lower and left margins are extant. Folding lines are still visible. On the back there are 2 lines in faded ink, written across the fibres upside down in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468349.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0243
- End Date:
- -0243
- Date Range:
- October 243 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 105 x 74 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 160 x 130 mm.
Script: Recto: Sloping cursive hand. Verso: Small upright and less cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Arsinoite nome (?), Egypt.
Provenance: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2741-2783 from Dr A. N. Kondilios in December 1926. Part of a joint purchase with the University of Michigan and Columbia University.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. VII 2014
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1926-1930(London: British Museum, 1959), p. 262.
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), pp. 165-166, no. 2014.
Pieter W. Pestman, A guide to the Zenon Archive (P.L.Bat. 21) (Leiden: Brill, 1981), p. 180, and passim.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)