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Papyrus 2751
- Record Id:
- 040-003708699
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109236168.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468379.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2751
- Title:
- Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1983, TM 1545)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragmentary letter from Sosicrates to Zenon, with address on the back and original clay seal (TM Seal 973) displaying a youthful male head facing right.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003708699 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2751 : Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1983, TM 1545) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1934]/040-003708699
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Two fragments from a medium-brown papyrus lacking the central portion; with some damage, especially along the folds; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are portions of 7 lines running along the fibres and lacking the middle portion; upper, left and lower margins are wide; on the back, there is the beginning of a word running along the fibres in the centre of the sheet. The original clay seal still survives. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468379.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0252
- End Date:
- -0252
- Date Range:
- March-April 252 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
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Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus; Clay.
Dimensions: Left-hand fragment: 110 x 110 mm; Right-hand fragment: 110 x 84 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 140 x 360 mm.
Script: Neat, upright hand of chancery style.
- 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 1983
- 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. 80-81, no. 1983.
Pieter W. Pestman, A guide to the Zenon Archive (P.L.Bat. 21) (Leiden: Brill, 1981), p. 423.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)