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41. Papyrus 45

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 45
Title:
Petition to the King (P.Lond. I 45, UPZ I 10, TM 3401)
Scope & Content:
Petition to the king and queen by Ptolemaeus, son of Glaucias, 'secluded' (katochos) in the Serapeum in Memphis. Not only did his neighbours demolish a paternal house located in the Herakleopolite nome, carrying off the goods, but they also used the space as their own. As Ptolemaeus is not able ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
160 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet of light colour with darker patches, complete, with few holes and some surface damage in places; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There is one column of 35 lines, with wide top. Left and bottom margins; the right margin is irregular and occasionally minimal. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom at 55 mm from the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

42. Papyrus 46

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 46
Title:
Handbook of Magic (P. Lond. I. 46, PGM V, TM 64368)
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-1v: Oracle of Sarapis f. 1v: Direct vision (Clairvoyance) Spell ff. 1v-2r: [Spell to Catch a Thief] ff. 2r-3r: Stele of Ieu the Hieroglyphists ff. 3-3v: Another Way to Catch a Thief ff. 3v-7v: Hermes's Ring
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:
7 pages of a papyrus codex, writing on both sides; written in one column containing an average of 37 lines on a page. Housed in seven glass frames.

43. Papyrus 47

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 47
Title:
Magical Handbook (PGM I 6, P.Lond. I 47, TM 60673, LDAB 1798, MP3 1867)
Scope & Content:
Portion of the same magical handbook as P.Berol. inv. 5026, with an invocation to Apollo. The handbook continues with recipes for obtaining oracles and hymns. Homer’s Iliad I 37-41 is quoted; with marginal notes. On the back are portions of three lines from another text.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:
Four fragments from the same papyrus roll as P.Berol. inv. 5026, light-brown; written on both sides. On the front, there is one column of 47 lines along the fibres, with lines 1-23 lacking the beginnings; this column precedes the ones on the Berlin papyrus. Lines are uneven and of different length; the left margin is wide. Portions of 3 lines written along the fibres are visible on the back. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame, with a small opening on the back to show the writing.

44. Papyrus 49

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 49
Title:
Scope & Content:
TWENTY-ONE small fragments of Papyrus, each containing portions of one or two lines, written in Greek or Coptic characters.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

45. Papyrus 50

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 50
Title:
Declaration of House-Property (P.Lond. I 50, UPZ I 116, Chrest.Wilck. 221, TM 3508)
Scope & Content:
Apynchis, resident of Memphis, declares his home and bakery, located across a street from one another, for the total value of one talent. Dimensions and position of the buildings are provided. The document is addressed to Metrodorus, a financial official (epimeletes).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
October 209-208 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete, with few holes and minor surface damage in places; written along the fibres on the front; the back bears a modern annotation recording the former collections the papyrus belonged to. On the front there are 22 lines with two interlinear additions; margins are extant and ample. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame; an opening shows the annotation on the back.

46. Papyrus 51(A)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 51(A)
Title:
Fragment of a Petition (UPZ II 152, P.Lond. I 51(a), TM 3553)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a petition to the King from the priests (pastophoroi) of the god Amenophis, who are apparently being wronged by a police officer (phylakites); reference to rent is made; with further writing on the left margin and on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
Left-hand portion of medium-brown papyrus sheet, bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there survives the left-hand portion of one column of text, running along the fibres; the upper and left margins are generous; at the bottom of the left margin there are the beginnings of 9 lines, which may not belong to the same text. A sheet-join runs along the left edge. On the back, there are portions of 6 lines running across the fibres. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame, with a small opening for the text on the back.

47. Papyrus 52

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 52
Title:
Scope & Content:
TWELVE fragments of Coptic Papyri, laid down on goldbeater's skin, which were previously formed into a roll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

48. Papyrus 53

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 53
Title:
Scope & Content:
FRAGMENT of a roll on leather, measuring 14 inches in height by 7 inches in width, containing twenty-seven lines in Arabic, being the names of witnesses to a deed of sale; probably of the xiiith century.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[13th century]
Extent:
1 item

49. Papyrus 75

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 75
Title:
Account (SB I 5316, TM 26063)
Scope & Content:
Account with names and quantities of unknown items.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century-2nd century
Extent:
1 Papyrus, incomplete, broken off at left, bottom and right, margins preserved at top; 12 lines on recto, written along the fibres, verso blank, housed in a glass frame.

50. Papyrus 76

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 76
Title:
Scope & Content:
Pap. LXXVI. A GRANT of land to the abbat of St. Phœbammon, near Thebes; in Coptic. Probably of the ixth century. Purchased in the year 1854. Djeme, Thebes, Egypt: Grant of land to the Abbat of St. Phobammon at: 9th cent.: Coptic. Coptic Language: Deeds of gift, wills, etc.,: 8th, 9th centt. P...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and English
Date Range:
[9th century]
Extent:
1 item

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