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Papyrus 2755
- Record Id:
- 040-003711554
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109684990.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147468390.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2755
- Title:
- Fragments from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2003, TM 1565)
- Scope & Content:
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A (P.Lond. VII 2003, TM 1565): Beginning of a letter from Limnaeus to Zenon concerned with sesame. The docket is on the back. Written before 28 November 249 BC.
B: Fragment of uncertain nature and content, as only two letters (nu and rho) survive; a trace of ink is on the back. Unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003711554 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2755 : Fragments from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2003, TM 1565) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1956]/040-003711554
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two papyrus fragments housed in the same glass frame.
A: Medium-brown, broken off at the bottom and right; bearing writing on both sides;. On the front, there are the beginnings of 3 lines running across the fibres; upper and left margins are extant. On the back, there are 2 lines written along the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front.
B: Light-to-medium brown; broken off at the top and left; preserving two letters from the ends of two lines written along the fibres on the front; lower and right margins are extant and generous; a trace of ink is visible on the back.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147468390.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0249
- End Date:
- -0249
- Date Range:
- c. 249 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 52 x 89 mm; B: 73 x 56 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 180 x 145 mm.
Script: A: Recto: Medium-sized, rather untidy uncial hand, occasionally ligatured; Verso: Smaller and more cursive hand. B: The two letters that survive are thin, upright and well-formed.
- 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 2003
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1926-1930 (London: British Museum, 1959), p. 262.
A
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), p. 150, no. 2003.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)