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Project / Collection Papyri Collections Language Greek, Ancient Name Metrodorus, deputy-epistrategus of the Heptanomia, 2nd half of the 3rd century

1. Papyrus 50

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 50
Title:
Declaration of House-Property (P.Lond. I 50, UPZ I 116, Chrest.Wilck. 221, TM 3508)
Scope & Content:
Apynchis, resident of Memphis, declares his home and bakery, located across a street from one another, for the total value of one talent. Dimensions and position of the buildings are provided. The document is addressed to Metrodorus, a financial official (epimeletes).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
October 209-208 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete, with few holes and minor surface damage in places; written along the fibres on the front; the back bears a modern annotation recording the former collections the papyrus belonged to. On the front there are 22 lines with two interlinear additions; margins are extant and ample. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame; an opening shows the annotation on the back.

2. Papyrus 2463

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2463
Title:
Report of a Trial and Lease of Land (P.Oxy. XII 1502, TM 21884-21885)
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 21884): Column 1: A fragmentary report of a trial for assault, with a report of a physician and a petition to the strategus Aurelius Ptolemaeus alias Nemesianus supplied as evidence. The deputy-epistrategus Metrodorus is mentioned. Column 2: Beginnings of 9 lines of uncertain nature...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
260-261
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, with writing on both sides, along the fibres on the recto and across them on the verso. On the recto, parts of two columns are preserved, written by two hands. Of the first column, portions of eleven lines survive; of the second, only the beginnings of 9 lines remain. The text on the verso, written by a different hand, is complete. The papyrus is mounted in a glass case.

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