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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Papyrus 1-3136 Place Euhemeria, meris of Themistos, Arsinoite nome, Egypt Level [40] File

1. Papyrus 289

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 289
Title:
Sale of Part of a House (P.Lond. II 289, TM 11673)
Scope & Content:
Sale of the fourth share of a house with courtyard and appurtenances located in the street of Leukios in Dionysias by Chares, son of Situs, and his sisters, to a certain Tamystha. The sellers are not to proceed against Tamystha. With autograph subscriptions of Chares and Soterichus, who wrote on...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
16 February 91
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, defaced in places and mutilated to the right; a few holes are also located along the horizontal folds. The text runs along the fibres on one side, with the back blank, and consists of one column with 39 lines. The endings of some lines are lost. All margins are extant, the right being minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2. Papyrus 505

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 505
Title:
Petition to a Strategus (P.Petr. II 2(1), P.Petr. III 28a, Chrest.Wilck. 337, P.Lond. III 505 descr., TM 7406)
Scope & Content:
Petition to Diophanes, strategus of the Arsinoite nome, from Onetor, Asclepiades and Musaeus against the veteran Lysander, accompanying a petition to the king and concerning problems with the lease of a plot of land in Euhemeria.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
222-221 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, broken off to the left, damaged by holes and with minor surface damage; written on one side along the fibres. A scrap with writing is glued onto the back. The front bears 22 lines, lacking the beginnings, for a loss of 3-5 letters; the text breaks off at the bottom. Upper and right margins survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

3. Papyrus 817

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 817
Title:
Homer, Odyssey VI (P.Fay. 7, P.Lond.Lit. 31, P.Lond. III 817 descr., TM 60263, LDAB 1383, MP3 1064)
Scope & Content:
Fragments containing incomplete lines from Homer’s Odyssey VI. Top left fragment (a): Od. VI 201-203, with small traces of 204; Top centre fragment (b): Od. VI 205-209; Top right fragment (c): Od. VI 255-256; Middle left fragment (d): Od. VI 258-263; a trace of ink is visible above the first...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Early 1st century
Extent:

Seven fragments of varying size from the same papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres, preserving parts of lines belonging to at least three different columns; one column might have contained between 33 and 34 lines, but no line is complete. The lower and right-hand margins survive to 2.1 cm and 4.7 cm respectively on the larger fragment; part of the upper margin is preserved on the upper left-hand side fragment, measuring 1.7 cm. F7 in red refers to the publication in P.Fay. Mounted on cardboard in one glass frame.

4. Papyrus 821

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 821
Title:
Tax Receipt (P.Fay. 43, P.Lond. III 821 descr., TM 10891)
Scope & Content:
Tax receipt issued by Harpaesion and Neilus to Acusilaus, son of Acusilaus, acknowledging the payment of 12 drachmas. With Neilus’ subscription and date at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
18 August 28 BC?
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete, torn along the edges and with minor surface damage especially in the upper half; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 6 lines, complete, which occupy the upper half of the sheet. The last line is indented. The upper and lower margins are wide and measure 40 mm and 70 mm respectively. A sheet-join runs across the fibres and along the height of the sheet at c. 25-33 mm from the left edge. The modern annotation in red refers to the edition in P.Fay. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

5. Papyrus 825

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 825
Title:
Receipt for Payments through a Bank (P.Fay. 87, P.Lond. III 825 descr., TM 10930)
Scope & Content:
Receipt acknowledging various sums paid as rents on different days into the bank of Titus Flavius Eutychides. The payments are made by Eudaemon, son of Sarapion, and his colleagues, overseers of the property located near Euhemeria, now possession of the city of Alexandria, formerly belonging to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2 October 156
Extent:

Papyrus sheet lacking part of its right half and damaged by holes in its lower half; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are two columns, the first of 21 lines, the second of 3 mutilated lines.The left margin measures 35 mm, the upper 20 mm and the lower, which is preserved up to the end of the first column, measures c. 35 mm. The modern note in red refers to the edition in P.Fay. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

6. Papyrus 826

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 826
Title:
Loan of Seed (P.Fay. 89, Chrest.Mitt. 166, P.Lond. III 826 descr., TM 10932)
Scope & Content:
Loan of barley and vegetable seed for a period of four months, registered in the registration office of Pelusion. The borrower is Petheus, son of Patron, and the lender Acusilaus, son of Theon. Penalty applies if Petheus fails to repay the loan within the agreed time. The loan was cancelled.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2 March 9
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom but well preserved as to the rest, with only few small holes; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 18 lines, with blank space of 125 mm between lines 5 and 6. The text was crossed out. Left and upper margins are extant, no margin was left to the right; the lower margin is lost. The modern annotation in red refers to the edition in P.Fay. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

7. Papyrus 849

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 849
Title:
Receipt for Rent of Sheep (SB XX 15076, P.Lond. III 849 descr., TM 14927)
Scope & Content:
Series of receipts issued by the presidents (hegoumenoi) of the village of Euhemeria acknowledging various payments made by a certain Orsenouphis over a period of two years for the rent of sheep (phoros probaton).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
206 or 235
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, complete, but with holes and surface damage throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears two columns of 15 and 8 lines respectively; margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

8. Papyrus 891

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 891
Title:
Petition to the Chief of Police (SB XX 15182, P.Lond. III 891 descr., TM 14956)
Scope & Content:
Petition to Serapion, chief of police (epistates phylakiton), from Chaeremon, son of Horion, a farmer of Euhemeria, concerning damage to his land caused by the grazing of sheep belonging to five men. Chaeremon asks Serapion to write to the chief of the village police (archephodos). An order to su...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
29-31
Extent:
Long and narrow papyrus sheet, lacking part of the right-hand side and with insect holes in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame. On the front, there are 22 lines, some of which lack the end. Blank space and paragraphus separate lines 19 and 20. The left margin measure 10-13 mm, the upper 20 mm, the lower 10 mm; no margin was left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

9. Papyrus 892

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 892
Title:
Receipt for Hay (P.Lond. III 892, TM 22702)
Scope & Content:
A man whose name is lost acknowledges receipt of one thousand bundles of hay, which were owed to Philoxenus and Euhemerus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
August-September 16
Extent:

Long and narrow papyrus sheet, riddled with insect-holes and imperfect on the right; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 13 lines running along the fibres, lacking the ends; lines 1 and 2 are abraded at the beginning. Upper, left and lower margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

10. Papyrus 894

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 894
Title:
Petition concerning a Theft (SB XX 15032, P.Lond. IV 894 descr., TM 14925)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary petition to Gaius Iulius Pholus, chief of police (epistates phylakiton), from a certain Menches, farmer in the estate of Decimus Valerius Asiaticus, concerning the theft of a piglet worth 16 drachmas. The petitioner asks the recipient to write to the archephodus (chief of village poli...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
39-41
Extent:
Left-hand portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, with some holes in places. The front bears the beginnings of 16 lines running along the fibres, with blank space between lines 15 and 16. Upper, left and lower (110 mm) margins are extant; a sheet-join runs from top to bottom at 13 mm from the left edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.