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1871. Papyrus 792

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 792
Title:
Appointment of a Legal Representative (P.Oxy. II 261, Chrest.Mitt. 346, P.Lond. III 792 descr., TM 20531, 20532)
Scope & Content:
Demetria, with her granddaughter’s husband acting as her guardian, appoints her grandson Chaeremon as her legal representative in the dispute she is having with Epimachus, due to her being unable to attend the court herself. The space left blank for the date was not filled in (TM 20531). At the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
October-November 55
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, almost complete, but lacking most of the left margin and with holes throughout, especially along the vertical folds. Further surface damage is visible in places. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The text consists of one column of 18 lines, with traces of additional lines that were erased in the upper and lower margins. The upper margin is minimal, no margin was left to the right, and the blank space at the bottom, hosting traces of few erased lines, measures 62-65 mm. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1872. Papyrus 1929

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1929
Title:
Loan and Deposit of Money (P.Fam.Tebt. 11 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 11, CPJ III 498d, TM 10728)
Scope & Content:
Copy of acknowledgments of a loan and deposit of money. Column 1: Acknowledgment of a loan, borrowed by Heraclides, son of Maron, and his wife Didyme from their son Heraclides alias Valerius and another person. Some possessions of their minor son have been pledged; dated to 108 or 109. Column...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
108-112
Extent:
Three fragments of varying size from a medium-brown papyrus, riddled with insect-holes; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, portions of two columns survive, of 24 and 19 lines respectively. The lower margin is ample. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1873. Papyrus 2073

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2073
Title:
Adoption of a Child (P.Oxy. IX 1206, Jur.Pap. 10, Sel.Pap. I 10, FIRA III 16, TM 21592)
Scope & Content:
An agreement whereby Heracles and his wife Isarion of Oxyrhynchus consent to the adoption of their two-year old son Patermouthis by Aurelius Horion, of Oxyrhynchus. The child shall be the legal heir of Horion and shall not be repudiated or reduced into a state of slavery; Heracles and Isarion sh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 March - 25 April 335
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, damaged by wormholes and larger gaps especially in the folds, and lacking the top left, bottom left and bottom right edges. Writing is on one side along the fibres. Mounted in a glass case.

1874. Papyrus 734

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 734
Title:
Land Register (P.Lond. III 734 ro. descr., TM 29239), and Allegorical Commentary on Homer (P.Lond.Lit. 175, P.Lond. III 734 vo. descr., TM 60832, LDAB 1960, MP3 1223)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. III 734 ro. descr., TM 29239): Portions of a land register, unpublished. Verso (P.Lond.Lit. 175, TM 60832): Allegorical interpretations of Homer, quoting Iliad VI 235-236, VII 162, XXIII 252, 648-649, and Odyssey XI 131, XVI 300, 302-303, XIX 40, 136, XXIII 278. Attributed to Plu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:
Thirty-four fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, bearing writing on both sides. The front is darkened in place; the writing is along the fibres. On the back, lines run across the fibres, with approximately 30 letters to the line; no line or column is complete. Part of the upper and lower margins and the intercolumn survive. The fragments are mounted in a glass frame.

1875. Papyrus 742

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 742
Title:
Homer, Iliad II (P.Oxy. I 20, P.Lond.Lit. 7, TM 60507, LDAB 1630, MP3 668), and Accounts (P.Lond. III 742 vo. descr., TM 29241)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Oxy. I 20, P.Lond.Lit. 7, TM 60507, LDAB 1630, MP3 668): A second-century roll with parts of the second book of the Iliad. Top left fragment: Part of Column 1, with Iliad II.730-736; Bottom left fragment: Part of Column 1, with Iliad II.745-754; Second and third fragments at the bott...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-early 3rd century
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, originally light-brown, but darkened in places, especially on the back. Both sides bear writing, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front contains parts of four columns; of the first and fourth columns, part of the top and bottom remain; of the second, part of the bottom; the third is the best preserved. Each column originally contained 25 lines, for a height of 177 mm; upper and lower margins measure 45 and 58 mm respectively. The intercolumn measures x mm. The text on the back is arranged in columns, of which few portions remain.

Modern annotations are visible, with the number in red referring to the publication in P.Oxy. I. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1876. Papyrus 1605(a-c)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1605(a-c)
Title:
Encomium (?) (P.Lond.Lit. 141, P.Lond. V 1816a descr., TM 64087, LDAB 5305, MP3 2541), Epic Verses (P.Lond.Lit. 37, P.Lond. V 1816b descr., TM 63516, LDAB 4725, MP3 1813), Mythographus Homericus (P.Lond.Lit. 142, P.Oxy. LVI 3830, P.Lond. V 1816c descr.,TM 61608, LDAB 2757, MP3 1185.3) and Unpublished Document (P.Lond. V 1816a descr., TM 64087)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus 1605a (P.Lond.Lit. 141, P.Lond. V 1816a descr., TM 64087, LDAB 5305, MP3 2541): On the recto is an unpublished document of uncertain nature (maybe a contract?). The verso contains probably an encomium (see line 30). Assigned to the third century. Papyrus 1605b (P.Lond.Lit. 37, P.Lond. V...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd-3rd century
Extent:

Three papyrus fragments, mounted in a glass case:

Left fragment = Papyrus 1605a: Strip of papyrus written on both sides. On the upper part of the recto, along the fibres, are small portions of 8 lines of a document, followed by blank space. On the verso, across the fibres, are parts of 34 lines in a different hand. The text in lines 1-14 is damaged and mostly illegible.

Upper right fragment = Papyrus 1605b: Fragment probably of a papyrus roll with remains of 13 lines written on the verso across the fibres. Only the upper margin is preserved. There are three acute accents. The recto is blank, except for two characters, a tau or pi on the upper right edge of the papyrus and a L-shaped sign below on the left.

Lower right fragment = Papyrus 1605c: Small fragment of a papyrus roll broken on all sides and containing remains of 10 lines written on the recto along the fibres. The back is blank and no margins are preserved. Further fragments from the same roll are contained in an Oxyrhynchus papyrus published as P.Oxy. LVI 3830.

1877. Papyrus 459

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 459
Title:
Paul’s Epistle to the Colossians (P.Lond.Lit. 217, P.Lond. II 459a, TM 61889, LDAB 3046, Gregory-Aland 0198), and Fragment of a Petition (?) (P.Lond. II 459b, TM 28052)
Scope & Content:
Upper fragment (A) (P.Lond.Lit. 217, P.Lond. II 459a, TM 61889, LDAB 3046): Fragment of a parchment codex containing Paul’s Epistle to the Colossians 3:15-16, 20-21. Assigned to the 6th century. Lower fragment (B) (P.Lond. II 459b, TM 28052): Beginning of a document, presumably a petition, from...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-6th century
Extent:

Two fragments that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.

Upper fragment (A): Fragment from the bottom of a leaf of a parchment codex; portions of 7 lines from the foot of a column survive on each side. The lines on the front lack the ends, those on the back lack the beginninhs. The lower margin measures 50 mm.

Lower fragment (B): Upper portion of a papyrus sheet, written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank; with abrasion in places; 5 lines, with traces of a sixth line at the bottom.

1878. Papyrus 417

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 417
Title:
Letter to Abinnaeus on a Deserter (P.Abinn. 32, P.Lond. II 417, Chrest.Wilck. 129, TM 10029)
Scope & Content:
A letter addressed to Abinnaeus from Caor, clergyman of Hermopolis, who urges the recipient to forgive Paulus, a soldier who had deserted, as Caor is not able to pay a visit to Abinnaeus on that day.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 346
Extent:

Fully preserved papyrus sheet, light-brown in its lower half, lacking the lower left edge. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. All margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1879. Papyrus 507

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 507
Title:
Letter of Introduction (P.Petr. II 2(4), P.Petr. III 28c, P.Lond. III 507descr., TM 7408)
Scope & Content:
Letter of Dioscurides to his father Diophanes, recommending Asclepiades, the bearer of the letter, who is sailing up the Nile, should he need anything. With docket on the back including the name of the sender, the recipient, the Macedonian and Greek dates, and the subject of the letter, which is...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 April 222 BC
Extent:

Two fragments of a papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, with some 20 letters lost in between; mutilated at the bottom (front), and with few small insect holes in the preserved fragments. Writing runs across the fibres on the front and along them on the back. On the front, the left fragment bears the beginnings of 3 lines and the right fragment the ends of 6 lines. Both fragments have modern annotations. On the back there are three rubbed lines arranged in one column and a word written next to it; on the other fragment, written in the reverse direction, there is another line. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1880. Papyrus 1533

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1533
Title:
Pindar, Partheneia (P.Oxy. IV 659, TM 62560), and Anthology of Epigrams (P.Oxy. IV 662, TM 61303)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Oxy. IV 659, P.Lond.Lit. 44, TM 62560, LDAB 3742): Pindar’s Partheneia 1-2 (frr. 94a-b Snell-Maehler), and further unplaced fragments. Assigned to the middle or end of the 1st century BC. Verso (P.Oxy. IV 662, P.Lond.Lit. 61, TM 61303, LDAB 2445): Portions of an anthology of epigrams, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
75 BC- 14
Extent:
Portions of a miniature roll with detached scraps; worm-eaten in places; written on both sides. The front bears parts of at least five columns running along the fibres; each column had 28-9 lines; letter height is of 3-6 mm; the lower margin measures up to 18 mm, and the intercolumn measures 17-18 mm. On the back, there remain parts of three columns written across the fibres upside down in relation to the text on the front; of the first column, only the ends of the line survive. Each column had 20 lines on average. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

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