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11. 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.

12. Papyrus 971

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 971
Title:
Report of Legal Proceedings (P.Lond. III 971, Chrest.Mitt. 95, TM 31971)
Scope & Content:
Record of a hearing held before some high official concerning a dispute over the appointment to a liturgy (compulsory public service). The advocate of Sallustia, owner of land in the Hermopolite nome, complains that one of her overseers has been appointed for a tax-collection liturgy; the matter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, darker by patches, complete but torn along the edges and with few holes and minor surface damage throughout. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are 20 lines, well preserved; some of these are indented. Upper and left margins are extant; parts of lower and right margins survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

13. Papyrus 1767

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1767
Title:
Letter Concerning a Sale (P.Lond. V 1792, ChLA III 211, TM 35255)
Scope & Content:
Written by the delegate Eulogius, this letter likely concerns the sale of a girl by a tenant-farmer. The addressee, whose name is only partially preserved, may be a Christian.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Papyrus roll, mid-brown in colour, broken off on the left side; written on the recto: one column; 18 lines; verso blank. Preserved margins: upper (ca. 10 mm), right (0.5 cm) and lower (13 mm) margins; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

14. Papyrus 745

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 745
Title:
De Bellis Macedonicis, possibly by Lucius Arruntius (P.Lond.Lit. 121, P.Oxy. I 30, TM 63267)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a Latin historical work, on parchment, concerning the Macedonian wars of Rome.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Late 1st century-Early 2nd century
Extent:

One fragment of a parchment codex, writing on both sides, mounted in glass.

15. Papyrus 482

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 482
Title:
Receipt for Hay for Cavalrymen (ChLA III 203, TM 78865)
Scope & Content:
A letter to acknowledge receipt of hay written by Serenus, perhaps the same cavalryman mentioned in line 25, and concerning cavalrymen of the squadron (turma) of Donacianus, of the ala veterana Gallica. The full list of the cavalrymen of the squadron, recorded by their nomina only, follows.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
May 130
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus sheet, written on the recto along the fibres, the verso being blank. The top (4 mm), the right (3 mm), the left (4 mm), and the bottom (27 mm) margins are preserved. One column of 38 lines is fully preserved. The ink is brown. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

16. Papyrus 1868

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1868
Title:
Excerpt from a Record of Proceedings (ChLA III + XLVIII 213, TM 99306), and Tax Account (TM 99307)
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 99306): Excerpts from a record of proceedings in Latin according to P. van Minnen in CLTP*; letter or minute of audience according to R. Marichal in ChLA III 213 recto, probably before the governor of the Thebaid (name and title in Latin are lost). The word exempla (line 1) shows that ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
5th century
Extent:
Fragment from a papyrus sheet, broken off on the left and right sides; written on both sides; on the recto there is one column written along the fibres. The verso bears the top of four columns written across the fibres and portions of another column of which only the beginnings of the lines survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

17. Papyrus 229

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 229
Title:
Deed of sale of a slave boy (P. Lond. I 229), with original seals
Scope & Content:
Deed of sale (P. Lond. I 229), in Latin, whereby C. Fabullius Macer purchases a boy named Abbas or Eutyches, aged seven years, from Q. Julius Priscus. Signed by the parties and witnesses, whose seals are ranged along the top of the document. Mutilated Greek subscription.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
24 May 0166
Extent:

1 roll, writing on one side only, mounted in glass

18. 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.

19. 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.

20. 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.