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Name Aurelius Appianus, 231-259 Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable) Level [40] File

1. Papyrus 1226

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1226
Title:
Accounts (P.Lond. III 1226 ro., P.Lond. III 1226 vo. descr., TM 11769-11770)
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 11769): Account of receipts and expenditures for the month of Thoth of the current year, addressed to the landowner Aurelius Appianus from Aurelius Heroninus, estate manager. Among the expenses recorded are the salaries for Heroninus, herdsmen and donkey drivers. With further text in t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
254-255
Extent:
Light-brown papyrus sheet, of paler colour in places, with few holes and breaks; the back displays surface damage, with lack of vertical fibres; written on both sides. On the front, there is one column written along the fibres, with traces of a preceding column; the back has three columns written across the fibres, with the first being mutilated. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2. Papyrus 2733

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2733
Title:
Land Survey (TM 91979) and Letter from Appianus to Heroninus (SB VI 9361, TM 14158)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Remains of a land survey. Unpublished. Verso: A letter from Appianus to Heroninus, estate manager, with instructions on some tree-trunks that had been cut by Appianus’ brother and that are to be dragged to the village before the flood of the Nile.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
10 August 252 or 255
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus sheet, with writing on both sides. Horizontal and vertical folds are visible. The text on the front is incomplete and runs along the fibres; the one on the back is complete and is written across the fibres. The lower margin measures 25 mm, the upper 30 mm. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

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