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Papyrus 2747
- Record Id:
- 040-003725040
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100112006721.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471201.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2747
- Title:
- Petition and Letter to Zenon (SB XXII 15462, TM 1654; P.Lond. VII 2130, TM 1690)
- Scope & Content:
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A (SB XXII 15462, P.Lond. VII 2129, TM 1654): Fragment of a petition to Zenon, concerned with some objects that had been entrusted to Niceratus, who went away, and mentioning the sale of a slave; dated 3 November 255 BC. PSI VI 563, P.Cair.Zen. IV 59625, and P.Lond. VII 2093 preserve the rest of the petition, which is nearly complete.
B (P.Lond. VII 2130, TM 1690): Fragmentary letter of Petosiris to Zenon, of uncertain content owing to mutilation. With docket on the back; written before 9 March 255 BC.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003725040 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2747 : Petition and Letter to Zenon (SB XXII 15462, TM 1654; P.Lond. VII 2130, TM 1690) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2061]/040-003725040
- 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.
A: Fragment of a dark-brown papyrus sheet, further portions of which are Papyrus 2354(F), and two fragments in Cairo and Florence; complete at the top and bottom, broken off on the sides; with writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are the central portions of 7 lines written across the fibres; upper and lower margins survive.
B: Dark-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the top and on the right, broken off on the other sides; badly shredded; with writing on both sides. On the front, there are the ends of 2 lines written along the fibres; the right margin is minimal, the upper measures 50 mm. On the back, there are two lines written along the fibres.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147471201.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0255
- End Date:
- -0255
- Date Range:
- 255 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 95 x 42 mm; B: 86 x 75 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 145 x 180 mm.
Script: A: Large hand, proficient and not too slow, with a slight slant to the right; letters are mostly separated; hand of an Egyptian scribe, who used a brush; same hand as that of P.Mich. I 29; B: Medium-sized uncial hand.
- 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 2129
P.Lond. VII 2130
SB XXII 15462 - 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. 229, no. 2129.
Pieter W. Pestman, A guide to the Zenon Archive (P.L.Bat. 21) (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1981), p. 375.
Reinhold Scholl, Corpus der ptolemäischen Sklaventexte (Stuttgart: Steiner, 1990), no. 45.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten IX (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1995), p. 55.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten X (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1998), p. 38.
Willy Clarysse, ‘Egyptian Scribes writing Greek’, Chronique d'Égypte 68 (1993), 186-201 (pp. 195-7).
Willy Clarysse, Katelijn Vandorpe, Zenon, un homme d'affaires grec à l'ombre des pyramides (Leuven: Leuven University Press, 1995), pp. 14-7.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten XXII (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, 2001), no. 15462.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2002), p. 237.
Willy Clarysse, New Editions, Addenda and Corrigenda to the Texts of the Zenon Archive, pp. 6, 30, and passim (http://www.trismegistos.org/arch/add_corr_zenon.pdf).
B
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), pp. 229-30, no. 2130.
Pieter W. Pestman, A guide to the Zenon Archive (P.L.Bat. 21) (Leiden: Brill, 1981), p. 228.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)