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351. Papyrus 203

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 203
Title:
Account of Money Paid (P.Lond. II 203, TM 28022)
Scope & Content:
Record of the money paid by Gemella in various months on account of the tax on weavers; the payments are usually of four drachmas. Dated in the third year of an unnamed emperor.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, almost square, with surface damage along the horizontal folds; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The text is complete, and consists of 9 lines; all margins are extant, the right and upper being minimal; in the lower edge, a trace of a letter is visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

352. Papyrus 391

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 391
Title:
Agreement for Joint Tenancy (P.Lond. II 391, TM 37003)
Scope & Content:
A fragmentary agreement whereby three men, Heraclides, Theophilus and Naaraou, share a house.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of 7th century
Extent:
Badly damaged papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, mutilated and with surface damage throughout. Writing runs across the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The text is incomplete and damaged at the left and bottom. Although mutilated, left, upper and lower margins survive, the right being irregular and minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

353. Papyrus 439

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 439
Title:
Statement of Wheat Received (P.Lond. II 439, TM 11745)
Scope & Content:
Acknowledgment of receipt of some artabas of wheat by Horion and his colleagues, collectors of grain (sitologi); dated in the reign of Commodus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
late 2nd century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, damaged by holes throughout, especially in its left half, and with the surface abraded in places. Writing runs across the fibres on one side, the back being blank. All margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

354. Papyrus 838

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 838
Title:
Fragment of a Lease (P.Lond. II 838, TM 22690)
Scope & Content:
End of a lease, with only the date and the subscriptions surviving. The subscription of the lessors was written by Eudaemon, son of Comon, as they were illiterate.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
31 October 123
Extent:
Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and bottom, with few holes and minor surface damage in the preserved part; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The text breaks off at the top; 14 lines are preserved, the first two of which are very mutilated; the last 5 lines are written in the right half of the sheet, separated by blank space from the rest of the text. Side margins are extant. A sheet-join runs across the fibres and along the height of the papyrus in the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

355. Papyrus 1152

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1152
Title:
Receipt for Tax Payment (P.Lond. III 1152, TM 22801)
Scope & Content:
Acknowledgment by Petrus of tax payment in corn with freight costs and expenses for the ship of the monastery of the Metanoia. The name of one taxpayer and the amount stated in artabas are provided. With Petrus’s subscription at the end. Dated to 632-633, 647-648, or 662-663.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7th century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, darker by patches, with few small holes; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 10 lines, complete; blank space was not filled in line 4. Margins are extant, although the right is damaged. There are two sheet-joins running across the fibres and along the height of the sheet in the left and in the right edges. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

356. Papyrus 3042

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3042
Title:
Euripides, Oedipus (P.Oxy. XXVII 2459, TM 59872, LDAB 979)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus fragments preserving portions Euripides’s Oedipus, with the description of the Sphynx and her riddle.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:
Five fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, numbered 1-5 in the frame; with writing along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Fragment 1 bears the ends of 15 lines and part of the upper margin, measuring up to 25 mm; fragment 2 carries parts of 14 columns, lacking beginnings and ends; fragment 3 has a few letters from 6 lines; fragment 4 bears remains of 4 lines; fragment 5 carries a few letters from 3 lines. The fragments are housed in a glass frame.

357. Papyrus 3109

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3109
Title:
Letter and Receipt for Rent (P.Michael. 37, TM 33540)
Scope & Content:
Left Papyrus: Letter of Ptolemaeus to Thamounis with instructions, dated Year 2 of Cesar, Epeiph 16 (10 July 28 BC); unpublished. Right Papyrus (P.Michael. 37, TM 33540): Byzantine receipt for rent on land, the names of the parties being lost.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
28 BC-6th century
Extent:

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

Left papyrus: Medium-brown sheet, with some damage along the folds and imperfect at the bottom; written on one side along the fibres; 14 lines, all margins extant.

Right papyrus: Light-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and bottom, complete on the sides; with writing on one side. The front bears 13 lines written along the fibres; side margins are minimal. The back is blank.

358. Papyrus 296

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 296
Title:
Receipt for Dyke-Tax (P.Lond. II 296, TM 11679)
Scope & Content:
Receipt issued by the tax-collectors acknowledging that Stotoetis, son of Satabous, has paid 6 drachmas, 4 obols and surcharges for the maintenance of the embankments in Soknopaiou Nesos.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
5 December 160
Extent:

Complete papyrus sheet, damaged by a few holes of small size and occasionally lacking strips of horizontal fibres. The text runs along the fibres on one side, with the back blank, and is abraded at the end of the lines. Left, upper and lower margins are extant, with the blank space at the bottom measuring 80 mm; no margin was left at the right. The papyrus was mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

359. Papyrus 319

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 319
Title:
Receipt for Camel-Tax (P.Lond. II 319, TM 11699)
Scope & Content:
A receipt acknowledging that Pacysis, son of Horus, has paid 10 drachmas with surcharges to the tax collectors at Soknopaiou Nesou on account of the camel-tax.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
25 August 157
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. All margins are extant, the right being irregular and minimal; the blank space at the bottom measures 115 mm. A few horizontal fibres are missing in the lower part of the sheet. The text is complete and consists of 9 lines. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

360. Papyrus 920

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 920
Title:
Receipt for Rent (P.Lond. III 920, TM 22716)
Scope & Content:
Receipt given by Horion, son of Onnophris, a priest (stolistes) of Suchus, to Heron for the rent of a garden for one year (26 April 175- 12 April 176). Dated to 12 April 176.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12 April 176
Extent:

Sheet from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres, almost complete with the exception of a few letters missing on the right-hand side. Housed in one glass case and mounted on cardboard.

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