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11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. Papyrus 1831

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1831
Title:
Export of Wine (P.Hib. I 80, Chrest.Wilck. 290, TM 8229)
Scope & Content:
Two notices by Epichares to Chaeremon concerning the export of wine. In the second notice (lines 6-12) Epichares reports that Horus, son of Teos, is exporting two jars of wine from a village in the Herakleopolite nome to Hiera Nesus, and that the tax of one twenty-fourth has not been paid yet. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
24 August 251 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, with plaster and red paint residue, and darker surface at the top (front); mutilated especially to the right; written on both sides. On the front there are 14 lines running across the fibres, the last two of which are in Demotic; there is a blank between lines 5 and 6. Lower, left and upper margins survive. The back bears one line parallel to the fibres, written the other way up in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

18. Papyrus 1832

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1832
Title:
Demotic Text and Official Correspondence (P.Hib. I 82, TM 8231)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Demotic text, unpublished. Verso: Collection of letters addressed to Asclepiades, perhaps the financial official (oikonomos), from various men. The text is covered with plaster. Column 1, lines 1-11: Letter from a sender whose name is lost, asking Asclepiades to see that a letter is del...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
31 January 238 BC
Extent:

Fragments of a papyrus roll reused as mummy cartonnage; the preserved portion is damaged by holes; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The text on the front is Demotic; the two columns on the back are in Greek, but are covered with plaster. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

19. Papyrus 1834

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1834
Title:
Loan of Seed-Corn (P.Hib. I 85, Chrest.Wilck. 103, TM 2818)
Scope & Content:
The priest Pasis acknowledges that he has received from Paris, agent of the nomarch Harimouthes, wheat, barley and olyra (emmer wheat), for a total value of 90 artabas of wheat, as seed for the royal holding he is renting. He undertakes to return the seed he has received and deliver the rent at ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
22 September-21 October 261 BC
Extent:

Long and narrow dark-brown papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue and surface damage, and torn at the top; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There is one column 28 lines, the last two being in Demotic. Side margins are minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

20. Papyrus 3095

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3095
Title:
Miscellaneous fragments
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous texts 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+10: Unidentified document referring to a sum of 1000 drachmas, a bank(er) (?) and a third year (?). 8+9: Unidentified document. 11: Unidentified document. 12+13+14: Petition or letter referring to a certain Philinos. 15+16: Petition or letter (?). 17+18+1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
late 3rd century-2nd century BC
Extent:

Twenty-nine papyrus fragments from mummy cartonnage (traces of plaster), housed in the same glass frame

1+2+3+4+5+6+7+10: Eight fragments probably belonging to the same incomplete papyrus, written on one side (8+5+5+4+4+3+3+2 lines against the fibres), with upper margin partly extant.

8+9: Two fragments from the same incomplete papyrus, written on one side (3+2 lines along the fibres). The text in 9 is upside down.

11: Fragment of papyrus, written on one side (2 lines against the fibres).

12+13+14: Three fragments probably belonging to the same incomplete papyrus, written on one side (3+3+2 lines against the fibres).

15+16: Two fragments of the same incomplete papyrus, written on both sides (6+5 lines against the fibres on recto, 1 line along the fibres on verso).

17+18+19+20: Four fragments probably belonging to the same incomplete papyrus, written on one side (5+2+2 lines against the fibres), with upper, lower and right margin partly extant.

21: Fragment of papyrus, written on one side (2 lines along the fibres), with upper and possibly right margin partly extant.

22: Fragment of papyrus, written on one side (3 lines along the fibres).

23: Fragment of papyrus, written on both sides (1 line along the fibres on recto, traces on verso), with upper and possibly right margin (recto) partly extant.

24: Fragment of papyrus, written on one side (2 lines against the fibres).

25: Fragment of papyrus, written on one side (4 lines against the fibres).

26: Fragment of papyrus, written on one side (3 lines against the fibres).

27: Fragment of papyrus, written on one side (1 line along the fibres).

28: Blank (?) papyrus fragment.

29: Fragment of papyrus, written on one side (2 lines against the fibres), with upper margin partly extant.

Perhaps more fragments belong together.