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Project / Collection Papyri Collections Name Heraclides, 1st century BC Level [40] File

1. Papyrus 819

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 819
Title:
Order to Pay (P.Fay. 16, P.Lond. III 819 descr., TM 41673)
Scope & Content:
Order from the scribe (grammateus) Ptolemaeus to another Ptolemaeus, director of the granary (sitologos) of Autodike to pay 45 artabas of wheat to Posidonius as a rent for a plot of land near Kerkeesis that Heraclides cultivates. Dated to June 80, 57 or 51 BC.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete but with surface damage throughout; a strip of horizontal fibres is missing at the bottom. Writing runs along the fibres on the front; there are 9 lines, complete; the ink is faded in places. All margins are extant. The modern annotation in red refers to the publication in P.Fay. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2. Papyrus 2454

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2454
Title:
Sworn Declaration of Temple Lamp-Lighters (P.Oxy. XII 1453, TM 21854)
Scope & Content:
Copy of a declaration on oath addresseed to the superintendents of the temples, whereby four lamp-lighters, Thonis alias Patoiphis and Heraclides from the temple of Sarapis in Oxyrhynchus, and Paapis and Petosiris from the temple of Thoeris, undertake to supply oil for the daily lights burning i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
30-29 BCE
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, damaged by holes throughout and mostly mutilated in its lower portion. Writing is on one side along the fibres; mounted on cardboard in a glass case.