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41. Papyrus 51(A)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 51(A)
Title:
Fragment of a Petition (UPZ II 152, P.Lond. I 51(a), TM 3553)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a petition to the King from the priests (pastophoroi) of the god Amenophis, who are apparently being wronged by a police officer (phylakites); reference to rent is made; with further writing on the left margin and on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
Left-hand portion of medium-brown papyrus sheet, bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there survives the left-hand portion of one column of text, running along the fibres; the upper and left margins are generous; at the bottom of the left margin there are the beginnings of 9 lines, which may not belong to the same text. A sheet-join runs along the left edge. On the back, there are portions of 6 lines running across the fibres. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame, with a small opening for the text on the back.

42. Papyrus 75

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 75
Title:
Account (SB I 5316, TM 26063)
Scope & Content:
Account with names and quantities of unknown items.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century-2nd century
Extent:
1 Papyrus, incomplete, broken off at left, bottom and right, margins preserved at top; 12 lines on recto, written along the fibres, verso blank, housed in a glass frame.

43. Papyrus 77

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 77
Title:
The Will of Abraham, Bishop of Hermonthis (P. Lond. I. 77; TM 39851)
Scope & Content:
The Will of Abraham, Bishop of Hermonthis, or Harment, anchoret of the Memnonium [Djeme, near Thebes], son of Sabinus and Rebecca, bequeathing the cell of St. Phoebammon and all his property to Victor, priest and monk. Attested by the Bishop; by the scribe, Joseph son of John, who wrote the docu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
600-625
Extent:
1 sheet, writing on one side only, mounted in glass.

44. Papyrus 98

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 98
Title:
Greek and Old Coptic Horoscope (P.Lond. I. 98; P.Copt. 366, TM 23938), and Hyperides' Funeral Oration over Leosthenes (P.Lond.Lit. 133, TM 61282)
Scope & Content:
Recto: lines 1-115 - Greek horoscope for the year 95CE lines 116-18 - The Old Coptic Horoscope Verso: The Funeral Oration of Hyperides over Leosthenes (TLG 0030.006)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
95-199
Extent:

15 fragments of a roll, written on both sides, framed and glazed.

45. Papyrus 99

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 99
Title:
Accounts (P.Lond. I 99 + BL I pp. 228-229, TM 33212)
Scope & Content:
Accounts arranged in columns damaged throughout, listing places in the Memphite nome and people with sums stated in artabas; an eight year of an unnamed emperor is mentioned at the beginning (possibly 370-371). On the recto, at the end of columns 1-2 a different hand, which is to be found on the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, with broken columns both on recto and verso, written along and across the fibres respectively; on the back is also a line written along the fibres. Additional fragments of varying size are housed in a separate frame, named Papyrus 99*.

46. Papyrus 106

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 106
Title:
Petition to the King (P.Lond. I 106, UPZ II 151, TM 2975)
Scope & Content:
A petition addressed to the king Ptolemy by Areus, complaining about an act of violence perpetrated by Cephalon in front of witnesses. Areus asks for the matter to be investigated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
After 9 August 259 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, with detached fragment at the bottom, lacking the right upper edge and broken off at the bottom; with surface damage in the preserved portion. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Upper and left margins are preserved, no margin was left to the right and the lower margin is lost. A sheet-join runs across the fibres and along the lower half of the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in glass.

47. Papyrus 107

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 107
Title:
The ‘Harris Homer Roll' (P.Lond.Lit. 25, TM 60340, LDAB 1461, MP3 953)
Scope & Content:
The papyrus, known as the ‘Harris Homer’, contains nearly the entire book XVIII of the Iliad; 12 columns are preserved, 5 in Papyrus 107 (1), the fifth only having the beginning of the lines, and 7 in Papyrus 107 (2). Of the lines omitted by the original scribe, vv. 200, 201, 381, 427 and 441 we...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st-2nd century
Extent:

Two portions of a dark papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres and preserving 12 columns, one of which only has the beginning of the lines; each column has between 41-45 lines, with one column of 49 lines; with protokollon (first sheet of the roll) of 50 mm and agraphon (blank space) of 180 mm; with corrections and additions by a later hand; housed in two glass frames, the second being mounted on glassine.

48. Papyrus 108

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 108
Title:
Hyperides, Orations Against Demosthenes and in Defense of Lycophron (P.Lond.Lit. 132, TM 61281, LDAB 2423, MP3 1233)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus 108 is now in 13 frames labelled from Papyrus 108 (1) - Papyrus 108 (13), each of which houses one or more numbered fragments. Contents of the separate frames are described against the edition of Jensen (Jensen, Hyperidis, (1917)). Papyrus 108 (1) Fragment 1 = Hyperides: In Demosthene...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
75-125
Extent:

39 fragments of a papyrus roll now mounted in 13 glass cases. Other portions of the same roll are now Papyrus 115 (1-2) and Cambridge, St John's College Aa 5.1; Paris, Louvre 1169 and Rossale School (Fragmenta Tancockiana).

49. Papyrus 109

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 109
Title:
Tax Rolls (SB XIV 11704, P.Lond. I 109a, TM 27504, and P.Lond. I 109b, TM 28058)
Scope & Content:
Fragments of different rolls. Papyrus 109A(1-5) (SB XIV 11704, P.Lond. I 109a, TM 27504): Fragments of the same tax roll as Papyrus 119. It contains a list of persons responsible for money taxes on land; rates are assessed per arura. Papyrus 109A(1-3) have been published; the rest in unpublishe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Fragments from different papyrus rolls, named Papyrus 109A and Papyrus 109B.

Papyrus 109A: Fragments of varying size from the same roll as Papyrus 119, written on one side along the fibres; the back is blank. The fragments are mounted on cardboard in five glass frames, named Papyrus 109A(1), Papyrus 109A(2), Papyrus 109A(3), Papyrus 109A(4), and Papyrus 109A(5).

Papyrus 109A(1) houses one fragment which preserves the upper margin and part of the top of a column, with the first ten lines being better preserved. The sheet was numbered at the top.

Papyrus 109A(2): One fragment containing one column with ten lines and traces of another; blank space separates lines 9 and 10. The upper margin is preserved. The surface is abraded in places.

Papyrus 109A(3): Small fragment with the ends of five lines.

Papyrus 109A(4): Seven fragments of varying size, the largest preserving parts of six lines. The top left fragment has remains of seven lines, with traces of an additional one, some of which display corrections above the line.

Papyrus 109A(5): One small fragment with parts of seven lines.

Papyrus 109B(1-6): Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres and mounted on cardboard in five glass cases, named Papyrus 109B(1), Papyrus 109B(2), Papyrus 109B(3), Papyrus 109B(4), and Papyrus 109B(5-6).

Papyrus 109B(1): Large fragment with smaller joining fragment, damaged by holes and lacking most of its right half. There are remains of three columns; only few ends of lines from the foot of column 1 remain; the bottom of column 2 is preserved; the third column is almost complete; numbered at the top.

Papyrus 109B(2): One sheet, almost complete, with few holes; stained in the lower half; it preserves one complete column and part of another; numbered at the top; two lines were rubbed off towards the end.

Papyrus 109B(3): Fragment of a sheet, broken off at the right and left, with one column; upper and lower margins extant. Numbered at the top.

Papyrus 109B(4): Joining fragments with portions of three columns; of the first only few line ends survive; the second lacks parts of the top and bottom; the third is the best preserved, but lacks some of the line endings.

Papyrus 109B(5-6): Thirteen fragments of varying size; the largest, located in the middle of the frame, contains parts of two columns, the intercolumn and the upper margin.

50. Papyrus 110

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 110
Title:
Horoscope of Anubion (P. Lond. I 110, TM 23939, LDAB 23939)
Scope & Content:
A horoscope of Anubion, 5 [fifth son?] of a certain Psansnois. The birth date of Anubion is expressed in accordance with both the Roman and the Egyptian calendar: Anubion was born on December 4, 137 CE, at the beginning of the first hour of the day. Information of the celestial bodies are then p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
After 10 July 138
Extent:

Four papyrus sheets, written on one side along the fibres; number 1 is broken on the left, numbers 2 and 3 are nearly complete and have all margins extant; number 4 is damaged in the lower right corner. Mounted on cardboard in glass.

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