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Papyrus 2378(B-C-D)
- Record Id:
- 040-003905373
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122149354.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100150429720.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2378(B-C-D)
- Title:
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Miscellaneous Documents from the Archive of Zenon (TM 1712, 2400)
- Scope & Content:
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B (P.Lond. VII 2152, TM 1712): Money account with a few isolated figures, and another account on the other side, with reference to one Toubias.
D (P.Lond. VII 2178, TM 2400): Fragment of an account, with reference to the strategus Phaneis.
C: Document of which little remains, unpublished.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003905373 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2378(B-C-D) : Miscellaneous Documents from the Archive of Zenon (TM 1712, 2400) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2361]/040-003905373
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Three fragments not belonging together, housed in the same glass frame.
B: Two fragments from a light-brown papyrus, written on both sides; the front only has a few letters written along the fibres; the back bears parts of 2 columns written across the fibres.
C: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears parts of 2 columns, the back is blank.
D: Light-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears parts of 3 columns, the back is blank.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100150429720.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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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: B: 33 x 168 mm; C: 56 x 130 mm; D: 62 x 110 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 280 x 280 mm.
Script: B: Recto: Small hand, non-ligatured. Verso: Small semi-cursive hand. C: Small and somewhat untidy cursive hand. D: Small 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 2305-2434 from Dr A. N. Kondilios in July 1921.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. VII 2152
P.Lond. VII 2178 - 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).
B
Victor A. Tcherikover, Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum, I (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press 1957), no. 17.
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), p. 243, no. 2152.
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. 266, no. 60.
D
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), p. 264, no. 2178.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Zenon, estate manager of Apollonius, 263-228 BC
- Places:
- Arsinoite nome (Fayum), Egypt
Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza), Egypt - Related Material:
- The papyri belong to the ‘Archive of Zenon, son of Agreophon’ (TM Arch ID 256).