1. Papyrus 808-809
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 808-809
- Title:
- Contracts (SB XVI 12952, 13048, TM 16327, 16359)
- Scope & Content:
- Papyrus 808, column 1: Portion of a contract drawn up in Oxyrhynchus. Unpublished. Column 2 (SB XVI 12952, TM 16327): Portion of a wet-nurse contract drawn up in Oxyrhynchus between Themistocles, son of Ptolemaeus, and Apollonarion, a freedwoman acting with a guardian, who undertakes to nurture...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 68-96
- Extent:
-
Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.
Upper papyrus (Papyrus 808): Portion of a medium-brown papyrus roll with detached scrap, complete at the top and broken off on the other sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 2 columns of varying length in different hands; the sheet containing the first column was glued onto the second sheet; the upper margin survives. The back is blank. The modern annotation in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II.
Lower papyrus (Papyrus 809): Portion of a medium-brown papyrus, complete at the top and broken off on the other sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 2 columns in different hands; the sheet containing the first column was glued onto the second sheet; the upper margin survives at least partly. The back is blank. The modern annotation in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II.
