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31. Papyrus 2049

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2049
Title:
Copy of a Letter about Six Recruits (P.Oxy. VII 1022, ChLA III 215, TM 78569)
Scope & Content:
This is the copy of the letter issued by Gaius Minucius Italus, prefect of Egypt, to Celsianus, commander of the cohors III Ituraerorum, about the enrollment of six recruits in the cohort. For each soldier tria nomina, age, and distinctive physical details are recorded. The senior clerk (cornicu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
after 24 February 103
Extent:
Light-brown papyrus sheet, rectangular in form. The document, consisting of 31 complete lines, is written on the recto, along the fibres. The verso is blank. Left (13 mm), and bottom (79 mm) margins survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

32. Papyrus 2052

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2052
Title:
Fragment of Old Latin Genesis (P.Lond.Lit. 200, P.Oxy. VIII 1073, TM 62044, LDAB 3203)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of Old Latin Genesis containing 5:4-13, 29-31, 6:1-2. It preserves some verses not otherwise attested (vv. 3-7; 15-25; 30-31) and it cites a text not always coincident with other witnesses. Some divergences may be attributed to inexact quotation, others to a different recension, perhap...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
end of 5th century
Extent:

Fragment of a vellum leaf from a parchment codex, written on both sides. Each side preserves one column of 25 lines, although the original manuscript was laid out in two columns per side. Housed in one glass case.

33. Papyrus 2057

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2057
Title:
Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei 60–5, 68–71; In Verrem 2.1.1–4, 7–9; 2.2, 12; Pro Caelio 26–49, 51–5 (P.Oxy. VIII 1097, P.Oxy. X 1251, P.Lond.Lit. 143, TM 59458)
Scope & Content:
The fragmentary papyrus codex contains a collection of Cicero’s speeches: the surviving fragments match with De Imperio Cn. Pompei 60–5, 68–71; In Verrem 2.1.1–4, 7–9; 2.2, 12; Pro Caelio 26–49, 51–5. The uniqueness of the codex resides both in its content and text (Klotz 1914; P.Oxy. VIII: 153–...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
late 4th century-early 5th century
Extent:
Fragments from a papyrus codex, additional fragments of which are now in Cologne, Papyrussammlung (inv. P. 2554). The text is arranged in a layout not particularly elegant. Each page of the original codex measured 300 x 230 mm, with a written space 170 mm wide and a variable height of c. 230 mm. The number of lines per page (65–9) is remarkable and unparalleled. Two of the preserved speeches are separated by an explicit/incipit, partly preserved. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

34. 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.

35. 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.

36. 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.

37. 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.

38. 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.

39. 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.

40. 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.