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Papyrus 2381(A-C)
- Record Id:
- 040-003780540
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100115279085.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470892.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2381(A-C)
- Title:
- Documents from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2185, 2153, 2177; TM 2407, 1713, 2399)
- Scope & Content:
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A (P.Lond. VII 2185, TM 2407; P.Lond. VII 2153, TM 1713): Accounts on both sides.
B (P.Lond. VII 2177, TM 2399): Fragment of a letter, the names of the correspondents being lost.
C: Now mounted with Papyrus 2379(A).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003780540 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2381(A-C) : Documents from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2185, 2153, 2177; TM 2407, 1713, 2399) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2189]/040-003780540
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.
A: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. On the front, there are 2 lines from one column and 6 lines from another column, with ample blank space at the top and bottom. On the back, there are portions of 15 lines written across the fibres, the other way up in relation to the text on the front.
B: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, apparently complete at the top and right, broken off on the other sides; writing runs on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of 6 lines written along the fibres.
C: Now mounted with Papyrus 2379(A).
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470892.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0263
- End Date:
- -0229
- Date Range:
- 263-229 BC
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 135 x 115 mm; B: 85 x 75 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 190 x 370 mm;
Script: A: Recto: Medium-sized, very cursive sloping hand. Verso: Medium-sized cursive hand; lines 1-8 are in a smaller hand using a thinner pen. B: Small semi-uncial hand. Two additional hands in line 1 and line 6.
- 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 2153
P.Lond. VII 2177
P.Lond. VII 2185 - 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
Recto
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), p. 269, no. 2185.
Willy Clarysse, New Editions, Addenda and Corrigenda to the Texts of the Zenon Archive, p. 7 (http://www.trismegistos.org/arch/add_corr_zenon.pdf).
Verso
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), pp. 243-44, no. 2153.
B
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum. Volume VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), pp. 263-64, no. 2177.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)