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2. Egerton Papyrus 37
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton Papyrus 37
- Title:
- List of Fugitives (TM 397916)
- Scope & Content:
- List of five persons who had fled from the Oxyrhynchite village of Tanais to three other Oxyrhynchite localities, perhaps because of financial reasons; the list was probably drawn up in a state office, possibly by the administrators of Tanais or those of the administrative part (skelos) that incl...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of 7th century
- Extent:
- Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved; bearing writing on one side. The back is blank. On the front, there are 8 complete lines written along the fibres; all margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
3. Papyrus 384
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 384
- Title:
- Petition to the Prefect of Egypt (P.Lond. II 384, P.Vet. Aelii 10, ChLA III 201, TM 31217)
- Scope & Content:
- Portion of a Greek petition issued by the veteran Aelius Syrion to an unnamed prefect of Egypt, in which he complains about misdeeds and fraud in some commercial transactions concerning oil and wheat. At the top of the document, there are remains remains of a Latin text, perhaps the prefect’s an...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek and Latin
- Date Range:
- 222-255
- Extent:
- Fragment from a papyrus roll. The document is written on the recto, along the fibres; portions of one column, 35 lines. The verso is blank. The top margin is lost. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
4. Papyrus 447
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 447
- Title:
- Draft of a Petition (P.Abinn. 1, P.Lond. II 447 ro. descr., TM 10014) and Hermias’ Account of Grain and Barley (P.Abinn. 78, SB VIII 9696, P.Lond. II 447 vo. descr., TM 32687)
- Scope & Content:
- Recto (P.Abinn. 1, P.Lond. II 447 ro. descr., TM 10014): Draft of a petition addressed to the emperors Constantius and Constans from Abinnaeus, who summarises his career, and focuses on the time when he conducted the refugees of the Blemyes to Constantinople, as well as on his appointment as pre...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek and Latin
- Date Range:
- 340-342
- Extent:
-
Papyrus roll, pale brown, broken off at the top, written on both sides. The recto bears one column of 15 lines, the verso two columns of 22 lines, complete. On the front the preserved margins are the right (40 mm), lower (45 mm) and left (40 mm). The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
5. Papyrus 481
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 481
- Title:
- Latin-Greek Glossary (P.Lond.Lit. 187, TM 64454, LDAB 5678, MP3 3005)
- Scope & Content:
- A Latin-Greek glossary, merging three conversational phrases and some words, and roughly lemmatised by topic. The Latin-Greek glossary was used by Greek speakers in early stage of Latin learning.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek and Latin
- Date Range:
- 4th century
- Extent:
-
Fragment from an opisthograph sheet; the verso is written upside down compared to the recto. The text is disposed into two narrow columns, the first with Latin and the second with Greek. The Greek script is used for the Latin words too. Traces of ink on the right side of the recto suggest the existence of another column. The papyrus is mounted in glass.
6. Papyrus 791
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 791
- Title:
- Petition Concerning a Transfer of Cattle (P.Oxy. II 244, ChLA III 206, P.Lond. III 791 descr., TM 20513)
- Scope & Content:
- Cerinthus, servant of Antonia, daughter of Drusus, writes to the strategus Chaereas in order to inform him that he was going to go through the place under his jurisdiction; with subscription of Cerinthus in Latin.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2 February 23
- Extent:
-
Mid-brown papyrus roll; written on the recto: one column, 21 lines; margins: upper (27 mm), left (c. 20 mm), right (very narrow); broken on the lower side. There is a sheet-join at 5 mm from the right edge. Verso blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
7. Papyrus 820
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 820
- Title:
- Order from the centurion Domitius Annianus (P.Fay. 38, ChLA III 207, TM 28607)
- Scope & Content:
- In this short order, formulated as a letter in Greek, the centurion Domitius Annianus addresses the ‘elders’ and ‘public officials’ (presbyteroi and demosioi) of the village of Taurinos, close to Euhemeria in the Fayum, ordering them to keep the service of guard (paraphylake) they were currently...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek and Latin
- Date Range:
- late 2nd century- early 3rd century
- Extent:
- Fragment from a papyrus sheet. The document is written on the recto, along the fibres. There is one column of 10 lines. The verso is blank. The bay-brown papyrus preserves the right (10 mm), and the upper (10 mm) margins. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
8. Papyrus 993
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 993
- Title:
- Receipt for a Probation Letter (P.Lond. III 993 descr., P.Gascou 21, TM 22763)
- Scope & Content:
- The document is a receipt in epistolary form written in Greek. The bookkeeper (actuarius) of a Roman military unit, probably that of the Mauri Scutarii in Hermopolis, acknowledges that he has received the recruit’s letter of probation (epistula probatoria). The man is thus officially a member of ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek and Latin
- Date Range:
- 8 January 514
- Extent:
- Fragment from a papyrus sheet (12 lines). The document is written on the recto, along the fibres. The verso is blank. The papyrus is mounted on a cardboard in a glass frame.
9. Papyrus 1532
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1532
- Title:
- Epitome of Livy (P.Oxy. IV 668, TM 61429, LDAB 2574), and Paul, Epistle to the Hebrews (P.Oxy. IV 657, P13, TM 61861, LDAB 3018)
- Scope & Content:
- Recto: Epitome of books 37–40, 47, 48–55 from Livy, Ab Urbe Condita. The text is of great importance for philology and also for its palaeographic and material characteristics. It is a working copy for ordinary use, probably made in Egypt. The date has been much debated. Verso: Paul, Epistle to...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek and Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd century-4th century
- Extent:
-
Fragments of a papyrus roll, additional portions of which have been published as PSI XII 1292; with writing on both sides. On the front, the text is arranged in eight columns of c. 27 lines each, except for col. III having 28 lines of variable width, since lines are aligned just at their beginning (left side) but not at the end (right side). This makes it impossible to reconstruct exactly the intercolumnar space, perhaps of c. 6–7 cm. On the whole, the unwritten margins of the roll have an average measure of c. 4 cm, whereas the overall height of each sheet of the roll is c. 26 cm. All columns except for col. VII are partially preserved. The papyrus was reused on the back.
There survive twelve broad columns with 23-27 lines to the column, numbered at the top, written across the fibres, the other way up in relation to the text on the front.
Housed in six glass frames.
10. Papyrus 1611
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1611
- Title:
- Return of Landed Property (P.Lond. V 1647, TM 19671), and Official Letter (P.Lond. V 1824 descr., TM 19772)
- Scope & Content:
- Recto (P.Lond. V 1647, TM 19671): Return addressed to the censitor Julius Alexander, from Aurelius Horus, son of Diskas, from the village of Hormos, in the Hermopolite nome, registering some landed property. With subscription of Horus (written by someone else) and oath in the same hand and Latin...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek and Latin
- Date Range:
- c. 298
- Extent:
-
Lower portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, lacking the upper left corner (front) and damaged by holes; written on both sides. On the front, there are 16 lines written along the fibres; the lower margin is extant; no margin was left on the right. A sheet-join runs vertically along the left edge. The back bears portions of 14 lines, running along the fibres. Lower and right margins are minimal. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.