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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Papyrus 1-3136 Name Herais alias Tasris, 2nd century BC Level [40] File

1. Papyrus 611

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 611
Title:
Draft Petition (P.Dryton 33bis, P.Grenf. I 15, P.Lond. III 611a descr, TM 252), and Accounts (P.Dryton 40, P.Grenf. I 16, P.Lond. III 611b descr., TM 283; P.Dryton 41, P.Lond. III 611verso descr., TM 503)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Text written along the fibres (P.Dryton 33bis, P.Grenf. I 15, P.Lond. III 611a descr, TM 252): A draft or copy of the same petition as Papyrus 612 (P.Dryton 33) in a different hand. Papyrus 611 preserves the end. Apollonia alias Semmonthis, Ammonia alias Senminis, Heracleia alias Senapat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
136-135 BC
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet of poor quality, broken off at the top and left and damaged at the bottom, especially along the vertical folds. The sheet lacks some horizontal fibres on the recto. Writing is on both sides: the recto has an original text, of which only the bottom right portion survives, written along the fibres; the original lower margin of the sheet, measuring 70 mm, hosts a second text, written across the fibres at the right angle to the first. The verso contains a third text, written across the fibres and complete. The side margins are minimal, the upper and lower measure 19 mm. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

2. Papyrus 612

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 612
Title:
Petition from the Archive of Dryton and Family (P.Dryton 33, P.Grenf. I 17, SB I 4638, P.Lond. III 612 descr., TM 253)
Scope & Content:
Part of a petition, another portion of which is preserved in Heidelberg (P.Gr. inv. no. 1280). The four daughters of Ptolemaeus, Apollonia alias Semmonthis, Ammonia alias Senminis, Heracleia alias Senapathis and Herais alias Tasris, acting with no guardian, appeal to the epistrategus (high offic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 June 136 BC
Extent:

The upper left portion of a papyrus sheet, the top left part of which is preserved in a Heidelberg papyrus inventoried as 1280. The lower half of the sheet is lost. The BL fragment bears writing on one side along the fibres, the back being blank, but the Heidelberg fragment has the docket on the back. In the BL fragment there are six more lines than the Heidelberg piece. The BL papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

3. Papyrus 613

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 613
Title:
Loan of Wheat (P.Dryton 16, P.Grenf. I 18, P.Lond. III 613 descr., TM 254)
Scope & Content:
A loan of 35 artabas of wheat with interest included, the lessor being Apollonia, Dryton’s wife, and the lessees her sister Herais and the husband Apollonius. Penalty applies if the borrowers fail to return the loan in time. The writer is Areius, representative of the notary Sarapinus. The docke...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4 January 131 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, fully preserved although damaged by holes along the horizontal and two vertical folds. Writing is on both sides, along the fibres on the recto and across them on the verso. On the recto, all margins are extant, with the upper margin of 32 mm, the lower of 55 mm and the left of 20 mm; the right margin is minimal. A sheet-join runs across the fibres at c. 6 mm from the right edge. The verso has a docket arranged in two columns, the first with two lines and the second with three lines. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.