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Papyrus 2695
- Record Id:
- 040-003780508
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100115208599.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471183.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2695
- Title:
- Account from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1933, TM 2373) and Other Documents
- Scope & Content:
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Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. VII 1933, TM 2373): Portion of an account of pileless carpets (kilims) received and issued to various localities, drawn up by Pesicles. The endorsement is on the back. The rest of the account is now in Cairo and has been published as P.Cair.Zen. 59088. Dated between July and August 258 BC.
Fragments at the bottom (B-C): Unpublished. Little of the left fragment remains; traces of another text are on the back. The right fragment lists imperial estates (ousiai) and dates to the Roman period.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003780508 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2695 : Account from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1933, TM 2373) and Other Documents - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2183]/040-003780508
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Three papyrus fragments that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.
Upper papyrus (A): Left-hand side of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, the right-hand portion of which is now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, inventoried as CG 59088; written on both sides. On the front, there are the beginnings of 8 lines written along the fibres, with blank space between lines 6 and 7; upper and left margins survive. On the back, there is one word running along the fibres.
Lower left papyrus (B): Lower left corner of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, bearing traces of writing on both sides. On the front, there remain traces of the beginnings of four lines written along the fibres; left and lower margins survive. On the back, there are traces of 8 lines running across the fibres.
Lower right papyrus (C): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, apparently broken off on all sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 7 lines, and the back is blank.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147471183.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0299
- End Date:
- 0199
- Date Range:
- 3rd century BC-2nd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 180 x 118 mm; B: 105 x 63 mm; C: 88 x 42 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 350 x 175 mm.
Script: A: Medium-sized and fairly well-formed upright hand. B: Upright hand. C: Neat and proficient cursive hand.
- 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 2652-2721 from Dr. A. N. Kondilios in July 1925. Part of a joint purchase with Michigan and Columbia University.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. VII 1933
- 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.
A
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), pp. 13-14, no. 1933.
Pieter W. Pestman, A guide to the Zenon Archive (P.L.Bat. 21) (Leiden: Brill, 1981), passim.
Xavier Durand, Des Grecs en Palestine au IIIe siècle avant Jésus-Christ: le dossier syrien des archives de Zénon de Caunos, 261-252 (Paris: Gabalda, 1997), p. 249, no. 51.
Willy Clarysse, New Editions, Addenda and Corrigenda to the Texts of the Zenon Archive, p. 2 (http://www.trismegistos.org/arch/add_corr_zenon.pdf).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)