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Papyrus 2354(A-F)
- Record Id:
- 040-003725077
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100112193515.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470776.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2354(A-F)
- Title:
- Documents from the Archive of Zenon (TM 1594, 1651-4, 1703)
- Scope & Content:
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Miscellaneous texts from the archive of Zenon.
A (P.Lond. VII 2143, TM 1703): Fragment of a list, apparently of contributions to a sacrificial meal.
B (P.Lond. VII 2090, TM 1651): Fragment from the conclusion of a letter; the names of the correspondents are lost.
C (P.Lond. VII 2032, TM 1594): Fragment of a letter from a certain Dionysodorus; the name of the recipient is lost. The writer may be asking the recipient to return something.
D (P.Lond. VII 2091, TM 1652): Fragment of a letter to Zenon, of which little remains. The address is on the back.
E (P.Lond. VII 2092, TM 1653): Fragment of a letter, of which little remains. The names of the correspondents are lost.
F (SB XXII 15462, P.Lond. VII 2093, 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. Further fragments of the petition are preserved in Papyrus 2747(A) (=P.Lond. VII 2130), a papyrus in Florence published as PSI VI 563, and a papyrus in Cairo published as P.Cair.Zen. IV 59625.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003725077 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2354(A-F) : Documents from the Archive of Zenon (TM 1594, 1651-4, 1703) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2066]/040-003725077
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Six papyrus fragments that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.
A: Left-hand portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and on the right; with writing on one side; the back is blank. On the front, there are the beginnings of twelve lines written along the fibres; left and lower margins are extant.
B: Medium-brown papyrus sheet, darkened in places; complete at the bottom, broken off on all other sides. On the front, there are seven lines written across the fibres, lacking beginnings and ends; the lower is extant. On the back, there are faded traces of writing running along the fibres.
C: Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the top and broken off on all other sides; writing on one side. The back is blank. On the front, there are the central portions of three lines from the top of a column running across the fibres. The upper margin is extant.
D: Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the top, and broken off on the other sides; with writing on both sides. On the front, there are the central portions of three lines, running across the fibres; upper margin is extant. On the back, there is one word written along the fibres, upside down in relation to the text on the front.
E: Small fragment of a light-to-medium-brown papyrus, broken off on all sides; with writing on one side. The back is blank. On the front, there are portions of three lines written across the fibres, and traces of another line at the bottom.
F: Small fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, further portions of which are Papyrus 2747(A) and two fragments now in Florence and Cairo; complete at the bottom and broken off on all other sides; with writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are few letters from six lines running across the fibres, and the lower margin.
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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: 226 x 62 mm; B: 103 x 77 mm; C: 44 x 94 mm; D: 49 x 43 mm; E: 38 x 56 mm; F: 71 x 10 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 280 x 220 mm.
Script: A: Very large uncial hand; second hand in the last four lines, of medium size and semi-cursive. B: Large, very sprawling hand of cursive hand. C: Large, upright uncial hand. D: Large, rather formless uncial hand. E: Large, slightly sloping uncial hand. F: 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.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A-E: Arsinoite nome (?), Egypt. F: Arsinoite nome, Egypt.
Provenance: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. All fragments were purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2305-2434 from Dr A. N. Kondilios in July 1921.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. VII 2032
P.Lond. VII 2090
P.Lond. VII 2091
P.Lond. VII 2092
P.Lond. VII 2093
P.Lond. VII 2143
SB XXII 15462 - 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.
Pieter W. Pestman, A guide to the Zenon Archive (P.L.Bat. 21) (Leiden: Brill, 1981), passim.
A
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), pp. 237-8, no. 2143.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XI (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2002), p. 123.
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten XII (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2009), p. 111.
Willy Clarysse, New Editions, Addenda and Corrigenda to the Texts of the Zenon Archive, pp. 6-7 (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), p. 224, no. 2090.
C
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), p. 180, no. 2032.
D
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), p. 224, no. 2090.
E
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), p. 224, no. 2092.
F
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), p. 224, no. 2093.
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. 14-17.
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).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)