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421. Papyrus 2059

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2059
Title:
Declaration of Inheritance (P.Oxy. VIII 1114, ChLA III 216, TM 21736)
Scope & Content:
M. Aurelius Saras, a citizen of Oxyrhynchus, declared to the responsible Roman official that the inheritance of his wife, who had died intestate, passed to his two daughters. The inheritance, of the value of two hundred sesterces, was free from the vicesima hereditatium (a tax on inheritance). T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
237
Extent:
Fragment from a papyrus roll, with four detached scraps. Writing is on one side along the fibres; parts of two columns are preserved. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

422. Papyrus 2485

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2485
Title:
Codex Theodosianus VII 8.9-14 (P.Oxy. XV 1813, TM 64881, LDAB 6120)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary leaf from a parchment codex, containing the Theodosian Code VII.8.9-10 on one side, and VII.8.10-14 on the other. The careful layout and script suggest that this was an official copy of the code (Ammirati, The Latin Book (2010)).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
500-529
Extent:

Fragmentary leaf from a parchment codex of large format and fine quality, with some holes in places; one column of 23 lines survives on each page; originally, there were 31 lines to the page. The upper margin is ample and measures 63 mm. Housed in a glass frame.

423. Papyrus 2506

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2506
Title:
Copy of the Opening of a Will (ChLA XLVII 1403, P.Diog. 10, TM 10689)
Scope & Content:
Opening of the will of Lucius Ignatius Rufinus from Antinoupolis. The text was originally written on tablets from where it was copied here. The testator appoints his brother, Lucius Ignatius Nemesianus as heir to the major part of the estate and leaves to his wife Lucretia Octavia half-interest ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
3 June 211
Extent:

Fragment from a papyrus sheet, written on the recto along the fibres. The verso is blank. The text is arranged in one column, almost perfectly preserved. The fragment is complete on all margins: left (30 mm), top (c. 10 mm), right (c. 15 mm) and bottom (c. 10 m). Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

424. Papyrus 2563

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2563
Title:
Record of Legal Proceedings (P.Thomas 25, ChLA III 217, TM 78802)
Scope & Content:
This fragmentary document reports the proceedings of a hearing held by a praeses Arcadiae. Despite its scantiness, the preserved text suggests that a procedure per libellum was followed. The plea, probably lodged by at least two people, mentions a city councilman and probably concerned matters o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
401 or 423
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres in Latin and Greek and broken off at the top and either side; part of the lower margin is preserved. Mounted on cardboard in one glass case.

425. Papyrus 2564

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2564
Title:
Record of Proceedings (Under publication, TM 942980)
Scope & Content:
This fragmentary text ranks among the latest datable bilingual record of proceedings from Egypt. It dates back to the reign of the emperor Phocas. The case brought before the court probably concerned debts. There is a reference to praepositi sacr(-) (sacri cubiculi?). The names Ṭheọdorus Seren...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
602-609
Extent:
Fragment from a papyrus roll, written along the fibres; the text is arranged on a single column. The layout of the document displays the use of blank spaces. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

426. Papyrus 2585

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2585
Title:
Ulpian’s Ad edictum, book 45 (?) (TM 62938, LDAB 4130, MP3 2961) and Greek text (Unpublished)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Remains of two columns from a juridical work in Latin, likely Ulpian’s Ad edictum, book 45, which deals with the issue of the testamentary rights of Roman soldiers. The imperial measure(s) described in the text, in form of rescript, can be assigned to the emperor Hadrian. Verso: Unpublis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
213-250
Extent:

One main fragment and one scrap from a papyrus roll, further fragments of which have been identified in a Berlin papyrus (inv. 11533) and in a papyrus formerly published as P.Fay. 10 (Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. class. g. 5 (P)).

On the recto, the main fragment preserves two imperfect columns written in Latin along the fibres; the upper margin survives to 35 mm; the space between the columns is between 21 and 29 mm. On the back is the lower part of one column of a Greek text written across the fibres; the left margin measures up to 84 mm. Mounted in one glass case.

427. Papyrus 2723

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2723
Title:
Report, perhaps for police action (ChLA III 218 + XLII 1225, CPL 121, TM 70017), and Treatise on Grammar (P.Lond.Lit. 184, TM 63851, LDAB 5065, MP3 2996)
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 70017): This report details actions of uncertain nature, apparently taken by centurions according to orders of an unknown official. Each action is recorded by consulships and prefects of Egypt. Verso (TM 63851): This is the oldest example of a Latin treatise on grammar amongst papyri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:
Fragment from a brown papyrus roll, broken off on all sides; written on both sides; on the front, there are portions of three columns written along the fibres of 9, 10 and 5 lines respectively; the second is the best preserved. The verso was turned at 180° and reused; the text on the back is arranged in columns 75 mm wide, containing at least 23 lines each. The intercolumn measures 35 mm. The only extant margins are the upper and lower ones (72 mm each). When complete, the roll was at least [28.5] cm high. Another fragment of the same roll is P.Mich. VII 429. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

428. Papyrus 2851

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2851
Title:
Strenght report of the cohors I Veterana Hispanorum equitata (ChLA III 219 + XLVIII 219, CPL 112, TM 69875)
Scope & Content:
This military report refers to the part-mounted cohors I Veterana Hispanorum equitata. It is a detailed inventory of personnel, with accessions, losses, soldiers absent on duty, both inside and outside the province, as well as with sick listed. The papyrus closely resembles a pridianum, a yearly ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
105 or 106
Extent:
Fragment from a papyrus roll written on one side along the fibres with the back being blank. Two columns: column 1 preserves 36 lines and column 2 has 45 lines with top (36 mm) and the bottom (40 mm) margins extant. Written with black ink. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

429. Papyrus 3124

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3124
Title:
Bilingual Latin-Arabic Private Letter (TM 397934)
Scope & Content:
A private letter in Latin and Arabic languages, written in Latin alphabet, in which a certain Sati writes to an acquaintance named Iohanne, asking for news about Iohanne’s health and some economical matters concerning merchandise and trading of linen. A third man, named Custantin, is mentioned. T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Latin
Date Range:
7th century-9th century
Extent:

One papyrus sheet, fully preserved, with damages presumably due to folding; written on both sides, with 22 lines across the fibres on the recto, and 2 lines along the fibres on the verso. In the first six lines of the recto, the language used is Latin, but then it switches to Arabic, still written in Latin alphabet (rest of recto and verso). Mounted in one glass frame.

430. Royal Appendix MS 85

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal Appendix MS 85
Title:
Fragments and small papers belonging to the Royal (or possibly in some cases the Cotton) collection
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman, English, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
12th century-c 1600
Extent:
15 items

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