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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Papyrus 1-3136 Name Marcus, 6th century Level [40] File

1. Papyrus 1787

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1787
Title:
Conveyance of Reversion of Property (P.Lond. V 1729, TM 19744)
Scope & Content:
The monk Ioannes bestows upon Patermouthis all his personal possessions (lines 40-42) as well as a hereditary house-share which has yet to be removed from the control of others (lines 32-33), presumably 'the sons of Kostantios' (lines 23-24). Isakios son of Kostantios was the husband of Tsone (P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12 March 584
Extent:
Papyrus roll, complete, all margins are extant, 53 lines on recto, written across the fibres, 1 line on the verso written along the fibres; housed in a glass frame.

2. Papyrus 1790

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1790
Title:
Cession (Transfer of House-Share) (P.Lond. V 1730, TM 19745)
Scope & Content:
Ioannes assigns to his sister Kako (here called Tkako) and her husband Patermuthis (here Patermuthios) his share of their grandmother Tlou's house (inherited from their recently deceased father Iakobos) in return for the couple's promise to fully maintain the aged woman. Any attempt to revoke the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
22 August 585
Extent:
Papyrus, complete, all margins preserved; 30 lines on recto, written across the fibres, 1 line on verso written along the fibres; housed in a glass frame.

3. Papyrus 1792

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1792
Title:
Settlement of a Dispute (P.Lond. V 1728, TM 19742)
Scope & Content:
Settlement relating to the estate of Iakobos, between Ioannes and Kako, both children of Iakobos; this document follows P. Münch. 7 in time and refers to the securities and boat mentioned there and possibly to the same house (lines 11-12; P. Münch. 7.20-40 and 47-51). Lacunae hinder full understa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
8 March 584
Extent:
Papyrus, incomplete, broken off at left, margins preserved at top, right and bottom; 29 lines on recto, written along the fibres, verso blank; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

4. Papyrus 1799

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1799
Title:
Contract for Loan of Money - Acknowledgement of Debt (P.Lond. V 1725, TM 15312)
Scope & Content:
Aurelius Iakob, son of Konstantios and Maria, acknowledges to Aurelia Maria, daughter of Allamon and Tapia, that he has received three solidi of gold as a marriage gift, which he will give back on demand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6 March 580
Extent:
Papyrus fragment, broken off at bottom, margins preserved at left, top and right; 21 lines on recto, written across the fibres, 1 line on verso written along the fibres; mounted in a glass frame.The fragment joins to P.Münch. I 3.

5. Papyrus 1800

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1800
Title:
Resolution of a Dispute over a Payment (P.Lond. V 1731, TM 19746)
Scope & Content:
Tsone's parents divorced during her childhood. Although her father, Menas, had given her mother, Tapia, four solidi for her maintenance, Tapia "cast her out" upon her remarriage and Tsone was, in fact, supported by her father. He would have died while she was yet a minor and, apparently lacking o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 September 585
Extent:
Papyrus, complete, all margins preserved; 49 lines on recto, written across the fibres, 2 lines on verso, written along the fibres. Housed in a glass frame.

6. Papyrus 1801

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1801
Title:
Contract for Loan of Money, Acknowledgement of Debt (P.Lond. V 1723, TM 19739)
Scope & Content:
‘Mortgage note’ for an antichretic loan: Apa Dios borrows 4 solidi (3 from an unknown man and 1 from a woman named Anastasia, perhaps the man's wife) and pledges a quarter-share of an inherited house as security. He grants the debtor ‘authority and ownership and sway’ over, and use of the proper...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7 September 577
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, complete, all margins preserved; 29 lines on recto, written along the fibres. Verso blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

7. Papyrus 1808(A-F)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1808(A-F)
Title:
Fragments of a Contract (P.Lond. V 1850, TM 36965)
Scope & Content:
Six miscellaneous fragments of contracts. Fragments 3-5 in the centre of the frame belong to the same text; fragments 1-2 and 6 contain subscriptions of witnesses from the bottom of papyrus sheets, and probably come from different papyri.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:
6 non-contiguous papyrus fragments of various sizes, incomplete; Fragment 1 is written across the fibres, lower margin survives; fragment 2 is written along the fibres, lower margin preserved; fragments 3-5 are written by the same hand along the fibres, with no margin visible; fragment 6 is written across the fibres, lower margin survives; the verso is blank; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

8. Papyrus 1814(A-C)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1814(A-C)
Title:
Fragments of Contracts (P.Lond. V 1855, P.Muench. I 15, TM 15323)
Scope & Content:
Upper fragments (A): Additional fragments of P.Münch. I 15. Thelporine sells a room and a courtyard for two solidi of the old currency to a soldier whose name is lost. Even though none of the parties is known elsewhere, this conveyance is very closely connected with P. Münch. 16 in time, as the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
493-599
Extent:

Fragments of varying size, not belonging together; with writing on one side, the back being blank. Mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Upper fragments (A): Originally six and four fragments, joined to form two larger fragments; an additional portion is P.Münch. I 15; written along the fibres.

Fragment in the centre (B): Fragment with portions of 3 lines written across the fibres.

Lower fragment (C): Small papyrus slip, with one line written across the fibres.