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1591. Papyrus 1791

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1791
Title:
Surety Bond (P.Lond. V 1732, TM 19747)
Scope & Content:
Iakob, an otherwise unknown boatman, guarantees to Patermouthis that two other persons will appear at an arbitration hearing before a judge and will accept his decision. He supports his guarantee with a pledge of three gold solidi. Presumably Patermouthis was a party in the arbitration.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
16 August 586
Extent:
Papyrus, complete, all margins preserved; 10 lines on recto, written across the fibres, 1 line on verso written along the fibres; housed in a glass frame.

1592. Papyrus 1792

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1792
Title:
Settlement of a Dispute (P.Lond. V 1728, TM 19742)
Scope & Content:
Settlement relating to the estate of Iakobos, between Ioannes and Kako, both children of Iakobos; this document follows P. Münch. 7 in time and refers to the securities and boat mentioned there and possibly to the same house (lines 11-12; P. Münch. 7.20-40 and 47-51). Lacunae hinder full understa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
8 March 584
Extent:
Papyrus, incomplete, broken off at left, margins preserved at top, right and bottom; 29 lines on recto, written along the fibres, verso blank; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1593. Papyrus 1793

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1793
Title:
Receipt (P.Lond. V 1720, TM 19735), and Statement as to Pledged Articles (Crum ST 439, TM 47601)
Scope & Content:
The recto, in Greek, contains a receipt for the full price of an earring deposited as security for a debt. Dated: 3 February 549. Nonna had borrowed an unknown amount of money from Maria and had left a pair of earrings with her as security. She now sells them to Maria for 8 solidi in cash. The r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:
Papyrus sheet of light colour, written on both sides, folded from right to left. On recto, written along the fibres in Greek. 1 column of text, 18 lines. On the verso written against the fibres in Coptic. The surface of the papyrus on verso side is abraded and damaged at the vertical foldlines and a hole interrupts the lower centre; 1 column of text; the Coptic text has 15 lines.

1594. Papyrus 1794

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1794
Title:
Acknowledgement of Debt (P.Lond. V 1721, TM 19736)
Scope & Content:
A person, whose name is lost due the fragmentation of the papyrus, records a half-solidus increase in his pre-existing debt to someone else, and indicates his readiness to pay it by the month Payni. Since he describes it as interest, perhaps it is in lieu of an interest payment which he failed to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
542-543
Extent:
Papyrus, incomplete, broken off at top and bottom, margins preserved at left and right; 12 lines on recto, written along the fibres. Verso blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1595. Papyrus 1795

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1795
Title:
Contract for Sale (P.Lond. V 1734, TM 36930)
Scope & Content:
Taeit sells a living room for three solidi (line 6) and her share of common property (lines 14-16) to a man whose name is lost. A strip containing an endorsement on its verso was erroneously published as the protocol of this document, with which it was framed, but it is actually the protocol of P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
525-575
Extent:
Papyrus, incomplete, broken off at top, margins preserved at left, right and bottom; 31 lines on recto, written across the fibres, verso blank; housed in a glass frame.1 papyrus fragment framed with this document does not belong to the text, but to a papyrus in Munich, cf. P.Münch. 9.

1596. Papyrus 1796

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1796
Title:
Will (P.Lond. V 1727, TM 19741)
Scope & Content:
Patermouthis and Kako (here spelled Tkako) draw up their will, bequething all the property of the one who dies first to the survivor, and upon the death of the survivor, to their common children in equal shares. The survivor is to enjoy the income and must settle the debts of the deceased. Any on...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12 March 584
Extent:
Papyrus roll, complete, all margins preserved, upper margin damaged; 73 lines on recto, written across the fibres, 1 line on verso, written along the fibres; mounted in a glass frame.

1597. Papyrus 1799

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1799
Title:
Contract for Loan of Money - Acknowledgement of Debt (P.Lond. V 1725, TM 15312)
Scope & Content:
Aurelius Iakob, son of Konstantios and Maria, acknowledges to Aurelia Maria, daughter of Allamon and Tapia, that he has received three solidi of gold as a marriage gift, which he will give back on demand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6 March 580
Extent:
Papyrus fragment, broken off at bottom, margins preserved at left, top and right; 21 lines on recto, written across the fibres, 1 line on verso written along the fibres; mounted in a glass frame.The fragment joins to P.Münch. I 3.

1598. Papyrus 1800

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1800
Title:
Resolution of a Dispute over a Payment (P.Lond. V 1731, TM 19746)
Scope & Content:
Tsone's parents divorced during her childhood. Although her father, Menas, had given her mother, Tapia, four solidi for her maintenance, Tapia "cast her out" upon her remarriage and Tsone was, in fact, supported by her father. He would have died while she was yet a minor and, apparently lacking o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 September 585
Extent:
Papyrus, complete, all margins preserved; 49 lines on recto, written across the fibres, 2 lines on verso, written along the fibres. Housed in a glass frame.

1599. Papyrus 1801

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1801
Title:
Contract for Loan of Money, Acknowledgement of Debt (P.Lond. V 1723, TM 19739)
Scope & Content:
‘Mortgage note’ for an antichretic loan: Apa Dios borrows 4 solidi (3 from an unknown man and 1 from a woman named Anastasia, perhaps the man's wife) and pledges a quarter-share of an inherited house as security. He grants the debtor ‘authority and ownership and sway’ over, and use of the proper...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7 September 577
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, complete, all margins preserved; 29 lines on recto, written along the fibres. Verso blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1600. Papyrus 1803

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1803
Title:
Sale of a Boat (P.Lond. V 1726, TM 15313), and Contract of Sale (P.Lond. V 1735, TM 36931)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus 1803 A (TM 15313): The recruit Patermouthis, perhaps upon his joining the regiment of Syene, sells a large boat which he had bought from Kyros of Upper Apollonopolis for 19 2/3 solidi, roughly the price of a three-story house. All formulas of this sale are identical with those of the hou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of 6th century
Extent:
Papyrus fragments from two documents written on one side across the fibres, with the back being blank; incomplete, broken at top and bottom, left and right margins preserved. On the front, there are 13 lines, a joining fragment is P.Münch. I 4 & 5 Verso; and 29 lines, possibly belonging to a fragment published in P.Lond. V 1851. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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