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61. Papyrus 115

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 115
Title:
Hyperides’ Pro Lycophrone and Pro Euxenippo (P.Lond.Lit. 132, TM 61281, LDAB 2423, MP3 1233)
Scope & Content:
48 columns from the same papyrus roll as Papyrus 108, of which this papyrus is the continuation; the layout and arrangement of the columns is very regular; kollêsis joins are visible throughout, and there are alignment dots; punctuation is marked by spacing and sometimes by using paragraphoi as ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
75-125
Extent:

Fragments of various sizes from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres and preserving 48 columns; the papyrus, housed in three glass frames and mounted on cardboard, is part of the same roll as Papyrus 108. When complete, the roll must have been over 7 metres long. Further fragments are to be found in the papyrus of Cambridge, St John’s College Aa 5.1 Ardenianus, and in P.Louvre inv. 7169.

62. Papyrus 116(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 116(A-B)
Title:
Tax Receipts (P.Lond. I 116a, Chrest.Wilck. 286, TM 11623; and P.Lond. I 116b, TM 38889)
Scope & Content:
Upper text on papyrus (P.Lond. I 116a, Chrest.Wilck. 286, TM 11623): Receipt for poll tax paid at the order of the amir Abdallah by the carpenter Theodorus. Dated to 14 December 645 or 705? Lower text on parchment (P.Lond. I 116b, TM 38889): Seventh-century receipt for a tax payment made throug...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7th century
Extent:

Two pieces that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

Upper piece (A): Small papyrus piece, complete, with writing on one side across the fibres; the back is blank. The text is complete and consists of six lines. All margins are extant.

Lower piece (B): Rectangular piece of parchment, with writing on one side, the back being blank. The text is complete and consists of three lines. All margins are extant.

63. Papyrus 119

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 119
Title:
Register of Contributors for Tax on Land (Geometria) (P. Lond. I 119, TM 20001)
Scope & Content:
Official register of contributors for the geometria, a tax on land, arranged according to districts and alphabetical order. Each entry would have contained the name of the individual, details concerning the property, the tax rate.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
143-144
Extent:

Fragments from a long papyrus roll written on one side along the fibres. Most of the columns that survive are mutilated, but where it is preserved the writing is in good condition. A further portion of the text is to be found in Papyrus 109A (= SB XIV 11704). The fragments are mounted on cardboard in two glass frames; an additional glass frame contains unpublished fragments.

64. Papyrus 120 (3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 120 (3)
Title:
Hymn to the Nile, Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed and Psalm (P.Lond.Lit. 239, TM 62209, LDAB 3369, MP3 2479.010)
Scope & Content:
Miniature parchment codex containing a hymn to the Nile with a prayer for the flood, followed by the Niceno-Constantinopolitan creed and Psalm 132 (133). Possibly used as an amulet or portable prayer book.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:

Nine leaves from a miniature parchment codex, darkened in places, otherwise overall well preserved; with writing on both sides except for the first and last leaves, which are written on one side only. Housed in a glass frame.

65. Papyrus 121

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 121
Title:
Magical Handbook (P.Lond. I 121 = PGM VII, TM 60204, LDAB 1321, MP3 0552 + 1868 + 6006 = Van Haelst 1077)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus 121 (1) – Papyrus 121 (2), Col. 4. lines 1-33: Homer Oracle (Homeromanteion, MP3 552). Papyrus 121 (2), Col. 4, lines 34-39: Two spells to keep insects out of the house, arranged in two columns at the sides of the title of the Homeromanteion; lines 40-52: List of days and parts of days...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Fragments of various sizes from an opistographic papyrus roll, which was folded from right to left; damaged at the beginning, preserving 19 columns of varying width on the recto and 13 on the verso, 3 of which added by a second hand at the sides of the main text.

66. Papyrus 122

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 122
Title:
Collection of Magical Spells (P. Lond. I. 122.; PGM VIII; TM 59324)
Scope & Content:
col. 1-2: Binding love spell of Astrapsoukos col. 2-3: Request for a Dream Oracle to Besas.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Fragment of a roll, written on one side only, mounted in perplex, housed in a paper case.

67. Papyrus 123

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 123
Title:
Magical Text (P.Lond. I 123, PGM (2) II 9, 30, TM 64577, LDAB 5807)
Scope & Content:
Magical text containing an invocation to the Gnostic deity Bainchoch; the first line, then repeated in line 12, is iambic. On the back there is a sketch of two figures: a baboon and a divinity (Horus or Harpocrates?) with hawk head holding an ‘ankh’ in his hand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century-5th century
Extent:

A light-brown papyrus sheet, fully preserved, containing writing on one side across the fibres and a drawing on the other side; mounted in glass.

68. Papyrus 124

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 124
Title:
Magical Spells (P.Lond. I 124, Pap.Graec.Mag.(2) II 10, TM 64532, LDAB 5760)
Scope & Content:
Magical spells serving various purposes: Column 1: Love spell; Column 2, lines 1-5: Spell to restrain anger, with drawing of the metal leaf (lamella) to be inscribed with charakteres and letters. Column 2, line 6-end: Spell of submission of Apollon, with the inscribed metal leaf (lamella) con...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century-5th century
Extent:

Sheet of light-brown papyrus, lacking the left hand-side, damaged along the vertical folds; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. It preserves two columns, the first lacking the beginnings of the lines. Upper, right and lower margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

69. Papyrus 125

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 125
Title:
Account of Expenses (P.Lond. I 125 ro., TM 33213), and Magical Text (P.Lond. I 125 vo., Pap.Graec.Mag. (2) II 11a, TM 64578, LDAB 5808)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. I 125 ro., TM 33213): Account of expenses of an estate, recording payments made to various individuals and stated in artabas of wheat; dated to July 336. Verso (P.Lond. I 125 vo., Pap.Graec.Mag. (2) II 11a, TM 64578, LDAB 5808): Magical text, Apollonius of Tyana’s old serving wom...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

A fragment of a light-brown papyrus roll, bearing writing on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. Damage is located along the vertical folds. The front preserves three columns, the third of which is mutilated; upper and lower margins are extant. The back contains two columns, which are complete; all margins are extant. The intercolumn is irregular. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

70. Papyrus 126

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 126
Title:
‘Harris Homer Codex’ (P.Lond.Lit. 5 ro., TM 61277, LDAB 2419, MP3 634), Tryphon, Ars grammatica (P.Lond.Lit. 5 vo., P.Lond.Lit. 182 TM/LDAB 110341, MP3 1539), and Accounts (TM 91831)
Scope & Content:
Single-quire codex of 18 folios, containing Iliad II 101-493; III 1-491; IV 1-40 on the right-hand pages, with end-titles, additions and corrections, and numbers of lines to the page and of lines of the books at the bottom. Some of the pages originally left blank were reused to host Tryphon’s Ar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of the 3rd century
Extent:

9 sheets of a papyrus codex, dark-stained, housed in 9 glass frames named Papyrus 126(1), Papyrus 126(2), Papyrus 126(3), Papyrus 126(4), Papyrus 126(5), Papyrus 126(6), Papyrus 126(7), Papyrus 126(8), Papyrus 126(9). The sheets were folded in half to form two leaves, making a single-quire codex of 18 folios (36 pages); the holes of the binding are still visible. The codex belong to Turner’s group ‘aberrant I’ (‘much higher than broader’). The codex was at first only written on the right-hand pages, and later reused to host additional writing on the left-hand pages. Each of the right-hand pages bear one column of 48-54 lines, the column measuring 255 x 125 mm. Upside-down in relation to the first text on the right side, further texts were added on the left-hand pages of Papyrus 126(1) recto, Papyrus 126(2) recto, Papyrus 126(3) recto; 21 additional lines were written upside down in relation to the text on the right-hand page in Papyrus 126(5)verso.

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