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Papyrus 2377
- Record Id:
- 040-003905372
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122148233.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470880.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2377
- Title:
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Miscellaneous Documents from the Archive of Zenon (TM 1534)
- Scope & Content:
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Miscellaneous texts from the archive of Zenon.
L (P.Lond. VII 1971, TM 1534): Fragmentary letter of Leontiscus, perhaps the chief police officer in the Memphite nome, to Zenon. The back bears the docket. Possibly dated April-May 254 BC.
All the other fragments are unpublished. Papyrus 2377(E) has been mounted with Papyrus 2385; Papyrus 2377(Q) and Papyrus 2377(CC) have been mounted with Papyrus 2315.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003905372 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2377 : Miscellaneous Documents from the Archive of Zenon (TM 1534) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2360]/040-003905372
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Twenty-seven papyrus fragments of varying size, not belonging together, housed in the same glass frame.
A: Upper portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the top, broken off on the other sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears 2 lines from the top of a column and traces of another line at the bottom; the back is blank.
B: Upper portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the top, broken off on the other sides; written on one side across the fibres. The front bears 2 lines from the top of a column and set-offs in the upper margin; a sheet-join runs along the upper edge; the back is blank.
C: Light-brown papyrus fragment, written on one side across the fibres; the front bears parts of 2 lines and there are traces of ink in the right edge; the back is blank.
D: Lower portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the top and perhaps on the right, broken off on the other sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears the end of 1 line, with ample lower margin; the back is blank.
E: The fragment has been mounted with Papyrus 2385.
F: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, with surface damage; written on one side along the fibres. The text is effaced. The back is blank.
G: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 4 lines, the back is blank.
H: Light-brown papyrus fragment, complete on the left, broken off on the other side. The front bears parts of 2 lines running along the fibres and traces of another line at the top; the back is blank. A sheet-join is visible.
I: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on all side. The front bears parts of 4 lines written along the fibres; the back is blank.
J: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the top and broken off on all other sides; written on one side across the fibres. The front bears a few letters from 2 lines and the upper margin is extant. The back is blank.
K: Small papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; written on one side along the fibres; the front bears a few letters from 2 lines, the back is blank.
L: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on the right, damaged on the other sides; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back.
M: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; the front bears parts of 3 lines written across the fibres, the back has traces, apparently of ink.
N: Light-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the bottom and right, broken off on the other sides; the front bears the end of 1 line and traces of another line at the top, written across the fibres; the back preserves a few traces of ink.
O: Light-brown papyrus fragment, written on both sides, along and across the fibres.
P: Fragmentary papyrus sheet, broken off on the right and badly shredded; the front bears the beginnings of 4 lines written across the fibres, with upper, left and lower margins extant; folding lines are still visible. The back preserves some effaced traces of writing.
Q: Now mounted with Papyrus 2315.
R: Small papyrus fragment with traces of a few letters; blank on the back.
S: Small papyrus fragment, with some insect-holes; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears a few letters from 2 lines. The back is blank.
T: Lower portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the top, left and right; written on one side across the fibres. The front bears parts of 2 lines from the bottom of a column.
V: Small fragment with traces of a couple of letters written across the fibres on one side. The back is blank.
W: Small fragment with traces of a couple of letters from 2 lines written along the fibres on one side. The back is blank.
X: Small papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides, with parts of 2 lines written across the fibres; the back is blank.
Y: Small papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides, with a couple of letters from 1 line written along the fibres; the back is blank.
Z: Light-brown papyrus fragment with trace of one letter written across the fibres on one side; the back is blank.
AA: Light-brown papyrus fragment, written on one side along the fibres; the back is blank.
BB: Dark-brown papyrus fragment, with one letter from 2 lines written along the fibres. A sheet-join is visible. The back is blank.
CC: Now mounted with Papyrus 2315.
DD: Small papyrus fragment, with parts of 1 line written along the fibres, and a small trace from another line at the top. 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:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragments of varying size: L: 51 x 53 mm; P: 125 x 60 mm; T: 58 x 60 mm; AA: 170 x 60 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 230 x 380 mm.
Script: Various hands.
- 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 1971
- 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.
L
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), p. 61, no. 1971.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)