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Papyrus 1912
- Record Id:
- 040-003711496
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109616051.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147466761.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1912
- Title:
- Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1969, TM 1532)
- Scope & Content:
- Beginning of a letter from Boubalos to Zenon, with the request to deliver the letter to Apollonius at a favourable moment, so that he may write to the right people. With docket and address on the back. Written before 14 November 255 BC.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003711496 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 1912 : Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1969, TM 1532) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1951]/040-003711496
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Upper portion of a light-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the top and sides; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 7 lines written along the fibres, with traces of another line at the bottom; side and upper margins are extant. Folding lines are still visible. On the back, there are three lines written along the fibres in the lower half of the sheet. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147466761.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0255
- End Date:
- -0255
- Date Range:
- c. 255 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 115 x 110 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 170 x 130 mm.
Script: Recto: Medium-sized, upright uncial hand, occasionally compressed. Verso: Small cursive hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Memphite nome (?), Egypt.
Provenance: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 1873-2016 from Ali Abd el Hari on 15 May 1911.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. VII 1969
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1911-1915 I (London: British Museum 1969), p. 475.
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), pp. 59-60, no. 1969.
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)