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741. Papyrus 880

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 880
Title:
Division of Property (P.Lond. III 880, TM 85)
Scope & Content:
Deed drawn up in the office of the notary Heliodorus whereby Totoes, son of Pelaeus, divides the lands belonging to him and located in the plain of Pathyris between his children.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
15 March 113 BC
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus roll with darker patches, damaged especially at the bottom; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are two columns of 15 and 16 lines respectively. The upper margin is extant, the other margins partly survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

742. Papyrus 881

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 881
Title:
Sale of Land (P.Lond. III 881, Chrest.Mitt. 153, TM 86)
Scope & Content:
Deed drawn up in the office of the notary Sosus by his agent Hermias recording the sale of one and a quarter arura of land in the plain of Pathyris by Pmois, son of Thotortaeus, to Kobahetesis and her four sons at the price of three bronze talents; with summary of the deed (scriptura interior) in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
10 March 108 BC
Extent:
Light-brown papyrus roll of fine quality, complete and well preserved. On the front, there are 3 columns; the first column has 8 lines written across the fibres, as the first sheet of the roll displays vertical fibres; the second column is wide and has 16 complete lines; the third column has 7 lines in Greek, followed by some blank space and 7 lines in Demotic. Margins are extant; sheet-joins are visible. On the back, there are dark spots and traces of ink. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

743. Papyrus 882

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 882
Title:
Sale of Land (P.Lond. III 882, Chrest.Mitt. 154, TM 87)
Scope & Content:
Deed drawn up by Pisarchus, agent of the notary of Diospolis Parva, recording the sale of two plots of land amounting to three and a half aruras for one bronze talent. The seller is Thamounis, daughter of Patous, and the buyer Peteharsemtheus, son of Nechoutes; with summary of the deed (scriptura...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
March-April 101 BC
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus roll, complete and well preserved, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 3 columns of 6, 14 and 7 lines respectively. Margins are extant; sheet-joins are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

744. Papyrus 883

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 883
Title:
Sale of Land (P.Lond. III 883, TM 88)
Scope & Content:
Deed drawn up in the office of the notary Hermias in Pathyris, recording the sale of a plot of land. The seller is Peteharsemtheus, son of Almaphis, and the buyer Peteharsemtheus, son of Panebchounis; with summary of the deed (scriptura interior) in column 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2 January 88 BC
Extent:
Light-brown papyrus roll of fine quality, complete and well preserved, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 2 columns of 16 and 12 lines respectively. Margins are extant; two sheet-joins are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

745. Papyrus 884

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 884
Title:
Rhetorical Exercise - Suasoria (P.Lond.Lit. 139, P.Lond. III 884 descr., TM 63526, LDAB 4735, MP3 2510)
Scope & Content:
Conclusion of a suasoria (a rhetorical exercise) urging resistance to Alexander; with end-title.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Larger fragment and three detached scraps from a papyrus roll, damaged by insect holes; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The upper parts of two columns are preserved; the column width is 53 mm; the intercolumn measures 14-17 mm and the upper margin 27 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

746. Papyrus 885

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 885
Title:
Treatise on Literary Criticism or Attic Usage (P.Lond.Lit. 183, P.Lond. III 885 descr., TM 62518, LDAB 3699, MP3 2291)
Scope & Content:
Treatise on literary criticism or on Attic usage, perhaps by Phrynichus, arranged in rough alphabetical order and quoting Homer, Iliad III 229, and XVI 795, Odyssey XXII 5, Euripides, Bacchae 642, and Menander, Cecryphalus (fr. 242 K.-Th.).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century (?)
Extent:

Six fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The fragments preserve parts of at least 6 columns. Fragment 1 bears portions of 2 columns, the second being better preserved, with the lower margin; fragment 2 contains parts of 2 columns and the lower margin; fragment 3 and fragment 6 join and preserve 2 columns, the first being very fragmentary, with further letters on the right margin; fragment 4 only bears a few letters from 4 lines; fragment 5 preserves a portion of one column. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

747. Papyrus 886

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 886
Title:
Homer, End of Iliad II (P.Lond.Lit. 8, P.Lond. III 886 descr., TM 60678, LDAB 1803, MP3 676)
Scope & Content:
Portions of the last two columns from the second book of the Iliad, with end-title. Left fragment: Iliad II 836-852; Other fragments: Iliad II 864-877, with end-title and ornamentation above and below it; further traces are visible below (stichometrical notation?).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:

Four fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, with minor surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Portions of the last two columns of book 2 of the Iliad survive; the first fragment from the left contains few letters of 17 lines, with a small trace of another line at the top; the surface is rubbed in places; the second, third and fourth fragments bear parts of the second column, with upper and lower margins partly preserved. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

748. Papyrus 887

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 887
Title:
Petition (P.Lond. III 887, TM 78481)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary petition, with the names of the writer and of the recipient being lost; the petitioner complains that his neighbour having dwellings in the same house-property had offered the petitioner’s property to another Egyptian for profit and had forcibly expelled him from his units; he asks t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, imperfect at the top and damaged by small insect holes throughout. The front bears 14 lines running across the fibres, some of which are damaged; lower and side margins are extant, the upper margin survives at the top right; very faded traces of ink are visible on the back. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

749. Papyrus 888

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 888
Title:
Receipt for Repayment of Loan (SB XVIII 13846, TM 89), and Loan Contract (P.Lond. II 888(b) descr., TM 5898)
Scope & Content:
Left papyrus (A) (TM 89): Acknowledgment of the repayment of a loan, amounting to eight bronze talents, repaid by Panebchounis, son of Totoes, to Pmois, son of Phentemmoutis. Drawn up in Krokodilopolis, Pathyrite nome, by the notary (agoranomos) Paniscus, and dated 6 January 107 BC. The docket i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
139-107 BC
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments not belonging together, housed in the same glass frame.

Left papyrus (A): Medium-to-dark-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the top and bottom, broken off on the sides; with holes regularly distributed along the right edge; written on both sides. The front bears the mid portions of 22 lines running along the fibres; upper and lower margins survive; on the back, there are 3 lines, written across the fibres, upside down in relation to the text on the front.

Right papyrus (B): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the top, right and bottom, broken off on the left; written on both sides. The front bears the ends of 28 lines running along the fibres; the lower margin survives, the right and upper margins are minimal; on the back, there are portions of 2 lines, written across the fibres at the bottom, upside down in relation to the text on the front.

750. Papyrus 889

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 889
Title:
Receipt (P.Dryton 21, P.Lond. III 889a, TM 288) and Fragment of a Document (P.Lond. III 889b descr., TM 639)
Scope & Content:
Upper fragment (P.Dryton 21, P.Lond. III 889a, TM 288): A self-written receipt (cheirographon) of Zois alias Onchasis, who acknowledges having received 12 talents of copper from the priest Patous on behalf of Esthladas, son of Dryton. The receipt was written by a representative and issued in the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century BC - 1st century BC
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, housed in one glass case.

The upper fragment (A) is the top portion of a sheet, broken off at the bottom and written on both sides: the text on the recto is Greek and runs across the fibres, whereas the verso has a one-line docket in Demotic running along the fibres. On the verso, several fibres are missing.

The lower fragment (B) is the lower part of a sheet, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank.

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