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611. Papyrus 719

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 719
Title:
Receipt for Payment (P.Grenf. II 80, P.Lond. III 719 descr., TM 22635)
Scope & Content:
Receipt issued by Aurelius Victor and Aurelius Colluthus acknowledging that Aurelius Senouthes has paid the wages for a substitute who would replace him as an oarsman of the governor’s boat. With Victor and Colluthus’ subscription at the end and docket on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
14 August 402
Extent:

Dark-brown papyrus sheet, with breaks along the vertical folds, lacking the top left edge and with white residue on the surface. Writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back bearing one line; on the front there is one column of 23 lines; margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

612. Papyrus 720

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 720
Title:
Receipt for Payment (P.Grenf. II 81, P.Lond. III 720 descr., TM 22636)
Scope & Content:
Receipt issued by Aurelius Victor and Aurelius Colluthus acknowledging that Aurelius Senuthes has paid the wages for a substitute who would replace him as an oarsman of the governor’s boat. With Victor and Colluthus’ subscription at the end and docket on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 May 403
Extent:

Dark-brown papyrus sheet, with white residue on its surface, mutilated especially in the lower half; writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back bearing one line; on the front there are 23 lines, many of which are damaged. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

613. Papyrus 721

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 721
Title:
Receipt for Payment (P.Grenf. II 81a, P.Lond. III 721 descr., TM 22637)
Scope & Content:
Receipt issued by Aurelius Apion, chief pilot, acknowledging that Aurelius Senuthes has paid the wages for a substitute who would replace him as an oarsman of the governor’s boat. With Apion’s subscription at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 October 403
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, darkened in places, lacking part of the bottom, with few holes and white residue on the surface. On the front there is one column of 19 lines, the last being quite effaced. Side and upper margins are extant, the lower margin is damaged. A sheet-join running along the height of the sheet is visible in the right edge. The writing on the back is effaced. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

614. Papyrus 722

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 722
Title:
Official Letter (P.Grenf. II 82, P.Lond. III 722 descr., TM 22638)
Scope & Content:
Victor and Colluthus, serving on the gubernatorial boat, write to another Victor and others, complaining about the fact that they had imposed a compulsory service on Aurelius Senuthes, and urging them to release him. Senuthes was in fact expected to perform another service, inherited from his fa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 400
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, darkened in places, lacking the bottom left corner and with few holes, but well preserved as to the rest. White residue is visible on the back.

Writing runs on both sides: on the front there is one column of 29 lines written along the fibres. Margins are extant and minimal, with the exception of the left margin, which measures x mm. A sheet-join running along the height of the sheet is visible in the right edge. On the back there was one column written across the fibres, which was erased, and two lines written along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

615. Papyrus 724

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 724
Title:
Fragment of a Contract (P.Grenf. II 85, P.Lond. III 724 descr., TM 41304)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of a contract, of which the dating clause and the opening of the deed survive. One of the parties was a woman named Aurelia Mannous, of Arsinoe.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
21 June 536
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and right, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The beginnings of 5 lines from the top of a column remain; left and upper margins survive in the preserved portion. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

616. Papyrus 725

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 725
Title:
Loan of Wheat (P.Grenf. II 86, P.Lond. III 725 descr., TM 22639)
Scope & Content:
Acknowledgment of a loan of 6 ¼ artabas of wheat, borrowed by the farmer Aurelius Phoebammon, son of Ioannes. With docket on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
15 December 596
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, with few holes, but otherwise well preserved; written on both sides along the fibres, the back bearing one line, mutilated at the end. On the front there are 20 lines, the last being mutilated. The surviving margins are minimal. A sheet-join runs along the height of the sheet at c. 10-14 from the left edge. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

617. Papyrus 726

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 726
Title:
Acknowledgment of a Loan (P.Grenf. II 88, P.Lond. III 726 descr., TM 41305)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of an acknowledgment of a loan from Aurelius Ioannes, son of Paulus, from the village of Philoxenus in the Arsinoite nome, to Ioannes, keeper of a storehouse of Saint Sergius. The details of the loan are obscure owing to the loss of the text. The docket is on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 December 602
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, with some surface damage in places; written on both sides along the fibres. The back bears one line, which lacks the end; on the front there are 16 lines, but of the last only few traces survive. Side and upper margins are extant and minimal. A sheet-join runs along the height of the sheet at c. 15 x mm from the right edge. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

618. Papyrus 727

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 727
Title:
Record of Payments (P.Grenf. II 104, Stud.Pal. III 506, P.Lond. III 727 descr., TM 39583)
Scope & Content:
Record of four payments in kind, stated in artabas and made on various days for the Arsinoite village Makronos. The second indiction is mentioned.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7th century-8th century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved, written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The text occupies the upper half of the sheet; there are five lines; the second is indented, and was written after some blank space at the end of the line. All margins are extant, with the blank space at the bottom measuring 60 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

619. Papyrus 728

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 728
Title:
Receipt for Payment (P.Grenf. II 100, P.Lond. III 728 descr., TM 41306)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary receipt from Aurelius Cosmas to Victor, representative of the dux Ioseph, acknowledging a money payment. Details are obscure owing to the loss of the text. With subscription of Cosmas and two witnesses and the notarial subscription at the end, and docket on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 July 683
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, darker in places, lacking part of its left half and with holes in the preserved portion; written on both sides along the fibres. On the back there is one line, of which only the beginning survives. The front bears 24 lines, many of which lack the beginnings. Margins are extant, the side and upper being minimal. Folding lines are visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

620. Papyrus 729

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 729
Title:
Festal Letter for Easter (P.Grenf. II 112, P.Lond. III 729 descr., TM 65050, LDAB 6291)
Scope & Content:
A fragmentary letter from the patriarch of Alexandria to the Egyptian churches, quoting the commentary of St Cyril on John XIX 28 and setting regulations on Easter celebrations, with Easter day being fixed on 25 April for the current year.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
577 or 672
Extent:

Rotulus (roll rotated 90 degrees) of papyrus broken off at the top and bottom, and damaged along the horizontal folds. Writing runs across the fibres on one side, with the back being blank. The text, incomplete, consists of one column, 300 mm wide, of 22 lines, the first and last of which are mutilated. Left and right margins survive, the right being irregular and occasionally minimal, the left measuring c. 25 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

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