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551. Papyrus 732

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 732
Title:
Homer, Iliad XIII-XIV (P.Lond.Lit. 22, TM 60261, LDAB 1381, MP3 899)
Scope & Content:
Recto Fragments of a roll containing Iliad XIII-XIV, with stichometry and end-title. Papyrus 732(1) Left fragment: Iliad XIII 2-12. Mid fragment: column 1: ends of Iliad XIII 38-56; column 2: Iliad XIII 73-87. Right fragment: ends of 149-186. Unplaced fragments. Papyrus 732(2) Column 1: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres, with the back being blank except for the strips glued onto it in order to strengthen the surface, which bear writing. Portions of 36 columns survive; each column contained between 37 and 40 lines, being 95 mm wide and 180 mm high. The space between the columns measures on average 20 mm; the upper margin survives to 23 mm and the lower to 27 mm. The surface is occasionally damaged.

The fragments are housed in ten glass cases, named Papyrus 732 (1), Papyrus 732 (2), Papyrus 732 (3), Papyrus 732 (4), Papyrus 732 (5), Papyrus 732 (6), Papyrus 732 (7), Papyrus 732 (8), Papyrus 732 (9), Papyrus 732 (10); they are mounted on cardboard with the exception of the fragments housed in Papyrus 732(2), Papyrus 732(7), Papyrus 732(9), and Papyrus 732(10), the back of which displays written strips of papyrus added later as a support. The unplaced fragments are housed in Papyrus 732(1).

552. Papyrus 748(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 748(1)
Title:
Part 1 of Military Accounts and List of Guards and Watchmen
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 20704): Portion of military accounts recording the supplies, chiefly of fodder, provided to various troops, with copies of receipts; the total and date are given at the end. Dated 16-24 February 295. Verso (TM 20705): Portion of a list of guards and watchmen distributed across variou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
295
Extent:

Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus roll, broken off to the left (front), slightly damaged in places; written on both sides. On the front, there are three columns written along the fibres; of the first column only the line ends survive; upper and lower margins are extant. On the back, there is a short column written across the fibres, with most of the back left blank. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

553. Papyrus 748(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 748(2)
Title:
Part 2 of Military Accounts and List of Guards and Watchmen
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 20704): Portion of military accounts recording the supplies, chiefly of fodder, provided to various troops, with copies of receipts; the total and date are given at the end. Dated 16-24 February 295. Verso (TM 20705): Portion of a list of guards and watchmen distributed across variou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
295
Extent:

Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus roll, imperfect at the bottom and top; written on both sides. On the front, there are three columns written along the fibres; right and lower margins are extant, the upper margin is damaged. On the back, there are four columns written across the fibres, the first of which is imperfect. The left margin is ample. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

554. Papyrus 754(A)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 754(A)
Title:
Documents Concerning a Dispute over Property
Scope & Content:
Petition addressed to Aurelius Aetius, former magistrate in Oxyrhynchus, with regards to a dispute between Aurelius Ptolemaeus, son of Horion, and two other men from the village of Lile. The dispute concerns some property inherited by Ptolemaeus from his grandmother and occupied by the defendant...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
28 March 338
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, imperfect, written on one side along the fibres; the front bears one column of writing, while the back is blank; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

555. Papyrus 754(B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 754(B)
Title:
Copy of the Documents Concerning a Dispute over Property
Scope & Content:
Copy of a petition addressed to Aurelius Aetius, former magistrate in Oxyrhynchus, with regards to a dispute between Aurelius Ptolemaeus, son of Horion, and two other men from the village of Lile. The dispute concerns some property inherited by Ptolemaeus from his grandmother and occupied by the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
28 March 338
Extent:
Two fragments of a papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres; the front bears one column of writing, while the back is blank; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

556. Papyrus 868

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 868
Title:
A Byzantine private letter (P.Lond. III. 868 descr.; TM 39584)
Scope & Content:
Letter on private affairs, to the brother of the writer, whose name is not given and abraded in the address on the back. The writer acknowledges a shipment of fish received with a previous letter and calls to further action, or at least to further correspondence, in relation to conflict with some...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Middle of the 7th century
Extent:
Light brown papyrus sheet, complete with some surface damage and abrasion. On the front, there are 14 lines written 'transversa charta", with a kollesis visible running horizontally c. 8 cm from top and a protocol join c. 0.5 cm from the bottom. On the back, there is one line with the abraded address. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

557. Papyrus 923 (1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 923 (1)
Title:
Part 1 of the miscellaneous texts from Theognostus' archive
Scope & Content:
Unpublished fragmentary texts, mostly belonging to the archive of Theognostus and his family from Hermopolis, among which are applications for admission of youths to the gymnasial status.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:
Papyrus fragments of varying size, written on one side along the fibres; the back is blank. Housed in a glass frame.

558. Papyrus 923 (2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 923 (2)
Title:
Part 2 of the miscellaneous texts from Theognostus' archive
Scope & Content:
Unpublished fragmentary texts, mostly belonging to the archive of Theognostus and his family from Hermopolis, among which are applications for admission of youths to the gymnasial status.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:
Papyrus fragments of varying size, written on one side along the fibres; the back is blank. Housed in a glass frame.

559. Papyrus 923 (3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 923 (3)
Title:
Part 3 of the miscellaneous texts from Theognostus' archive
Scope & Content:
Unpublished fragmentary texts, mostly belonging to the archive of Theognostus and his family from Hermopolis, among which are applications for admission of youths to the gymnasial status. First text (P.Lond. III 923(6), P.Bagnall 56, TM 22717): Census return, consisting of the first two fragme...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:
Papyrus fragments of varying size, written on one side along the fibres; the back is blank. Housed in a glass frame.

560. Papyrus 1052

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1052
Title:
Accounts (SB XX 14465, TM 23748; P.Lond. III 1052(b) descr., TM 38263, under publication)
Scope & Content:
Left papyrus (A) (SB XX 14465, TM 23748): Account of the soldier Silvanus, recording sums of money arranged by date and covering the months of Thoth and Phaophi. Right papyrus (B) (P.Lond. III 1052(b) descr., TM 38263): Account; under publication.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Left papyrus (A): Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete, abraded in places; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears one complete column of 10 lines; all margins are extant. The back is blank.

Right papyrus (B): Medium-brown papyrus sheet made out of two sheets, the first of which displays vertical fibres, while the second has horizontal fibres, complete; written on one side. The front bears 6 lines, written partly across (beginnings) and partly along the fibres all margins are extant. The back is blank.

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