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Papyrus 2859
- Record Id:
- 040-003907331
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122429187.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147471276.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2859
- Title:
- Miscellaneous Documents (P.Lond. VII 2192, TM 2461)
- Scope & Content:
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A (P.Lond. VII 2192, SB X 10296, TM 2461): Fragment of a letter to the concessionaire of the perfume monopoly in Philadelphia from the contractors of the Arsinoite nome. Dated 93-92 or 60-59 BC.
B-F: Unpublished fragmentary documents; C bears writing on both sides and the text on the back is dated to Year 4.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-003907331 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 2859 : Miscellaneous Documents (P.Lond. VII 2192, TM 2461) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[2372]/040-003907331
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Six fragments that do not belong together, housed in one glass frame.
A: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete on the sides, broken off at the top and bottom, worm-eaten in places; written on one side along the fibres; the front bears 7 lines. The back is blank.
B: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, apparently complete on the right, broken off on all other sides; written on one side along the fibres; the front bears the ends of 5 lines. The back is blank.
C: Lower left portion of a papyrus sheet, written on both sides. The front bears parts of 12 lines from the bottom of a column, written along the fibres; the back contains parts of 7 lines from the bottom of a column, running across the fibres.
D: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the top and perhaps at the bottom, broken off on the other sides; with surface damage in places; written on one side along the fibres; the front bears parts of 7 lines. The back is blank.
E: Small papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears parts of 1 line; the back is blank.
F: Small papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears a few letters from 3 lines; the back is blank.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147471276.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- -0099
- End Date:
- -0000
- Date Range:
- 1st century BC
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: Fragments of varying size, A: 74 x 105 mm; B: 57 x 40 mm; C: 107 x 80 mm; D: 86 x 70 mm; E: 10 x 33 mm; F: 27 x 15 mm; housed in a glass frame measuring 245 x 245 mm.
Script: A: Sloping cursive hand; B: Rather untidy cursive hand; C: Neat, generally upright hand, ligatured in places; D: Neat and regular hand, slightly sloping, ligatured in places; E: Little remains; F: Sloping hand, little remains.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: A: Krokodilopolis?, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. B-F: Egypt.
Provenance: Philadelpheia, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt. Purchased with a lot comprising Papyri 2855-2859 from M. Saadallah on 13 December 1930.
- Former External References:
- P.Lond. VII 2192
SB X 10296 - Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1926-1930 (London: British Museum 1959), p. 264.
A
Theodore C. Skeat, ‘A Fragment on the Ptolemaic Perfume Monopoly (P. Lond. Inv. 2859A)’, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 52 (1966), 179-80.
Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten, X (Wiesbaden: O. Harrassowitz, 1971), no. 10296.
Theodore C. Skeat, Greek Papyri in the British Museum, VII. The Zenon Archive (London: British Museum 1974), p. 307, no. 2192.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)