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Papyrus 2357(A-D)
- Record Id:
- 040-003725098
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100112234409.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470791.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2357(A-D)
- Title:
- Documents from the Archive of Zenon (TM 1525, 1592, 1624, 1659, 2458)
- Scope & Content:
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Miscellaneous texts from the archive of Zenon.
A (P.Lond. VII 2030, TM 1592): Fragment of a letter from Diocles to Zenon, informing him that the water has been brought into the village. Faint traces of the address are visible on the back.
B (P.Lond. VII 2062, TM 1624): Fragment of a letter from Hippocrates, mentioning Epharmostus and apparently concerned with a vineyard. The name of the recipient is lost.
C (SB XXVI 16503, P.Lond. VII 2098, TM 1659): Fragment of a letter concerned with a payment of barley. The names of the correspondents are not preserved. Another portion of the same letter is preserved in a papyrus in Cairo, the inventory number of which is unknown.
D (P.Lond. VII 1962, TM 1525, 2458): Fragment of a letter, mentioning Charmus and possibly dated June-July 256 BC. The names of the correspondents are lost. On the back, there is another text dated 253-252 BC, possibly the beginning of a receipt or account, or the draft of a prescript.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003725098 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2357(A-D) : Documents from the Archive of Zenon (TM 1525, 1592, 1624, 1659, 2458) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2070]/040-003725098
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Four papyrus fragments that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.
A: Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, slightly damaged along the left edge and the horizontal folding lines. The writing runs on both sides; on the front, there are four lines from the top of a column written along the fibres; upper, left and right margins survive. On the back, there are faint traces of one word written across the fibres.
B: Left-hand portion of a light-brown papyrus sheet, broken off on the right and complete on all other sides; with writing on one side; the back is blank. The front bears the beginnings of twelve lines written along the fibres, with upper, left and lower margins extant. Horizontal folding lines are still visible.
C: Fragment of a light-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the bottom and broken off on all other sides; the writing runs on one side. The back is blank. On the front, there are the central portions of seven lines from the bottom of a column running across the fibres. The lower margin is ample and bears an offset of the last lines, as the papyrus was folded when the ink was not dry yet.
D: Fragment of a light-brown papyrus, with writing on both sides. On the front, there are the central portions of eleven lines from the foot of a column, running along the fibres; the lower margin survives. On the back, there are portions of six lines written across the fibres, upside down in relation to the text on the front. The lower margin survives to 50 mm.
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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: 48 x 78 mm; B: 158 x 41 mm; C: 79 x 88 mm; D: 160 x 55 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 210 x 270 mm.
Script: A: Medium-sized cursive hand, with lines slightly inclining upwards. B: Medium-sized cursive hand. C: Small, semi-cursive hand, resembling, but not identical with Zenon’s. D: Large, rather hastily formed hand; Verso: Large sprawling hand and smaller squarish hand in lines 5-6, possibly of the same scribe.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: 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 1962
P.Lond. VII 2030
P.Lond. VII 2062
P.Lond. VII 2098
SB XXVI 16503 - 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), p. 179, no. 2030.
B
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), pp. 211-12, no. 2062.
Willy Clarysse, New Editions, Addenda and Corrigenda to the Texts of the Zenon Archive, p. 6 (http://www.trismegistos.org/arch/add_corr_zenon.pdf).
C
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), p. 225, no. 2098.
Willy Clarysse, Claudio Gallazzi, Nico Kruit, ‘Three Joins from the Zenon Archive’, Ancient Society 30 (2000), 5-27 (pp. 5-8, no. 1, with plate).
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten. Band XXVI (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2006), no. 16503.
Willy Clarysse, New Editions, Addenda and Corrigenda to the Texts of the Zenon Archive, p. 6 (http://www.trismegistos.org/arch/add_corr_zenon.pdf).
D
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), pp. 52-3, no. 1962.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)