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Papyrus 2372(A-I)
- Record Id:
- 040-003797852
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100119268587.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470852.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2372(A-I)
- Title:
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Miscellaneous Documents (TM 1673-1674, 43707)
- Scope & Content:
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Miscellaneous texts, mostly from the archive of Zenon.
C (P.Lond. VII 2112, TM 1673): Fragment of a letter; the writer has sent copies (of documents); details are lost.
D (TM 43707): Fragment of a document apparently not belonging to the archive of Zenon.
H (P.Lond. VII 2113, TM 1674): Fragment of a document, apparently a letter, with docket on the back. Details are lost.
A-B, E, F-G, I: Small fragments from various documents, unpublished, including the beginning of a letter from Zenon, with traces of another text on the back (A), and the beginning of a memorandum (hypomnema) (B).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003797852 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2372(A-I) : Miscellaneous Documents (TM 1673-1674, 43707) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2279]/040-003797852
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Nine papyrus fragments of varying size that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.
A: Upper left corner of a light-brown papyrus sheet, written on both sides. The front bears the beginnings of 2 lines written along the fibres, with upper and left margins. The back contains traces of another text running across the fibres, obliterated.
B: Upper left corner of a light-brown papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres. The front bears the beginnings of 2 lines, with upper and left margins. The back is blank.
C: Fragment of a light-brown papyrus sheet, shredded on the upper edge, broken off on the other sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 4 lines, well-spaced. The back is blank.
D: Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off on all sides and with some surface damage; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 6 lines. The back is blank.
E: Left-hand portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres. The front preserves the beginnings of 4 lines and the left margin. The back is blank.
F: Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres. The front bears the ends of 4 lines, with ample blank space at the top and bottom. The back is blank.
G: Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off on all sides and with surface damage; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 5 lines. The back is blank.
H: Fragment of a dark-brown papyrus sheet, complete on the left, broken off on all other sides; written on both sides. The front bears the beginnings of 3 lines running along the fibres. The preserves the beginning of a word written along the fibres.
I: Small fragment from a medium-brown papyrus, complete on the left, broken off on the other sides; written on one side across the fibres. The front bears one or two letters from the beginnings of 3 lines written across the fibres. The back is blank. Placed upside down in the frame.
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0299
- End Date:
- -0200
- Date Range:
- 3rd century BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: A: 48 x 37 mm; C: 55 x 67 mm; D: 64 x 51 mm; E: 63 x 34 mm; F: 84 x 71 mm; G: 61 x 53 mm; H: 40 x 50 mm; I: 35 x 40 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 180 x 305 mm.
Script: A: Large upright hand; B: Upright hand of small size; C: Practised chancery hand. D: Upright hand of the chancery type. E: Upright cursive hand, neat, with some elongated uprights. F: Neat, upright hand; G: Large and neat uprght hand; thin pen. H: Neat, upright uncial. I: Upright hand, with some decoration.
- 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 2112
P.Lond. VII 2113 - 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.
C
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), p. 227, no. 2112.
D
Willy Peremans, Edmond Van 't Dack, Prosopographia Ptolemaica, V: Le commerce et l'industrie, le transport sur terre et la flotte, la domesticité (Louvain: Publications Universitaires de Louvain, 1963), p. 31, no. 12790 descr.
H
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), p. 227, no. 2113.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)