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1. Papyrus 1-3136

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1-3136
Title:
Papyri
Scope & Content:
The collection comprises Greek and a few Latin papyri (c 3100 papyri and c 2650 papyri fragments); 3rd century BC-9th century AD. Egerton papyri form a separate collection. Papyri in Egyptian languages such as hieroglyphic and demotic are held by the British Museum and papyri in Coptic, Arabic, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
3rd century BC-9th century
Extent:
1159 items

2. Papyrus 32

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 32
Title:
Official Notice (P.Forshall XLIV, P.Lond. I 32, W.Chr. 24, TM 19999) and Accounts (P.Lond.Copt. 698 descr., TM 86304)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Forshall XLIV, P.Lond. I 32, W.Chr. 24, TM 19999): An official notice containing measures taken against fugitives, possibly sailors; dated to 30 May 698 or less probably 713. Verso (P. Lond. Copt. 698 descr., TM 86304): Greek accounts with Coptic words.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
end of 7th century-8th century
Extent:
Fragment of a light-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the left, top, and right on the recto, and at the left, bottom, and right on the verso. On the recto there is a Greek text written against the fibres, on the verso there is a Greek text with Coptic words (Sahidic with Fayumic influences) running along the fibres. Mounted on paper in a glass case.

3. Papyrus 76

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 76
Title:
Scope & Content:
Pap. LXXVI. A GRANT of land to the abbat of St. Phœbammon, near Thebes; in Coptic. Probably of the ixth century. Purchased in the year 1854. Djeme, Thebes, Egypt: Grant of land to the Abbat of St. Phobammon at: 9th cent.: Coptic. Coptic Language: Deeds of gift, wills, etc.,: 8th, 9th centt. P...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and English
Date Range:
[9th century]
Extent:
1 item

4. Papyrus 98

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 98
Title:
Greek and Old Coptic Horoscope (P.Lond. I. 98; P.Copt. 366, TM 23938), and Hyperides' Funeral Oration over Leosthenes (P.Lond.Lit. 133, TM 61282)
Scope & Content:
Recto: lines 1-115 - Greek horoscope for the year 95CE lines 116-18 - The Old Coptic Horoscope Verso: The Funeral Oration of Hyperides over Leosthenes (TLG 0030.006)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
95-199
Extent:

15 fragments of a roll, written on both sides, framed and glazed.

5. Papyrus 448

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 448
Title:
Sale of a Storehouse and Apartment (P.Bodl. I 45, SB I 5113, TM 22584), and Declaration of Inheritance (TM 23737)
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 22584): Greek contract for the sale of a storehouse and an apartment above it, inherited from the vendors’ parents, at a price of four and two thirds solidi of gold, of which the sellers acknowledge receipt. The buyers are Paamios, Jacob, Thecla; the names of the vendors are lost; date...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
610-627
Extent:

Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus roll, another fragment of which is Oxford, Bodleian Library, inventoried as MS. Gr. class. c. 25 (P); broken off at the top and damaged throughout, especially along the central vertical fold; written on both sides. On the front, there are 30 lines in Greek written across the fibres; the Bodleian fragment preserves further 14 lines from the top. On the back, there are 37 lines in Coptic written along the fibres; the Bodleian fragment preserves 9 further lines from the beginning of the text. The papyrus was rolled up from bottom to top; housed in a glass frame.

6. Papyrus 1442

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1442
Title:
Papryus codex, imperfect, containing tax register from early Arab Egypt (P. Lond. IV 1419)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus codex, imperfect, containing tax register (with entries from Α-Σ) from early Arab Egypt (P. Lond. IV 1419). Primarily in Greek, though most place-names are in Coptic. The original binding and the protocol are preserved. Additional leaves from this codex, containg entries from Φ-Ω, are pre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
716-717
Extent:
33 folios, and a number of fragments, now mounted in glass frames.

7. Papyrus 1728

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1728
Title:
Arbitration (P.Lond. V 1709, TM 19726) and Anthology with Miscellaneous Poems (P.Aphrod.Lit. IV 47, 37, 35, TM 59715, LDAB 819, MP3 351.01)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Arbitration over inheritance written in Coptic and concerning the same family as the one of P.Cair.Masp. 67006. The papyrus may well be part of the same roll as Papyrus 1745, with a lacuna between them. The plaintiffs, Victorine and Phoebammon, children of the deacon Ioannes, complain ab...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
ca. 566-568
Extent:

Fragment of a dark papyrus, which is the first part of the same roll of which Papyrus 1745 is the latter portion; a gap is between them. Better preserved than Papyrus 1745; written on both sides.

8. Papyrus 1745

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1745
Title:
Arbitration (P.Lond. V 1709, TM 19726) and Anthology with Miscellaneous Poems (P.Aphrod.Lit. IV 36, 13, 25, 31, TM 59715, LDAB 819, MP3 351.01)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Arbitration over inheritance written in Coptic and concerning the same family as the one of P.Cair.Masp. 67006. The papyrus may well be part of the same roll as Papyrus 1728, with a lacuna between them. The plaintiffs, Victorine and Phoebammon, children of the deacon Ioannes, complain ab...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 566-568
Extent:

Fragments of various sizes from the same papyrus roll as Papyrus 1728, of which Papyrus 1728 is the first part and Papyrus 1745 the latter part; a gap is between them; written on both sides and in poor condition.

9. Papyrus 1793

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1793
Title:
Receipt (P.Lond. V 1720, TM 19735), and Statement as to Pledged Articles (Crum ST 439, TM 47601)
Scope & Content:
The recto, in Greek, contains a receipt for the full price of an earring deposited as security for a debt. Dated: 3 February 549. Nonna had borrowed an unknown amount of money from Maria and had left a pair of earrings with her as security. She now sells them to Maria for 8 solidi in cash. The r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:
Papyrus sheet of light colour, written on both sides, folded from right to left. On recto, written along the fibres in Greek. 1 column of text, 18 lines. On the verso written against the fibres in Coptic. The surface of the papyrus on verso side is abraded and damaged at the vertical foldlines and a hole interrupts the lower centre; 1 column of text; the Coptic text has 15 lines.

10. Papyrus 2077(A-E)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2077(A-E)
Title:
Miscellaneous Texts (P.Lond.Lit. 215, 212, 246, TM 61900, 61821, 65051)
Scope & Content:
Left fragment (A): Parchment strip, bearing a fine decoration, including crocodiles. Blank on the back. Three fragments in the centre (B) (P.Lond.Lit. 215, TM 61900, LDAB 3057): Three fragments from a parchment codex, containing Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians 11,17-19,22-24. Assigned ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:

Seven fragments of varying size from different parchment codices (three belong together), housed in the same glass frame.

Left fragment (A): Parchment strip with a drawing, blank on the back.

Three fragments in the centre (B): Three fragments of varying size from a codex, written on both sides; the largest fragment preserves portions of 13 lines.

Right fragment (C): Upper portion of a parchment leaf, with writing on both sides, in Greek and Coptic.

Lower left fragment (D): Fragment of a parchment leaf, only bearing a few letters on either side.

Lower right fragment (E): Fragment of a parchment leaf, mostly blank, with only a few letters surviving on either side.