1. Papyrus 2944
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2944
- Title:
- Loan of Money (P.Hib. I 88, TM 2819)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragment from mummy cartonnage of a loan of 160 silver drachmas, given by Sostratus to a man whose name is damaged. Penalty applies should the borrower fail to pay the loan back within the agreed time.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- August-September 263 BC
- Extent:
- Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, broken off on the left and at the bottom. On the front, there are the ends of 14 lines written along the fibres; on the back, there are traces of lines which may be offsets from another papyrus which was part of the same cartonnage and plaster residues. The modern annotation in red refers to the publication in P.Hib. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
