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Papyrus 2309
- Record Id:
- 040-003719589
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110490903.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147467499.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2309
- Title:
- Account and Letters from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2140, TM 1700; P.Lond. VII 2067, TM 1628)
- Scope & Content:
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Recto (P.Lond. VII 2140, TM 1700): Account of daily expenses, including totals and remainders and listing various items, such as wood, lentils, castor and olive oil, water, bread, eggs, brain, trotters, quails, figs, salt, honey, wine, chickpeas, condiments, meat, as well as payments to individuals.
Verso (P.Lond. VII 2067, TM 1628): Two drafts of letters from Zenon concerned with the conveyance to Memphis of a man, sent by the strategus Aphthonetos. The first letter (lines 1-8), lacking the beginning, was presumably addressed to one of Zenon’s agents at Kerke; Zenon advises the recipient that he has written to the ship-captain. The letter to the ship-captain Harmouthes follows (lines 9-17), with the order to embark the man and return to Kerke straightaway. Possibly dated between 246 and 240 BC.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003719589 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2309 : Account and Letters from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2140, TM 1700; P.Lond. VII 2067, TM 1628) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2000]/040-003719589
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Long and narrow medium-brown papyrus sheet, apparently broken off at the top and complete on the other sides; with writing on both sides. On the front, there is one column of 31 lines written across the fibres; line 30 was erased. Side margins are minimal, the lower margin is ample; folding lines are still visible. The back bears one column broken off at the top and written along the fibres, of which 17 lines survive. Lower margin is ample, side margins are minimal. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147467499.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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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: 343 x 83 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 395 x 130 mm.
Script: Recto: Small cursive hand, possibly Zenon’s. Verso: Small, rapid cursive hand, possibly Zenon’s.
- 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 Kondilios in July 1921.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. VII 2067
P.Lond. VII 2140 - Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Museum 1950), p. 364.
Recto
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), p. 232-4, no. 2140.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XIII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2017), p. 128.
Verso
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), pp. 215-16, no. 2067.
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)