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Papyrus 2320
- Record Id:
- 040-003718531
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110422765.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467564.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2320
- Title:
- Letter to Zenon (P.Cair.Zen. V 59821, TM 1445)
- Scope & Content:
- Right-hand half of a letter to Zenon, perhaps written by Metrodorus, acknowledging receipt of gifts sent to the king on his birthday. The list of gifts follows. A papyrus in Cairo (Egyptian Museum, CG 59821) preserves another portion of this letter.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003718531 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2320 : Letter to Zenon (P.Cair.Zen. V 59821, TM 1445) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1994]/040-003718531
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Right-hand half of a papyrus sheet the right hand portion of which is in Cairo, Egyptian Museum (CG 59821); darker along the right edge; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears the ends of 8 lines; upper, lower and right margins survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467564.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0254
- End Date:
- -0254
- Date Range:
- 27 May 254 BC (?)
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 207 x 122 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 255 x 160 mm.
Script: Neat and regular upright chancery hand.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Alexandria (?), Egypt.
Provenance: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2305-2434 from Dr Kondilios in July 1921.
- Former External References:
- P.Cair.Zen. V 59821
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum 1950), p. 364.
Campbell C. Edgar, Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire N° 59801-59853 Zenon Papyri t.V (Le Caire: Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 1940), pp. 18-19, no. 59821.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)