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1191. Papyrus 1558

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1558
Title:
Official Letter of the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius on Wages for Sailors (P.Lond. IV 1374, TM 19830)
Scope & Content:
Letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, instructing him to collect and dispatch seven solidi as wages for seven sailors from his administrative district who had gone to Syria for the raiding expedition (cursus) and had stayed there. The original clay seal feat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1 May 710
Extent:

Papyrus roll, medium-dark brown, lacking the upper right-hand corner; with holes and minor surface damage along the folds; written on both sides. The front bears 13 lines written across the fibres and fairly spaced; lines 1-7 lack the ends. Upper, left and lower margins are extant; the right, which is minimal and irregular, survives from line 8. At the bottom the original clay seal survives. On the back, two faded lines run along the fibres at the top, written upside down in relation to each other. A small papyrus strip was glued diagonally on the right-hand side. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1192. Papyrus 1559

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1559
Title:
Official Letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1363, TM 19821)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, ordering him to send taxes of the churches in his district to the treasury. He also instructs him to draw up a register of the quota collected from each church and to send a list arranged by person. With origi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4 September 710
Extent:
Lower portion of a medium-brown papyrus, broken off at the top and left and with surface damage and holes in places; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of 12 lines lacking the beginnings, fairly spaced; at the bottom, there is the original clay seal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1193. Papyrus 1560

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1560
Title:
Fragment of an Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1385, TM 19839)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a letter presumably from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik, of which parts of five lines survive. The letter may have concerned the problem of fugitives and seems to suggest a requisition of some type, perhaps related to this matter. At the bottom, a brown clay seal figuring a star and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 709
Extent:

Small fragment from a papyrus roll, written on one side across the fibres and preserving parts of 5 Greek lines in addition to the original seal at the bottom; mounted on cardboard in one glass case.

1194. Papyrus 1561

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1561
Title:
Private Letter (SB III 6265, TM 25445)
Scope & Content:
Letter to Serenus from Ascles, who hopes to see the recipient soon and enquires about his health. He was grieved that he missed the ship. With address on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
late 1st century
Extent:
One medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with a few insect-holes at the bottom (front); written on both sides. On the front, there are 14 complete lines running along the fibres, the last being written after some blank space; all margins are extant, the lower being ample. The back bears one line written across the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1195. Papyrus 1562

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1562
Title:
Accounts (SB XVI 12695, TM 17450, 93096)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Presumably an account roll of official nature, of which a portion survives, possibly dating from 102-117 (unpublished). Verso: Annual summary submitted by supervisors (epiteretai) of the farmed taxes levied on a market in Oxyrhynchus. The account includes a heading, the tariff on the rat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of 2nd century
Extent:
Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus roll, written on both sides. On the front, there are the endings of lines from one column, written along the fibres; on the back, there is one column, complete and running across the fibres; another small column was written in the right margin. All margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1196. Papyrus 1563

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1563
Title:
Private Letter (SB XVIII 13590, TM 25383)
Scope & Content:
Letter of Didymus and another man whose name is damaged to Herakleios on private matters; the senders enquire about Herakleios’ health, ask him to write, and conclude the letter by sending greetings to various people; with address and saltire pattern on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century-2nd century
Extent:
One medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete, but imperfect at the bottom and with insect-holes throughout; written on both sides. On the front, there are 22 lines running along the fibres; all margins are extant. Folding lines are still visible. The back bears one line written along the fibres at the top. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1197. Papyrus 1564

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1564
Title:
Employment of Substitutes for Liturgic Office (P.Leit. 13, SB VIII 10205, TM 32160)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of a contract between Aurelius Modestus alias Olympus, collector of grain taxes, his colleague Melas, son of Melas, and Nepotianus, son of Theon. Modestus employs the two men for the collection of grain taxes in his own place, having paid them 350 silver drachmas for their salary, cost ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of 3rd century
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, with insect-holes and surface damage in places; written on one side, the back being blank. The front bears 26 lines, with traces of another line at the bottom; upper and left margins are extant; no space was left free on the right. A sheet-join runs vertically along the left edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1198. Papyrus 1565

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1565
Title:
Repayment of a Loan (P.Turner 17, TM 15687)
Scope & Content:
Imouthes, feeder and burier of hawks and linen worker of Oxyrhynchus, acknowledges the repayment of a loan in money with due interest made through the bank of Sarapion and Ammonius. The borrowers were Harthoonis, another feeder of hawks, and Onnophris. With Imouthes’s subscription at the end and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
69
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, with a break along the height almost at the middle, and lacking part of the right portion; with surface damage in places. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are 30 lines, rubbed in places; of the last only traces of two letters remain; left and upper margins survive; the right margin, which is minimal, survives opposite lines 1-5. A sheet-join runs along the height of the sheet at 7 mm from the right edge at lines 2-6. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1199. Papyrus 1567

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1567
Title:
Private Letter (SB XVIII 13591, TM 30980)
Scope & Content:
Letter to Sarapammon and Syra from Koprys and Senthonis, who have not received any news and are concerned about whether Syra has arrived. The address is on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:
Upper portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet with minor surface damage along the vertical folds; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 11 lines from the top of a column, written along the fibres; upper and side margins are extant. On the back, there is the beginning of 1 line running along the fibres. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1200. Papyrus 1568(A-C)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1568(A-C)
Title:
Miscellaneous Texts (P.Lond.Lit. 53, TM 61313, LDAB 2455)
Scope & Content:
Left papyrus (A) and upper right papyrus (B): Unpublished documents. Lower right papyrus (C) (P.Lond.Lit. 53, TM 61313, LDAB 2455, MP3 1581): Fragmentary leaf from a papyrus codex, containing iambic trimeters with stichometrical divisions, possibly from an anthology and apparently on a dream o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-4th century
Extent:

Three papyrus fragments that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.

Left papyrus (A): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the bottom and right, broken off on the other sides; abraded in places; written on one side. The front bears the right-hand part of a column written along the fibres; the lower margin is extant, no space was left to the right. The back is blank.

Upper right papyrus (B): Lower right portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, written on one side. The front bears the right-hand part of a column written along the fibres; the lower margin is extant, no space was left to the right. The back is blank.

Lower right papyrus (C): Fragment of a leaf of a light-brown papyrus codex, worm-eaten in places; written on both sides, each side bearing part of the foot of a column; the lower margin survives.

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