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Papyrus 2305
- Record Id:
- 040-003708847
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109346535.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467462.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2305
- Title:
- List from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2139, TM 1699)
- Scope & Content:
- List of materials needed for construction or repair of a boat, including pitch, wax, red lead, wood and iron nails.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003708847 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2305 : List from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2139, TM 1699) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1944]/040-003708847
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete and overall well preserved, with a hole; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 12 lines written along the fibres; traces of ink are visible at the top; all margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467462.0x000001 (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: 120 x 90 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 165 x 135 mm.
Script: Neat, upright hand, with a tendency to become more cursive; thinner pen used from line 8; with erasures and one addition above the line in smaller hand.
- 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:
- P.Lond. VII 2139
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum, 1950), p. 364.
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), pp. 231-232, no. 2139.
Pieter W. Pestman, A guide to the Zenon Archive (P.L.Bat. 21) (Leiden: Brill, 1981), passim.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)