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1731. Papyrus 2452

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2452
Title:
Receipt for Payment of Taxes (P.Oxy. XII 1442, TM 21845)
Scope & Content:
A receipt issued by Aurelius Triadelphus to Aurelia Maxima, daughter of Ammonius, who paid 36 drachmas for the ‘one drachma’-tax and the ‘two drachmas’-tax (taxes on land?).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3 April 252
Extent:

Papyrus lacking the lower part of its left margin, but fully preserved as to the rest; vertical folds are visible. The upper margin measures 20 mm, the lower survives to 41 mm, the left is approximately 23 mm and the right 10 mm. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1732. Papyrus 2453

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2453
Title:
Estimate of Repairing a Public Building (P.Oxy. XII 1450, TM 21851)
Scope & Content:
An estimate perhaps addressed to the city council, made by a carpenter as to the costs of roofing, plastering and repairing a public building. The building included a room for exercises and a set of baths.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
249-250
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the top, lacking its left half and with a few holes in the preserved portion. The right margin is included between 10 and 15 mm, the lower measures 45 mm. Vertical folds are visible. The text runs along the fibres and the back is blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1733. Papyrus 2454

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2454
Title:
Sworn Declaration of Temple Lamp-Lighters (P.Oxy. XII 1453, TM 21854)
Scope & Content:
Copy of a declaration on oath addresseed to the superintendents of the temples, whereby four lamp-lighters, Thonis alias Patoiphis and Heraclides from the temple of Sarapis in Oxyrhynchus, and Paapis and Petosiris from the temple of Thoeris, undertake to supply oil for the daily lights burning i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
30-29 BCE
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, damaged by holes throughout and mostly mutilated in its lower portion. Writing is on one side along the fibres; mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1734. Papyrus 2455

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2455
Title:
Sworn Undertaking of an Oil-Seller (P.Oxy. XII 1455, TM 21856)
Scope & Content:
Declaration on oath addressed to Aurelius Herammon, strategus of the Oxyrhynchite nome, by Aurelius Theodorus, an oil-seller of Oxyrhynchus, who undertakes to provide fine oil at the market-place on a daily basis. With signatures of Theodorus and his surety Aurelius Sarapammon written by Aureliu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
19 October 275
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, damaged by a few wormholes throughout and broken at the bottom and top; in its upper portion the layer of horizontal fibres is mostly lost, and the vertical fibres forming the back survive occasionally. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1735. Papyrus 2456

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2456
Title:
Declaration on Oath concerning Appearance in Court (P.Oxy. XII 1456, TM 21857)
Scope & Content:
A sworn declaration from Aurelius Zoilas, of Oxyrhynchus, to Aurelius Philiarchus alias Horion, strategus of the Oxyrhynchite nome. Zoilas undertakes to appear before the prefect Marcus Aurelius Diogenes, when he is in Oxyrhynchus or in the nome, in order to bring an action against some comarchs...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
284-286
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and damaged to the left. Writing is on one side along the fibres. The upper margin survives to 11 mm; no margin was left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1736. Papyrus 2457

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2457
Title:
Declaration of Pagan Sacrifice and Account (P.Oxy. XII 1464, TM 21866)
Scope & Content:
Recto: A libellus (certificate for pagan sacrifice) in which Aurelius Gaion states that, in accordance with Decius’ decree, he, his wife and their three children made the sacrifices and libations to the gods in front of the commissioners of the sacrifices at Oxyrhynchus, and tasted the offerings...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 June 250
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, damaged to the left (front) and lacking part of its lower portion; the text runs along the fibres on the front, with upper, right and lower margins extant. On the back there are portions of 10 lines of another text, written across the fibres. Housed in a glass case.

1737. Papyrus 2458

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2458
Title:
Petition to the Prefect by Aurelia Thaisous alias Lolliane (P.Oxy. XII 1467, TM 21868)
Scope & Content:
A petition to the prefect from a woman named Aurelia Thaisous alias Lolliane, who claims the right to be independent and act without a guardian in her legal transactions on the grounds of being the mother of three children (ius trium liberorum). She stresses to be literate, and requests that thi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
263
Extent:

A papyrus sheet, broken at the top and damaged by holes throughout. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The text, arranged in one column, is incomplete, lacking a few lines at the beginning. The blank space at the bottom measures 82 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1738. Papyrus 2459

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2459
Title:
Application concerning Deposits (P.Oxy. XII 1472, TM 21873)
Scope & Content:
An application to Apollinarius, strategus of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from Heraclas alias Heraclides, of Oxyrhynchus, as regards a debt that the man is trying to recover. Heraclas had lent some corn on deposit to a certain Diogenes of Oxyrhynchus, who never paid it back; after Diogenes’ death, Her...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
29 June 136
Extent:

Fragmentary papyrus sheet, damaged by wormholes throughout and broken off at the bottom; the upper margin measures 17 mm, the left margin is partly preserved and on the right no margin was left. Vertical folds are visible. Two scraps remain unplaced. The text runs along the fibres on one side. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1739. Papyrus 2460

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2460
Title:
Application concerning a Remarriage (P.Oxy. XII 1473, TM 21874)
Scope & Content:
An application to a strategus from a certain Horion, who is enclosing documents related to his remarriage with his wife Apollonarion, whom he had previously divorced. The beginning is lost, and what remains includes part of the contract of remarriage, a copy of the request of Apollonarion for th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4 June 201
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and damaged throughout, especially in the left lower portion. Three scraps, located at the bottom of the frame, remain unplaced. Left and lower margin survive to 10 and 35 mm respectively; no margin was left on the right. The text runs on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1740. Papyrus 2461

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2461
Title:
Payments (P.Oxy. XII 1532 descr., TM 31756), and Sortes Astrampsychi (P.Oxy. XII 1477, TM 59320, LDAB 418, MP3 168.4)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Oxy. XII 1532 descr., TM 31756): Late third-century list of payments in wheat and barley by cultivators (georgoi). Unpublished. Verso (P.Oxy. XII 1477, TM 59320, LDAB 418, MP3 168.4): Sortes Astrampsychi. Column 1: traces of Sortes 46, 48, 50, 52-55. Column 2: Sortes 72-92, arranged ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
late 3rd century-early 4th century
Extent:

Fragment of a sheet of papyrus, bearing writing on both sides, along the fibres on the recto and across them on the verso. There are a few holes, mostly in the lower half of the sheet, which is somewhat damaged along the vertical fold. The text on the recto consists of the ends of thirteen lines from the top of a column, broken at the bottom and left. On the verso there is a column broken off at the bottom, of which twenty lines remain, and traces of a preceding column. Each column would have contained an average of 31 lines. Some fibres are missing and the surface is abraded in places. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

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