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Papyrus 2749
- Record Id:
- 040-003708657
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109210409.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468370.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2749
- Title:
- Account from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2160, TM 1720)
- Scope & Content:
- Portions of an account of wheat and emmer-wheat (olyra) issued to various individuals, apparently as loans; the fragments possibly belong to P.Cair. Zen. IV 59715.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003708657 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2749 : Account from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2160, TM 1720) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1932]/040-003708657
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Three fragments from a dark-brown papyrus, not joining, each complete at the foot; they bear writing on one side along the fibres, their back being blank. On the front, the top right fragment preserves portions of two columns; the top left fragment bears portions of 5 lines; the lower fragment has 15 fragmentary lines. The fragments are housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468370.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0252
- End Date:
- -0251
- Date Range:
- 252-251 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Top left fragment: 60 x 59 mm; top right fragment: 122 x 135 mm; lower fragment: 160 x 135 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 305 x 265 mm.
Script: Medium-sized, upright hand, occasionally ligatured; with additions in a smaller cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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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 2160
- 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. 249-250, no. 2160.
Pieter W. Pestman, A guide to the Zenon Archive (P.L.Bat. 21) (Leiden: Brill, 1981), p. 177, and passim.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)