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Language Egyptian (Ancient) Place Pathyris, Egypt Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Papyrus 624

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 624
Title:
Loan of Wheat (P.Grenf. I 28, P.Lond. III 624 descr., TM 220)
Scope & Content:
Contract for the loan of some artabas of wheat, partly crossed out; the name of the lender is lost. Penalty apples if Phmois, the borrower, fails to repay the wheat back within the agreed time. At the end is the demotic receipt of payment. Date and summary are on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
After 24 October 108 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and right, with damage along the horizontal folds. A thin strip of papyrus was glued diagonally onto the upper part of the front-side. Writing is along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The back was rotated 180 degrees and bears the beginning of three lines in the right edge. On the front there are portions of 19 lines, the first being very mutilated; of the others, only the beginnings survive. Part of the text was crossed out. The last five lines are in demotic. Left and lower margins survive. A sheet-join running along the height of the sheet is visible in the left edge of the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2. Papyrus 625

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 625
Title:
Loan of Salt (P.Dryton 29, P.Grenf. I 29, P.Lond. III 625 descr., TM 66)
Scope & Content:
A loan of 6 artabas of salt with interest included from Sennesis to Phagonis. The loan is to be returned in Choiak (mid-January), and, should the borrower fail to return it in time, he will have to pay some artabas of wheat in Phamenoth (April). The scribe is Hermias, subordinate of the notary P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12 September 105 BC
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments forming an almost complete sheet, with a small portion lacking in the lower half. Writing runs along the fibres on the recto and across them on the verso, with the verso having a two-line docket. On the recto, the upper margin measures 25 mm, the left 5 mm, the right a maximum of 20 mm; the lower margin, originally of 30 mm, was then used for three Demotic lines. The papyrus was rolled horizontally from top to bottom. The damage is located along the horizontal folds. The surface is occasionally abraded. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

3. Papyrus 656

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 656
Title:
Official Order to Pay (P.Grenf. II 23, Chrest.Wilck. 159, P.Lond. III 656 descr., TM 270)
Scope & Content:
Official letters concerning the order to pay 34 talents and 100 artabas of wheat to two boats hauling grain. Lines 1-8: Order to Demetrius from Hermias, who instructs him to pay 34 talents from the bank of Pathyris, and encloses previous letters. Lines 9-16: Letter of Hermonax to Hermias, orde...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1 June 108 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, with light-coloured patches and dark spots at the top, complete but damaged by holes. Writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back bearing one line with Greek and Demotic. On the front there is one column. All margins are extant, the right being minimal. A sheet-join runs along the height of the sheet at 105-110 mm from the left edge; a small strip of vertical fibres is visible in the lower half of the sheet. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

4. Papyrus 671

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 671
Title:
Loan of Money (P.Grenf. II 21, P.Lond. III 671 descr., TM 218)
Scope & Content:
Contract drawn up in the office of the notary Heliodorus in Pathyris, recording the loan of 2 talents and 2300 drachmas from the priest Psenimouthis to two brothers. The loan is to be repaid in the month of Pharmouthi, and penalty applies should the borrowers fail to pay it back within the agree...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
29 December 113 BC
Extent:

Fragments from the left half of a papyrus sheet, broken off to the right; with insect holes and breaks along the horizontal folds. Writing runs along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The back bears two lines, one in Demotic and one in Greek. On the front there is one column of 26 lines, which lack the right half, with the exception of line 24; the last line is indented and separated by paragraphus and some blank space. Upper, left and lower margins survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

5. Papyrus 672

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 672
Title:
Acknowledgment of Payments (P.Grenf. II 22, P.Lond. III 672 descr., TM 231)
Scope & Content:
Document drawn up in the office of the notary Sosus in Pathyris before his agent Ammonius, recording two payments of wheat owed to Pelaias, son of Phibis, from Psenthotes, son of Necuthes. With summary in Greek and Demotic on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
14 August 110 BC
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and with damage along the folding lines; written on both sides along the fibres. The back has two lines, one in Demotic and one in Greek. The front bears 12 lines from the foot of a column; the last is indented and separated by paragraphus and some blank space. Side and lower margins survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

6. Papyrus 676

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 676
Title:
Sale of Land (P.Lond. III 676, P.Bingen, p. 199 descr., TM 116)
Scope & Content:
Portions of a contract drawn up in Pathyris by Hermias, agent of the notary Paniscus, for the sale of some land, purchased by Harsiesis, priest of Suchus and Aphrodite, from a certain Nechuthes. With demotic summary on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1 November 100 BC
Extent:

Fragments of a papyrus, written on both sides along the fibres. The back bears one line in demotic; the front preserves portions of ten lines, very mutilated. Parts of upper and lower margins survive. The fragments are mounted in a glass case.

7. Papyrus 881

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 881
Title:
Sale of Land (P.Lond. III 881, Chrest.Mitt. 153, TM 86)
Scope & Content:
Deed drawn up in the office of the notary Sosus by his agent Hermias recording the sale of one and a quarter arura of land in the plain of Pathyris by Pmois, son of Thotortaeus, to Kobahetesis and her four sons at the price of three bronze talents; with summary of the deed (scriptura interior) in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
10 March 108 BC
Extent:
Light-brown papyrus roll of fine quality, complete and well preserved. On the front, there are 3 columns; the first column has 8 lines written across the fibres, as the first sheet of the roll displays vertical fibres; the second column is wide and has 16 complete lines; the third column has 7 lines in Greek, followed by some blank space and 7 lines in Demotic. Margins are extant; sheet-joins are visible. On the back, there are dark spots and traces of ink. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

8. Papyrus 889

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 889
Title:
Receipt (P.Dryton 21, P.Lond. III 889a, TM 288) and Fragment of a Document (P.Lond. III 889b descr., TM 639)
Scope & Content:
Upper fragment (P.Dryton 21, P.Lond. III 889a, TM 288): A self-written receipt (cheirographon) of Zois alias Onchasis, who acknowledges having received 12 talents of copper from the priest Patous on behalf of Esthladas, son of Dryton. The receipt was written by a representative and issued in the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century BC - 1st century BC
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, housed in one glass case.

The upper fragment (A) is the top portion of a sheet, broken off at the bottom and written on both sides: the text on the recto is Greek and runs across the fibres, whereas the verso has a one-line docket in Demotic running along the fibres. On the verso, several fibres are missing.

The lower fragment (B) is the lower part of a sheet, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank.