Letter

Found In:

33165649

Description

Title: Letter
Published / Created: Ptolemaic BCE iii (ca. 257) [BPG]
Abstract: The oikonomos (?) Leodamas to Laomedon, concerning shipment of grain and olives
Provenance: The Yale Papyrus Collection was held by the Yale University Library from 1899 to 1930, when it was moved to the Department of Classics. The collection was transferred from the Department of Classics to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library gradually between 1964 and 1967. A group of items including wax tablets and mummy tags (P.CtYBR inv.4971-4985) was transferred from the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History to the Beinecke Library in 1996., Acquired by gift and purchase, 1889-2005. Acquisition information is recorded in each individual description and on the Library’s Web site, here: https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/research-teaching/doing-research-beinecke/introduction-yale-papyrus-collection/guide-yale-papyrus#Acquisition, Acquisition Information, 1906: Donated by the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1906. From the Egypt Exploration Fund's excavations. P.CtYBR inv. 20-27, 28 (?), 29 (?), 38, 44-49, 65-69, 2189 (?).
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)