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841. Papyrus 997

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 997
Title:
Sale of Wine on Delivery (SB XXII 15597, P.Lond. III 997 descr., TM 45049)
Scope & Content:
Receipt acknowledging that Aurelius Apollos, vine-dresser, has received the payment on account of 300 metra (measure) of wine from Flavius Georgius, son of Silvanus. The wine shall be delivered after the vintage; the vats are to be supplied by Apollos. Should Apollos deliver wine of inferior qua...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12 October 537
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet with detached scrap, broken off at the bottom and left, with some surface damage; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The front bears the ends of 14 lines. Upper and right margins are minimal. A sheet-join is visible at c. 55 mm from the right edge. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

842. Papyrus 998-999

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 998-999
Title:
Sale of Wine on Delivery (SB XVI 12488, P.Lond. III 998 descr.+P.Lond. III 999, TM 16251)
Scope & Content:
Receipt acknowledging that Ioannes, a deacon from the Hermopolite village of Esneu, has received the payment on account of 80 metra (a measure) of wine from Flavius Silvanus, a soldier of the unit of the Moors. The wine shall be delivered after the following vintage. With docket on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2 December 538
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, consisting of two joining fragments which were formerly inventoried separately: Papyrus 998 is the left-hand side fragment, and Papyrus 999 is the right-hand side fragment. The sheet is broken off at the bottom, lacks part of the left half at the bottom (front), and displays minor surface damage. Writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back having a one-line docket. The front bears 18 lines; lines 8-17 lack the beginnings; of line 18 only few traces remain. Upper and side margins are minimal, with the left margin surviving up to line 7. On the back, only the beginning of the line remains. The papyrus sheet is housed in a glass case.

843. Papyrus 1000

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1000
Title:
Petition to an Official (P.Lond. III 1000, Chrest.Mitt. 73, TM 22772)
Scope & Content:
Petition from Flavius Georgius, son of Silvanus, to an official whose name is lost, with regards to some debt that the man was trying to recover. Dated to the second indiction, Choiak 2, in the consulship of Flavius Ioannes, and belonging to the archive of the soldiers of the numerus of the Mauri.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
28 November 538
Extent:

Sheet from a papyrus roll, written on one side, nearly complete; the first line is damaged and a very few letters are missing on the left-hand side. Housed in one glass frame and mounted on cardboard. A name containing a Coptic character is in line 13.

844. Papyrus 1001

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1001
Title:
Sale of Wine and Wheat on Delivery (P.Lond. III 1001, TM 22773)
Scope & Content:
Aurelius Colluthus, vine-dresser in the Hermopolite nome, acknowledges the payment made by Flavius Georgius, son of Silvanus, for the purchase of wheat and wine. The goods are to be delivered in the months of Pauni and Mesore. Penalty applies should Colluthus fail to deliver them. With subscript...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
14 February 539
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, almost complete, only lacking the right edges (front), and with holes and minor surface damage throughout; writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back having a one-line docket. The front bears 34 lines; the margins are minimal. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

845. Papyrus 1002

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1002
Title:
Fragment of a Lease (SB XVIII 13583, P.Lond. III 1002 descr., TM 18392)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of a five-year lease of land between Aurelia Eurasia and Aurelia Thebais, both of Hermopolis, the lessors, and Aurelios Daueit, son of Isakios and Thaures, and Aurelios Zeth, son of Phoebammon and Taiomia, farmers of the village of Taparat (Teyparat), in the Hermopolite nome, the lessees.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
30 April 547
Extent:
Upper portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and left; with holes in the preserved portion; the writing runs on one side and the back is blank. On the front, there are portions of twelve lines from the top of one column written along the fibres, of which 41 lines survive. Upper and right margins are minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

846. Papyrus 1003

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1003
Title:
Lease of Land (P.Lond. III 1003, TM 22774)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a lease of land located in the Hermopolite nome, from where the parties come. Only the beginning survives.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
562-563
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, darkened and with holes and surface damage especially along the vertical folds. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are 12 lines, complete; upper and side margins are extant but minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

847. Papyrus 1004

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1004
Title:
Portion of a Contract (ZPE 215 (2020), p. 263, P.Lond. III 1004 descr., TM 22775)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of a contract of uncertain nature, between a secretary or stenographer (notarius) and his brother, and Flavius Apollos, a soldier of the unit of the Mauri.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
January-September 517
Extent:

Portion of a papyrus sheet, somewhat darkened in places, broken off at the bottom and right, and damaged on the left and at the top; abraded in places; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears portions of 11 lines lacking the ends; traces of another line are visible at the bottom; part of the left margin survives. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

848. Papyrus 1005

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1005
Title:
Lease of a Stable (SB VIII 9932, P.Lond. III 1005, TM 22932)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary contract for the lease of a stable at Hermopolis for an undetermined period of time; details of the rent are lost; with subscriptions of the witnesses at the end and endorsement on the back. Dated to 4 January 544 or 3 January 599.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
544 or 599
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off to the right and bottom; written on both sides. On the front, there are the beginnings of 18 lines running along the fibres; upper and left margins are extant. On the back, there is one line running along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

849. Papyrus 1006

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1006
Title:
Lease of Land (P.Lond. III 1006, TM 22776)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of a contract for a five-year lease of 1 ¼ aruras of uninundated land for the annual rent of 1 and 1/3 solidi minus 8 carats. The lessor is Aurelius Petrus and the lessee Aurelius Colluthus, both of the Hermopolite village of Nagogis. With docket on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
31 October 555
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, darkened in places, broken off at the bottom and with minor surface damage throughout. Writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back having a one-line docket. The front preserves 17 lines, complete, and traces of another line at the bottom; side and upper margins are minimal. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

850. Papyrus 1007

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1007
Title:
Lease of Land (P.Lond. III 1007(b-c), TM 22778), and Agreement on Debts (P.Lond. III 1007(a), TM 22777)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. III 1007(b-c), TM 22778): Five-year lease of land located in Tarrouthis between Aurelius Apollos alias Phellos, the lessee, and his daughter Aurelia Eudoxia, the lessor. Eudoxia had been gifted the land by her paternal uncle. The text was written in two hands on two sheets, wrongl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 558
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus, made up of two sheets with opposite fibre orientation glued together; displaying some surface damage; written on both sides. On the front, there are 24 lines; the first 14 are written on the first sheet along the fibres; the other lines are written across the fibres in a different hand on the second sheet; this second sheet, although having been pasted at the bottom, contains the beginning of the text. The back was reused to host one document of 33 lines, written upside down in relation to the text on the front, and running partly along the fibres on the upper sheet, and partly across the fibres on the lower sheet. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

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