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Papyrus 2689
- Record Id:
- 040-003719889
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110700868.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471169.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2689
- Title:
- Documents from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1966, TM 1529)
- Scope & Content:
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Upper papyrus (A): Portion of a document of which little remains, apparently concerned with olyra, a type of grain. Unpublished.
Lower papyrus (B) (P.Lond. VII 1966, TM 1529): Beginning of a letter to Zenon from Apollonius, finance minister, of which little survives. Received on 21 April 255 BC. The docket and the address are on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003719889 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2689 : Documents from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1966, TM 1529) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2014]/040-003719889
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.
Upper papyrus (A): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, broken off at the bottom, right and left; bearing writing on one side, the back is blank. On the front, there remain portions of 5 lines running along the fibres; the upper margin is extant.
Lower papyrus (B): Top left corner of a light-to-medium-brown papyrus sheet; with writing on both sides. On the front, there survive the beginnings of 2 lines running across the fibres, with setoffs in the upper margin; on the back, there are two lines written along the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front, and, after some blank space, the beginning of a word.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147471169.0x000001 (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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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 82 x 81 mm; B: 65 x 110; housed in a glass frame measuring 200 x 155 mm.
Script: A: Proficient upright uncial hand, with some cursive traits; B: Large and regular chancery hand; small cursive hand on the back.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: B: Alexandria (?), Egypt.
Provenance: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2652-2721 from Dr A. N. Kondilios in July 1925. Part of a joint purchase with the University of Michigan and Columbia University.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. VII 1966
- 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. 370.
B
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), p. 57, no. 1966.
Pieter W. Pestman, A guide to the Zenon Archive (P.L.Bat. 21) (Leiden: Brill, 1981), p. 176, and passim.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)