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Papyrus 2388(A-F)
- Record Id:
- 040-003797922
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100119277706.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470915.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2388(A-F)
- Title:
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Miscellaneous Documents from the Archive of Zenon (TM 822, 1707, 1718, 2390, 2391)
- Scope & Content:
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Miscellaneous texts from the archive of Zenon.
A (P.Lond. VII 2158, TM 1718): Portion of a roll, apparently containing accounts.
B (P.Lond. VII 2167, TM 822): Small fragment from a roll containing daily accounts of receipts and expenditures, the largest part of which is now at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, inventoried as CG 59176. Dated to 255 BC.
C (P.Lond. VII 2168, TM 2390): Fragment of an account from Parmeniscus to Zenon.
D (P.Lond. VII 2169, TM 2391): Fragment of a money account.
E (P.Lond. VII 2147, TM 1707): Fragment of a list, possibly of gifts.
F: Small fragment, too little to determine the content; unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003797922 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2388(A-F) : Miscellaneous Documents from the Archive of Zenon (TM 822, 1707, 1718, 2390, 2391) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2281]/040-003797922
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Several papyrus fragments of varying size that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.
A: Medium-brown papyrus roll with four detached scraps, complete at the bottom and partly on the right; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 2 columns; only a few letters of column 1 survive, while of column 2 there remain 4 lines; lower and right margins survive; two sheet-joins are visible. The back is blank.
B: Medium-brown papyrus, complete on the left, with surface damage; from the same papyrus roll as papyrus CG 59176 at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo; written on one side across the fibres. The front bears the beginnings of 3 lines. The back is blank.
C: Light-brown papyrus fragment, possibly complete at the top, broken off on all other sides, written on one side along the fibres. The front bears the ends of 7 lines. The back is blank.
D: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides and with surface damage; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 10 lines. The back is blank.
E: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete on the right, broken off on all other sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears the ends of 7 lines. The back is blank.
F: Small fragment from a medium-brown papyrus, shredded on the right, broken off on all sides; written on one side along the fibres. Traces of 2 lines survive; the back is blank.
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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: 84 x 244 mm; B: 27 x 87 mm; C: 87 x 47 mm; D: 72 x 102 mm; E:107 x 70 mm; F: 30 x 95 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 280 x 290 mm.
Script: A: Medium-sized, mainly cursive hand; B: Small, neat semi-uncial; C: Medium-sized uncial; D: Crude, medium-sized uncial. E: Large, chancery hand. F: Small hand, little remains.
- 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 2147
P.Lond. VII 2158
P.Lond. VII 2167
P.Lond. VII 2168
P.Lond. VII 2169 - 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, VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), p. 246, no. 2158.
B
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), p. 258, no. 2167.
Dorothy J. Thompson, Memphis under the Ptolemies (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press 1988), p. 55.
Reinhold Scholl, Corpus der ptolemäischen Sklaventexte (Stuttgart: Steiner, 1990), no. 212.
Allard W. Mees, Organisationsformen römischer Töpfer-Manufakturen am Beispiel von Arezzo und Rheinzabern: unter Berücksichtigung von Papyri, Inschriften und Rechtsquellen (Bonn: Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums in Kommission bei R. Habelt 2002), p. 382.
C
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), p. 258, no. 2168.
D
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), p. 258, no. 2169.
E
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), pp. 239-40, no. 2147.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)