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Papyrus 2318(A-B)
- Record Id:
- 040-003718532
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110423576.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467547.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2318(A-B)
- Title:
- Letters from the Archive of Zenon (P.Cair.Zen. II 59156, TM 804; P.Lond. VII 2079, TM 1640)
- Scope & Content:
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Left fragment (A) (P.Cair.Zen. II 59156, TM 804): Fragment of a letter the largest portion of which is preserved in a papyrus now in Cairo (Egyptian Museum CG 59156). Zenon is ordered by Apollonius to take as many pear shoots and young plants as possible from Apollonius's garden and palace in Memphis. In addition, he is asked to get some sweet-apple trees from Hermaphilus and plant them. With docket on the back. Dated 27 December 256 BC.
Right fragment (B) (P.Lond. VII 2079, TM 1640): Fragment of a document, apparently a letter, of which only a few words survive.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003718532 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2318(A-B) : Letters from the Archive of Zenon (P.Cair.Zen. II 59156, TM 804; P.Lond. VII 2079, TM 1640) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[1995]/040-003718532
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.
Left fragment (A): Light-brown papyrus fragment; broken off at the bottom and right; with the beginnings of 2 lines running across the fibres, upper and left margins on the front; the back bears 2 lines written along the fibres upside down in relation to the text on the front. Another portion of the same papyrus is in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, inventoried as CG 59156.
Right fragment (B): Light-brown; portions of 2 lines running across the fibres, lacking beginnings and ends; with upper margin measuring 30 mm. The back is blank.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467547.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0263
- End Date:
- -0229
- Date Range:
- 263-229 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 63 x 91 mm; B: 60 X 103 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 115 x 270 mm.
Script: A: Chancery hand; different hand for the docket on the back. B: 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. II 59156
P.Lond. VII 2079 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum 1950), p. 364.
A
Campbell C. Edgar, in Annales du Service des antiquités de l'Égypte 24 (1924), 25-26, Zenon 94.
Campbell C. Edgar, Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire N° 59140-59297, Zenon Papyri, t. II (Le Caire: Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 1926), pp. 14-5, no. 59156.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten III (Berlin-Leipzig: de Gruyter 1926), no. 6809.
Claude Orrieux, Les papyrus de Zénon: l'horizon d'un Grec en Egypte au IIIe siècle avant J.C. (Paris: Macula, 1983), p. 87.
Régis Burnet, L'Égypte ancienne à travers les papyrus: vie quotidienne (Paris: Pygmalion, 2003), p. 104, no. 48.
B
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), p. 222, no. 2079.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)