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91. Papyrus 134(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 134(1)
Title:
Part 1 of Hyperides, Against Philippides
Scope & Content:
Fragments containing Hyperides’s Against Philippides, from the same papyrus roll as Papyrus 133 (Demosthenes, Epistula III), but in a different hand. The beginning is fragmentary.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
mid 2nd century BC
Extent:
Several fragments of varying size from the same papyrus roll as Papyrus 133, with blank space of about 300 mm to separate the texts and in a different hand; Papyrus 133 is the continuation; broken off at the beginning, and written on one side along the fibres, with the back blank. Each sheet forming the roll is about 180 mm wide. The upper margin 35 mm, and the lower c.50 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

92. Papyrus 134(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 134(2)
Title:
Part 2 of Hyperides, Against Philippides
Scope & Content:
Hyperides’s Against Philippides, from the same papyrus roll as Papyrus 133 (Demosthenes, Epistula III), but in a different hand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
mid 2nd century BC
Extent:

Portion of the same papyrus roll as Papyrus 133, with blank space of about 300 mm to separate the texts and in a different hand; Papyrus 133 is the continuation; side along the fibres, with the back blank. Each sheet forming the roll is about 180 mm wide. There remain 9 complete columns, each column measures 150 x 43 mm and has 26 to 28 lines, with an average of 17 letters per line; lines begin progressively further to the left (Mass’s Law); the intercolumn measures about 10 mm, the upper margin 35 mm, and the lower c.50 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in two glass frames named Papyrus 134(1), and Papyrus 134(2).

93. Papyrus 135

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 135
Title:
Herodas, Mimiambi (P.Lond.Lit. 96, TM 60050, LDAB 1164, MP3 485)
Scope & Content:
Roll of small format containing seven complete Mimiambi of Herodas and the beginning of the eighth, each with title. Papyrus 135(1) Upper Fragment-Papyrus 135(2), Upper fragment, column 1, line 11: Mime 1, ‘The Matchmaker or the Go-Between’; with marginal annotation by the second hand in Papyr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
mid 1st century- mid 2nd century
Extent:

Fragments of a papyrus roll of small format, written on one side along the fibres, with the back being blank. The fragments are mounted on cardboard in eight glass cases named Papyrus 135(1), Papyrus 135(2), Papyrus 135(3), Papyrus 135(4), Papyrus 135(5), Papyrus 135(6), Papyrus 135(7), and Papyrus 135(8). 46 columns, more or less complete, survive. The column height is 80-85 mm, with each column having 15 to 19 lines. The upper and lower margins measure 20 mm and 25 mm respectively; the intercolumn is often irregular. The surface is abraded in many spots, and loose and dislocated fibres are visible in places; sheet-joins running across the fibres and along the height of the roll are visible in some of the fragments.

Papyrus 135(1): Three fragments with detached fibres and one scrap: the upper contains one column, preceded by ample blank space measuring 80 mm; a sheet-join running across the fibres is visible at the end of the lines; the middle fragment has two columns, the second being badly abraded; the lower fragment contains two columns, the first being abraded.

Papyrus 135(2): Four fragments with detached scraps: the upper fragments contain parts of two columns, the first of which lacks the endings and the second the beginnings; the middle and lower fragments contain two complete columns each, with little surface.

Papyrus 135(3): Three complete fragments, each containing two columns.

Papyrus 135(4): Three complete fragments, each containing two columns, with few small insect holes.

Papyrus 135(5): Three complete fragments, each containing two columns, the third slightly more damaged by insect holes.

Papyrus 135(6): Three fragments, each containing two columns, the first and second being complete, the third badly damaged by holes.

Papyrus 136(7): Three fragments with detached scraps; each of the three fragments contain two columns; the upper fragment is damaged, and the first column lacks the beginning; the others are well preserved, although some surface damage is visible in places.

Papyrus 135(8): Eleven fragments of varying size, a few of which are scraps, containing parts of five incomplete columns.

The papyrus is also known as Egerton Papyrus 1.

94. Papyrus 136

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 136
Title:
Accounts (Unpublished) and Verses from Homer’s Iliad III-IV (P.Lond.Lit. 11, TM 60829, LDAB 1957, MP3 697)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Fragments of unpublished accounts of the time of Augustus arranged in several columns, with names of persons, sums of money, stated in drachmas, or of wheat, stated in artabas; damaged throughout. The last sheet was not part of the original roll. Verso: Homer’s Iliad (P.Lond.Lit. 11, TM ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Fragments of various sizes from a papyrus roll, written on both sides and housed in three glass frames; the final sheet presumably did not belong to the original roll and was added later.

95. Papyrus 137

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 137
Title:
Anonymus Londinensis (P.Lond.Lit. 165, TM 62776, LDAB 3964, MP3 2339), Medical Recipe, and Rescript of Mark Antony (SB I 4224, TM 29409)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond.Lit. 165, TM 62776, LDAB 3964, MP3 2339): A treatise on medicine written by an anonymous author generally referred to as Anonymus Londinensis and assigned to the second half of the first century. The treatise has been divided into three main sections by scholars: I. Papyrus 137(1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half 1st century
Extent:

A papyrus roll of medium quality, originally 3365 mm long, made out of 20 sheets. Each sheet is 155 mm wide on average. Housed in 11 glass cases, named Papyrus 137(1)1-3, Papyrus 137(2)4-7, Papyrus 137(3)8-11, Papyrus 137(4)12-15, Papyrus 137(5)16-18, Papyrus 137(6)19-20, Papyrus 137(7)21-24, Papyrus 137(8)25-28, Papyrus 137(9)29-31, Papyrus 137(10)32-35, Papyrus 137(11)36-39.

The front preserves 39 columns, each of which contains between 32 and 59 lines. At least 2 columns are missing at the beginning. The surviving upper margin measures between 10 and 20 mm, the lower between 10 and 15 mm.

Three columns are written on the back of Papyrus 137(2)4-7, the first two of which were written by the same hand as that of the front, and one column in a different hand is found on the back of Papyrus 137(7)21-24.

The sheets are mounted on cardboard with the exception of Papyrus 137(2)4-7, and Papyrus 137(7)21-24, which bear writing on the back. Unplaced fragments are housed in Papyrus 137(6)19-20, Papyrus 137(9)29-31, and Papyrus 137(10)32-35.

96. Papyrus 139

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 139
Title:
Receipt for Rent (P.Lond. II 139a, TM 19949), and Certificate for Five-Day Work (P.Lond. II 139b, TM 11624)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (P.Lond. II 139a, TM 19949): Copy of a receipt issued by Chaeremon to the three farmers who are cultivating his land, acknowledging the payment of the rent for part of the land. Dated to 23 August 48. Lower papyrus (P.Lond. II 139b, TM 11624): Certificate issued to Panephremmis, s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
48-51
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in one glass case.

Upper papyrus (A): Light-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with slight damage along the vertical folding lines; writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The text consists of 12 complete lines; all margins are extant, the right being irregular. The blank space at the bottom measures 73 mm.

Lower papyrus (B): Small papyrus sheet, complete, with slight damage at the bottom. Writing is on one side along the fibres, with the back being blank. There are 7 complete lines, and all margins are extant, the upper being minimal. Vertical folds are visible.

97. Papyrus 140

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 140
Title:
Sale of Land (SB XXVIII 17080, P.Lond. II 140, TM 11625)
Scope & Content:
Sale of a third share of some land in the meris of Herakleides, purchased by Tesenouphis, daughter of Herieus, from Mysthes. The plot was adjacent to the house she inhabited with her husband Stotoetis.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
69-79
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, damaged at the left and bottom, lacking most of its lower part. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Occasional abrasion occurs. Parts of 26 lines survive, with the first 10 better preserved. Upper, right and lower margins measure 24 mm, 10-14 mm and 78 mm respectively. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

98. Papyrus 141

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 141
Title:
Sale of Land (P.Lond. II 141, TM 11626)
Scope & Content:
Contract drawn up in Ptolemais Euergetis, recording the sale of 12 ¾ aruras of oliveyards located near Karanis and Psenharpsenesis, bought by Miccalus, son of Ptolemaeus alias Petheus, from Didymus alias Diodorus and his wife Diodora. With superscription in a different hand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3 June 88
Extent:

Upper portion of a long slip of papyrus, broken off at the bottom and left, and darkened in places; damaged by abrasion and holes, with occasional loss of horizontal fibres at the bottom. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Parts of 10 lines are preserved. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

99. Papyrus 142

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 142
Title:
Repayment of a Loan (P.Lond. II 142, TM 11627)
Scope & Content:
Marcus Sempronius Gemellus, a soldier of the Legio III Cyrenaica, acknowledges that he has received 1240 drachmas with interest from Miccalus, son of Ptolemaeus, as repayment of a loan contracted at Alexandria. No further claims shall be laid against Miccalus. With date, subscriptions of Gemellu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
28 November 95
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete, with a few wormholes throughout. The text runs along the fibres on one side and is complete; it consists of one column with 27 lines. The back is blank. All margins are extant, the right being irregular and minimal. The upper and lower margins measure 28 and x 50 respectively. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

100. Papyrus 143

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 143
Title:
Return of Remaining Pledge (P.Lond. II 143, TM 11628)
Scope & Content:
Cephalas, son of Petosiris, acknowledges that he has received the outstanding 160 drachmas from Tapontos, wife of Miccalus, out of the 200 drachmas they had agreed on account of a plot of land. With subscription of Cephalas written by Heron, son of Satyrus, on his behalf, and registration docket...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2 March 97
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus sheet, complete, although slightly damaged, especially along the vertical folds. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, with the back blank; the text is complete and consists of 36 lines; all margins are extant, the right and bottom being minimal. Upper and left margins measure 32 and 20 mm respectively. The surface is slightly abraded in places. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

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