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111. Papyrus 851

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 851
Title:
Extracts with Receipts (P.Lond. III 851, TM 22694)
Scope & Content:
Extracts of a register with receipts of payments for rent (in money and fleeces) addressed to Akouis, shepherd and tenant. The issuer is in most cases Hermias alias Apollonius, strategus of Alexandria, who has various managers and assistants. The receipts, written in different hands, date to a p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
216-219
Extent:
Long fragment of a papyrus roll, written on one side and well preserved, containing six columns, the first of which is lacking its left-hand side. Between columns 5-6 some space was left blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

112. Papyrus 1179

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1179
Title:
Register of Contracts (P.Lond. III 1179, TM 11764)
Scope & Content:
Portions of a register recording various legal transactions for the tenth year of an unnamed emperor (Antoninus Pius?).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
29 August 146-147 (?)
Extent:

Six fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, light-brown, with darker patches; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of various columns running along the fibres. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

113. Papyrus 1668

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1668
Title:
Lease of Land (P.Lond. V 1695, TM 19714)
Scope & Content:
Lease for a five-year period of a plot of land belonging to Sibylla and Herais, daughters of Musaeus; the lessee is Aurelius Psachos, son of Victor. Provisions are made for the payments of the rent: the lessee is to pay the taxes in kind and money for the land, in addition to 26 artabas of wheat,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
29 August 530 or 531
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, darkened on the left-hand side, broken off at the top and bottom, and with vertical breaks; written on both sides. On the front, there are 25 lines running along the fibres; only the margins on the sides survive. The back bears one line mutilated at the beginning, written along the fibres in the upper part of the sheet. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

114. Papyrus 1688

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1688
Title:
Acknowledgment of Debt (P.Lond. V 1773, TM 19762)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of an acknowledgment of a debt amounting to fifty thousand talents for the price of one hundred cnidia of wine. The parties are from Hermopolis.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
11 April 454
Extent:
Light- to medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, imperfect on the left, and complete on the other sides; bearing writing on one side; the back is blank. On the front, there are 13 lines from the top of a column, written along the fibres and lacking the beginnings; upper margin is extant, right margin minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

115. Papyrus 1702

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1702
Title:
Account of incomes (P.Lond. V 1907, TM 38873)
Scope & Content:
Account of incomes in money and occasionally in kind. The back bears a protocol.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7th century
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet with some surface damage; written on both sides. The front bears one column of 22 lines, complete; margins are extant. The back bears a protocol. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

116. Papyrus 1762

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1762
Title:
Sale of a Donkey (SB XX 14461, TM 23746)
Scope & Content:
Sale of a white female donkey at the price of 120 drachmas.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
10 July 148 or 158
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, complete, with some creases and abrasion throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 7 lines; margins are extant, with the side margins being minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

117. Papyrus 2557

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2557
Title:
Genesis (P.Lond.Lit. 202, TM 61981, LDAB 3140)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary leaf of a codex containing on one side across the fibres Genesis 46:27-32, and on the other, along the fibres, Genesis 47:2-5.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century-4th century
Extent:

Lower portion of a leaf from a papyrus codex, originally having 16 or 17 lines per page. One side preserves 10 lines written across the fibres and parts of the lower and right margins; the other side preserves 9 lines written along the fibres, the lower and left margins. Housed in a glass case.

118. Papyrus 2044

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2044
Title:
Petition to a Provincial Governor (P.Oxy. VI 904, TM 35311)
Scope & Content:
Petition to an unnamed provincial governor from someone having the status designation Flavius, who had replaced a certain Philoxenus in the post of riparius, but had not received the promised support in order to carry out his duties. The man is now asking to be released from this office and Phil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half 5th century
Extent:

Long fragment from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres, almost fully preserved with the exception of a gap affecting part of the left hand side of the last three lines. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

119. Papyrus 446

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 446
Title:
List of Names (SB XXII 15490, TM 35267)
Scope & Content:
A list of names, with no heading to describe its object. The first four persons are mentioned without patronymic.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
5th century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, fully preserved, with writing on one side along the fibres; the lower part of the sheet, measuring 140 mm, is blank. Vertical folds are visible. The upper margin measures 10 mm, the left between 15 and 20 mm. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

120. Papyrus 897

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 897
Title:
Private Letter (P.Lond. III 897, TM 22703)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a letter; the names of the correspondents are lost. The writer, who is staying in Alexandria, states that he will not come to the Arsinoite nome unless the recipient promises that he will not suffer any injurious treatment, as had happened on his last visit. A detailed address for fut...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
29 March 84
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, medium-brown, paler by patches, with some insect holes at the top and bottom and minor abrasion in places; broken off to the left; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are two columns written along the fibres, the first of which is very fragmentary, while the second is complete and comprises 24 lines; upper, lower and right margins are extant. On the back, there is another column written across the fibres; one line was erased. Folding lines are still visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

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