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201. Papyrus 251

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 251
Title:
Sale of Two Slaves (P.Abinn. 64, P.Lond. II 251, Chrest.Mitt. 270, TM 10055)
Scope & Content:
Sale of two male slaves for 1200 talents each, purchased by Aurelia Nonna alias Polyeton from Marcus Aurelius Petrus and Marcus Aurelius Zenon, sons of Petrus and Alexandrian citizens. The slaves are Metirus alias Ptillon and his brother Primus, born in Alexandria. With subscriptions of the vend...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
337-350
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus sheet, darker in places, broken off at the top and damaged by wormholes throughout. Writing is on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. Left, bottom and right margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

202. Papyrus 252

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 252
Title:
List from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 72, P.Lond. II 252, TM 10061)
Scope & Content:
A list with nineteen persons, each followed by quantities of olive oil of first quality.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 350
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus sheet, somewhat damaged to the right and along the vertical fold in the middle. Writing is on one side along the fibres. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

203. Papyrus 253

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 253
Title:
Accounts from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 69 ro., SB VIII 9693 ro., P.Lond. II 259 ro. descr., TM 32682; P.Abinn. 69 vo., SB VIII 9693 vo., P.Lond. II 259 vo. descr., TM 32683)
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 32682): List of names in alphabetical order with amounts of wheat stated in artabas. The heading is lost. Verso (TM 32683): Account of barley with heading, and, written the reverse way up, a list with names.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
mid 4th century
Extent:

Papyrus broken off at the left (front) and with some surface damage throughout; writing runs along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front bears three columns; of the first, only the ends of few lines survive; the second has 29 lines, mostly complete; the third column has 30 lines, complete. Lower and upper margins survive above and below columns 2 and 3; the right margin is extant. A sheet-join runs along the height of the papyrus in the middle. On the back there are two columns, written in the right margin one below the other; the second was written the other way up in relation to the first. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

204. Papyrus 254

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 254
Title:
Accounts (P.Lond. II 254 ro., P.Lond. II 254 vo., TM 11655, 28030)
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 11655): Account recording the artabas of wheat and occasionally of barley for seed distributed daily in various localities of the Arsinoite nome, such as Kerkesoucha, Bakchias, Karanis. Dated to 8 February 134. Verso (TM 28030): Second-century account for 12-18 Phaophi, with names a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Papyrus roll, darkened in places and damaged by holes of varying size, abrasion, and loss of fibres. It bears writing on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front contains 9 narrow columns; the intercolumn and lower margin are irregular. The upper and right margins are minimal; the left margin survives to x mm. The back contains 4 broad columns, with wide intercolumn between the third and fourth columns. In the left margin there are two lines.

The papyrus is mounted in a glass case.

205. Papyrus 255

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 255
Title:
Certificate (P.Lond. II 255, Chrest.Wilck. 272, TM 11656)
Scope & Content:
The elders of the village of Karanis have appointed Horion, son of Horion, as their deputy for collecting the tax on beer and sheep in the village, and confirm that he has performed his duty and paid the sums collected into the appropriate banks.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
28 September-27 October 136
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete, somewhat damaged along the vertical folds, with surface damage in the middle, along the height of the sheet. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The text is complete and consists of 26 lines; all margins are extant, with no margin having been left to the right; the blank space at the bottom measures 47 mm, the upper margin 25 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

206. Papyrus 256

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 256
Title:
Miscellaneous Documents (P.Lond. II 256 A, C-E, TM 11657, 19973-19975), Epigram on the Battle of Actium (P.Lond.Lit. 62, TM 63120, LDAB 4324, MP3 1853.1) and Rhetorical Exercises (P.Lond.Lit. 138, TM 63121, LDAB 4325, MP3 2515)
Scope & Content:
Documents from a ‘pasted roll’ (tomos synkollesimos) containing five documents: Recto: From left to right: - Detached fragments and beginning of the larger fragment with traces of writing; - Column 1 (preserved on the larger fragment): Receipt for shipment of 1718 and a half artabas of grain...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Papyrus fragments of various sizes from a composite roll, with the larger fragment being made up by joining several sheets of different dimensions, originally distinct; written on both sides, containing several columns in various hands not fully preserved. One sheet in the middle of the roll was arranged in the reverse way to the rest, so that its verso lies with the recto of the rest of the roll.

207. Papyrus 257

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 257
Title:
Scope & Content:
Pap. CCLVII. CENSUS-ROLL, containing list of names, with the father and mother of each individual, his age, and sometimes his occupation. The names are arranged by households, only males being included in the list, and the ages range between 14 and 60. Both beginning and end of the roll are lost...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:
1 item

208. Papyrus 258

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 258
Title:
Scope & Content:
Pap. CCLVIII. CENSUS-ROLL, Of the same nature and in the same hand as the preceding, and consequently presumably of the same date (A.D. 94). The ages vary between 14 and 59. Both beginning and end of the roll are lost, but ten columns are preserved, all more or less damaged by rubbing and mutila...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
0094
Extent:
1 item

209. Papyrus 259

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 259
Title:
Scope & Content:
Pap. CCLIX. CENSUS-ROLL, of the same nature and in the same hand as the two preceding documents. A mention of the 14th year of the emperor Domitian shows that it is a revision of the census for that year. In one part of the document references are made to the returns of the two preceding regular...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:
1 item

210. Papyrus 260

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 260
Title:
Official Register (Stud. Pal. IV, pp. 58-83, TM 14986) and Demotic Accounts (P.Lond. II 260v. descr., TM 90844)
Scope & Content:
Recto Parts of the official returns written by Heraclides, amphodarch of the quarter of Apollonios’ Camp in Arsinoe, of which further portions are to be found in Papyrus 261 and P.Vindob. G 19976. The full text comprises 45 surviving columns with lists of inhabitants of the quarter liable to va...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
ca. 73
Extent:

Two large fragments from a papyrus roll, written on both sides in Greek and Demotic, and housed in two glass frames; on the recto, 13 columns in Greek are preserved, although only a few traces of the last survive. Occasionally we see Demotic text written above the Greek one as well as in the blank space of the recto. The verso bears Demotic writing. The recto of the papyrus contains lines 507-703 of the same document of which further portions are to be found in Papyrus 261 and P.Vindob. G 19976.

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