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311. Papyrus 455 and 1849

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 455 and 1849
Title:
Lections for Lent (P.Lond.Lit. 234, TM 65202, LDAB 6444)
Scope & Content:
Leaf of a papyrus codex containing a directory for the readings of Saturday and Sunday services from Quinquagesima Sunday until Palm Sunday. The readings include a Psalm, a Pauline epistle, and a Gospel (usually Matthew); incipits of the readings are provided.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:

Light-brown leaf from a papyrus codex, with a darker stain at the top on the front, partly mutilated at the sides and broken off at the top. It originally consisted of four fragments, two inventoried as Papyrus 455 and two as Papyrus 1849.

It bears writing on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front bears portions of 24 lines, the back parts of 21 lines. The ink has turned brown. The papyrus is housed in a glass case named Papyrus 455+1849.

312. Papyrus 1031

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1031
Title:
List of Expenses (SB XXII 15489, P.Lond. III 1031 descr., TM 38246)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary list of expenses for vegetables, wine, oil, a statue and various taxes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and bottom, lacking part of the right-hand side, too; the right edge is irregularly cut; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 25 lines, some of which are mutilated. The left margin measures 5 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

313. Papyrus 1974

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1974
Title:
Order to Supply Barley (P.Lond. VII 2190, SB VI 9600, TM 2460)
Scope & Content:
Letter of Apollonius to Apollonius, ordering him to supply twelve artabas of barley as fodder for the horses to the eight men who had been dispatched from the Hermopolite nome in transit to the camp with the king. With address on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
17 A pril 169 BC
Extent:
Long and narrow papyrus slip, complete and overall well preserved, with holes regularly distributed along the left edge; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 21 lines written along the fibres; margins are extant. Horizontal folds are visible. On the back, there is one line running across the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

314. Papyrus 2906

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2906
Title:
Troparion for Easter (SB V 7695, TM 36227, LDAB 6443, van Haelst 0765)
Scope & Content:
A fragment of a troparion to be recited on Easter day, with quotations from Matthew 28, 11-13, 27.64 and Psalm 118.24.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, written on one side across the fibres and broken at the top and bottom. Whether this was an isolated text or part of a liturgical roll is unknown. Words do not overflow into the following line but are completed above the line. Nomina sacra are abbreviated. Housed in one glass case.

315. Papyrus 128

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 128
Title:
Scope & Content:
Pap. CXXVIII. HOMER'S ILIAD; fragments of books xxiii., xxiv. The following lines are preserved, in whole or in part: xxiii. 1-79, 402-633, 638-897, xxiv. 1-83 (ll.1-40 in a different hand), 100-144, 150-243, 248-282, 337-341, 344-351, 382-387, 402-479, 490-520, 536-548, 559-579, 596-611, 631-65...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of the 1st century
Extent:
1 item

316. Papyrus 2985

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2985
Title:
Agricultural Accounts, and Contributions for Religious Festivals (P.Hib. II 214, P.Feste 59, TM 8288)
Scope & Content:
Fragments from mummy cartonnage containing agricultural accounts; only the fragments numbered as 1 and 2 are published. Fragment 1 is one of three pieces apparently of the same character, and lists quantities of provender on succeeding days on a number of estates. Fragment 2 contains in its s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Mid 3rd century BCE
Extent:

Papyrus fragments of varying size, four of which larger and the remaining scraps; all badly damaged, coming from mummy cartonnage (mummy A); they are possibly part of the same batch as other papyrus fragments published as P.Hib. I 118, now in New York, Columbia University. Written on one side along the fibres; remains of two columns are contained in the larger fragments. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

317. Papyrus 371

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 371
Title:
Receipt for Payment of an Instalment (P.Lond. II 371, TM 25631)
Scope & Content:
Receipt for the payment of an instalment on a property located in a quarter of Arsinoe provided with a tower and including a dyer’s workshop.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, square-shaped, lacking the lower right edge; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The text is complete and consists of 6 lines, the first of which is separated by blank space. All margins are extant, with no margin left to the right and minimal margin at the top. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

318. Papyrus 623

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 623
Title:
Cession of a Plot of Land (P.Grenf. I 27, TM 129)
Scope & Content:
Contract from Krokodilopolis (Pathyrite nome) dated to the 11th Mecheir in the 8th year of Cleopatra III and Ptolemy IX, in which Sebtitis grants half an aroura of land to her daughter Naamsesis. The endorsement of the royal bank is mutilated, but the tax on the cession seems to have been 600 dr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 Feb 109 BC
Extent:

Three columns almost fully preserved from a papyrus roll, written along the fibres on one side. The papyrus is mounted in one glass frame.

319. Papyrus 1027

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1027
Title:
Work Contract (SB XX 14400, P.Lond. III 1027 descr., TM 38453)
Scope & Content:
A man whose name is lost undertakes to serve the count (comes) Christophorus for a period of one year at a salary of two gold solidi and six carats. Tachygraphic lines are found at the end and on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:
Long and narrow papyrus sheet, broken off at the top, lacking the upper right edge and with some damage along the folds; written on both sides along the fibres. On the front, there are 17 lines; of the first, only the feet of few letters remain; lines 1-12 lack the beginnings. Side margins are minimal; the lower margin is generous. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom at c. 10 mm from the right edge. The back bears 10 lines with tachygraphic signs. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

320. Papyrus 2020

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2020
Title:
Testamentum Vetus (Theodotion), Daniel (P.Lond.Lit. 211, TM 62329, LDAB 3493)
Scope & Content:
Parchment fragment containing Theodotion’s version of Daniel I:17-18. A few variants occur.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of the 4th century
Extent:

Fragment of a parchment roll or codex, reused for the binding of Or. 7594. Writing is on one side only. 8 lines from a column survive; they are almost complete, lacking 1-3 letters to the left and occasionally 1-2 letters to the right. The fragment is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

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