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201. Papyrus 256

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 256
Title:
Miscellaneous Documents (P.Lond. II 256 A, C-E, TM 11657, 19973-19975), Epigram on the Battle of Actium (P.Lond.Lit. 62, TM 63120, LDAB 4324, MP3 1853.1) and Rhetorical Exercises (P.Lond.Lit. 138, TM 63121, LDAB 4325, MP3 2515)
Scope & Content:
Documents from a ‘pasted roll’ (tomos synkollesimos) containing five documents: Recto: From left to right: - Detached fragments and beginning of the larger fragment with traces of writing; - Column 1 (preserved on the larger fragment): Receipt for shipment of 1718 and a half artabas of grain...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Papyrus fragments of various sizes from a composite roll, with the larger fragment being made up by joining several sheets of different dimensions, originally distinct; written on both sides, containing several columns in various hands not fully preserved. One sheet in the middle of the roll was arranged in the reverse way to the rest, so that its verso lies with the recto of the rest of the roll.

202. Papyrus 260

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 260
Title:
Official Register (Stud. Pal. IV, pp. 58-83, TM 14986) and Demotic Accounts (P.Lond. II 260v. descr., TM 90844)
Scope & Content:
Recto Parts of the official returns written by Heraclides, amphodarch of the quarter of Apollonios’ Camp in Arsinoe, of which further portions are to be found in Papyrus 261 and P.Vindob. G 19976. The full text comprises 45 surviving columns with lists of inhabitants of the quarter liable to va...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
ca. 73
Extent:

Two large fragments from a papyrus roll, written on both sides in Greek and Demotic, and housed in two glass frames; on the recto, 13 columns in Greek are preserved, although only a few traces of the last survive. Occasionally we see Demotic text written above the Greek one as well as in the blank space of the recto. The verso bears Demotic writing. The recto of the papyrus contains lines 507-703 of the same document of which further portions are to be found in Papyrus 261 and P.Vindob. G 19976.

203. Papyrus 261

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 261
Title:
Official Register (Stud. Pal. IV, pp. 58-83, TM 14986) and Demotic Accounts (P.Lond. II 261v. descr., TM 90844)
Scope & Content:
Parts of the official returns written by Heraclides, amphodarch of the quarter of Apollonios’ Camp in Arsinoe, of which further portions are to be found in Papyrus 260 and P.Vindob. G 19976. These are lists, drawn up by the same hand, of inhabitants of the quarter liable to various taxes; 45 col...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
ca. 73
Extent:

Fragments of various sizes from a papyrus roll, written on both sides in Greek and Demotic, and housed in two glass frames; imperfect at both ends and damaged throughout; on the recto, 19 columns in Greek are preserved, although only a few traces of the last remain. Occasionally we see Demotic text written above the Greek one as well as added in the blank space of the recto. The verso bears Demotic writing. The recto of the papyrus contains lines 1-278 of the document of which further portions are to be found in Papyrus 260 and in P.Vindob. G. 19976.

204. Papyrus 262

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 262
Title:
Certificate of Sale of a House (P.Dime III 5, P.Lond. II 262, TM 44702)
Scope & Content:
Certificate of sale of a house with veranda and empty plots in Soknopaiou Nesos, purchased by Satabous from the priest Chairemon and his wife. The beginning of the papyrus has the Demotic text with the cession of the house (P.Dime III 5); after a blank space, two Greek lines contain date, place ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
21 November 11
Extent:

Complete, although much damaged by wormholes; from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres.

205. Papyrus 264

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 264
Title:
Demotic Hymn to Sobek (P.Lond. II 264r. descr., TM 130908) and List of Names (P.Lond. II 264v. descr., TM 25618)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. II 264r. descr., TM 130908, LDAB 130908): Five columns, three of which complete, written in Demotic and containing a hymn to Sobek, who is described as a cosmic and solar deity, source of all life; praises are addressed to him. Traces of an underlying Greek text, which was apparen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Fragment from a papyrus roll, written on both sides, bearing Greek writing on the verso and Demotic writing on the recto; traces of an underlying Greek text on the recto, which was washed out, are visible. Overall well preserved, yet incomplete, with holes affecting the writing on both sides; housed in one glass case.

206. Papyrus 265

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 265
Title:
Demotic Text (P.Lond. II 265r descr., TM 63116), Metrological Problems (P.Lond. II 265, TM 25619, LDAB 4320, MP3 2326) and Census Register (P.Lond. II 265v descr., TM 25620)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Column 1 (P.Lond. II 265r descr., TM 63116): Demotic text. Columns 2- 8 (P.Lond. II 265, TM 25619, LDAB 4320, MP3 2326): Mathematical problems with headings, of which seven columns survive, not fully preserved. The text concerns the conversion between six different standards of artabas ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Fragments from a papyrus roll written on both sides and containing several columns, not fully preserved; written in Greek, with one column in Demotic.

207. Papyrus 266

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 266
Title:
Accounts of Expenses (P. Lond. II 266, TM 25621)
Scope & Content:
Recto: columns 1-26: accounts with records of payments made for various purposes and arranged in sections, with several subdivisions, headed by names of persons; at the end of each section the amounts, calculated in talents and drachms, are summarised; columns 27-30: previously containing acc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Accounts from a papyrus roll, written on both sides: on the recto are 26 columns, besides four which were washed out to receive a Demotic text. The verso, unpublished, is the continuation of the recto, with further accounts arranged in 31 columns, of which the first 6 are so defaced as to be illegible.

The papyrus is currently mounted in a glass frame.

208. Papyrus 267

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 267
Title:
Register of Land (P.Lond. II 267, TM 11662) and Demotic Text (P.Lond. II 267 vo. descr., TM 105767)
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 11662): Register of land for taxation arranged in twenty columns, not fully preserved, with traces of an additional one. For each entry geographical details in relation to the field described before are provided; then is given its extent and rate of taxation, followed by names of pers...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
114 (after 2 April)
Extent:

Two large fragments of a papyrus roll, written on both sides, in Greek on the recto and in Demotic on the verso; damaged by worm holes and lacking both beginning and end; housed in two glass frames.

209. Papyrus 271

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 271
Title:
Homer, Odyssey III (P.Lond.Lit. 30, TM 60262, LDAB 1382, MP3 1039)
Scope & Content:
The fragments contain lines from Homer’s Odyssey III with scholia from Ammonius, Apion, Zenodotus, Herodorus or Erotianus. Papyrus 271(1) Left fragment, Column 1: Odyssey III 283-293, with scholia; Left fragment, Column 2: Odyssey III 319-327, with scholia; Right fragment: Odyssey III 387-40...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:
Fragments from a light-coloured papyrus roll of high quality, written on one side along the fibres; each column would have contained between 34 and 36 lines measuring 20.5 x 16.7 cm; the upper margin survives to 6 cm in Papyrus 271 (1), the lower margin survives to 7 cm in Papyrus 271(2). The roll would have been approximately 7 m long if it contained the first three books of the Odyssey, as the end-title suggests. Two hands are present. Mounted on cardboard in two glass cases. Further fragments from the same papyrus roll have been identified in the Vienna Collection and published as P.Sijp. 3.

210. Papyrus 272

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 272
Title:
Homer, Iliad I ( P.Lond.Lit. 2, TM 60676, LDAB 1801, MP3 580)
Scope & Content:
A fragment containing the middle portion of 22 lines of Homer’s Iliad I 129-150.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:

A papyrus fragment, written on one side along the fibres and preserving 1 column of 22 lines, of which only the middle section survives. The upper margin survives to 12 mm, but the left, right and bottom sides are broken. The surface is abraded at places. Mounted on cardboard and housed in one glass case.

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