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Papyrus 2358(B)
- Record Id:
- 040-003905374
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122150078.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147470798.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2358(B)
- Title:
- List of Presents from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2141, TM 1701)
- Scope & Content:
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List of gifts, including fish, meat, honey and dry figs, written shortly after Zenon’s departure from Syria to Egypt. Additional fragments are now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003905374 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2358(B) : List of Presents from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2141, TM 1701) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2362]/040-003905374
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Medium-brown papyrus fragment, darker in places, with surface damage; complete on the left, worm-eaten at the top and bottom; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 3 columns; the back is blank. Two additional fragments are now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, inventoried as fr. 2141. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147470798.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0258
- End Date:
- -0258
- Date Range:
- March-April 258 BC
- Era:
- BCE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 252 x 360 mm. Housed in a glass frame measuring 320 x 405 mm.
Script: Practised semi-cursive hand, irregular in size.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Ptolemais Akko (Ake), Israel (?).
Provenance: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased as part of a lot comprising Papyri 2305-2434 from Dr A. N. Kondilios in July 1921.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. VII 2141
- 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.
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum, 1974), pp. 234-37, no. 2141.
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), pp. 127-32, no. 15.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)