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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Papyrus 1-3136 Place Herakleopolite nome, Egypt Level [40] File

1. Papyrus 391

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 391
Title:
Agreement for Joint Tenancy (P.Lond. II 391, TM 37003)
Scope & Content:
A fragmentary agreement whereby three men, Heraclides, Theophilus and Naaraou, share a house.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of 7th century
Extent:
Badly damaged papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, mutilated and with surface damage throughout. Writing runs across the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The text is incomplete and damaged at the left and bottom. Although mutilated, left, upper and lower margins survive, the right being irregular and minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2. Papyrus 392

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 392
Title:
Receipt for Tax on Land (P.Lond. II 392, TM 37004)
Scope & Content:
Alexas and Daniel, from the monastery of Leukogion, acknolwedge that they have received a payment for the tax on land from Heraclides. Written by Pecysis; with docket on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
10 March 621?
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, square-shaped, torn at the top and in the middle and with loss of fibres on the back; written on both sides along the fibres, the back bearing one line. The front contains 10 lines; side and lower margins are preserved, the upper margin is damaged. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

3. Papyrus 985

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 985
Title:
Receipt (P.Lond. III 985, Chrest.Wilck. 466, TM 33780)
Scope & Content:
Flavius Papnouthius, son of Phileas, acknowledges that he has received thirty solidi as a bounty for his military service, delivered to him by Aurelius Cyrillus; with subscriptions of Papnouthius and of a witness in the same hand as the body of the document, and Cyrillus’ subscription at the end...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and with damage along the vertical folds; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The lower portion of a column survives, with 18 lines; of the first two lines, only few traces remain. Left and lower margins are extant; no margin was left to the right.The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

4. Papyrus 1828

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1828
Title:
Judicial Summonses (P.Hib. I 30, Chrest.Mitt. 20, TM 8183)
Scope & Content:
Copies of summonses presented in civil cases by the plaintiff(s), presumably part of the same document, concerning the recovery of debts. (A): Fragment of the summons served to Nicanor concerning a debt of 330 drachmas. (D): Summons served to Perdiccas concerning a debt of 1050 drachmas; the p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
282-274
Extent:

Four fragments of varying size, numbered A-D in the frame, presumably from the same papyrus sheet, reused as mummy cartonnage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank, and mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

A: With remains of 5 lines from the top of a column;

B: With remains of 5 lines and an interlinear addition;

C: With few traces of 2 lines;

D: Lower right portion of a column, broken off at the top and left, with 14 lines; the lower margin is preserved, and no margin was left to the right.

5. Papyrus 1831

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1831
Title:
Export of Wine (P.Hib. I 80, Chrest.Wilck. 290, TM 8229)
Scope & Content:
Two notices by Epichares to Chaeremon concerning the export of wine. In the second notice (lines 6-12) Epichares reports that Horus, son of Teos, is exporting two jars of wine from a village in the Herakleopolite nome to Hiera Nesus, and that the tax of one twenty-fourth has not been paid yet. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
24 August 251 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, with plaster and red paint residue, and darker surface at the top (front); mutilated especially to the right; written on both sides. On the front there are 14 lines running across the fibres, the last two of which are in Demotic; there is a blank between lines 5 and 6. Lower, left and upper margins survive. The back bears one line parallel to the fibres, written the other way up in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

6. Papyrus 1837

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1837
Title:
Receipt for Various Taxes (P.Hib. I 104, TM 7824)
Scope & Content:
Receipt issued by Eupolis, village-scribe (komogrammateus), in duplicate copy (line 6-end) acknowledging the money payments made by Diodorus on account of four taxes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
13 August 225 BC
Extent:

Mid-dark brown papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, broken off at the bottom and with surface damage throughout; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Portions of 10 lines survive, with a trace of another line at the bottom. A sheet-join runs along the right height of the sheet in the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

7. Papyrus 1890 and 1892

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1890 and 1892
Title:
Extracts from Official Records (SB V 7601, TM 17991)
Scope & Content:
Extracts from the official minutes of the strategus, recording lawuits concerned with the tax on sales (enkyklion). The first lawsuit (Fragments A-B, and possibly the beginning of C) is fragmentary and appears to be against Callinicus, Dioscorus and Heraclides. The second lawsuit (fr. C) is an ex...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12 July 135
Extent:
Three fragments of a papyrus roll, with writing on one side; the back is blank. The upper fragments preserve portions of 13 lines written along the fibres; the fragment at the bottom bears the last 6 lines of one text and, after some blank space, 13 additional lines. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

8. Papyrus 2219

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2219
Title:
Labour contract for a steward (P. Bagnall 33, TM 219309)
Scope & Content:
Labour contract for a steward, the son of Aurelius Megas, son of Philoxenos, who is his guarantor, addressed to one Mousaios, a comes sacri consistorii, possibly the son of the Strategios mentioned in P.Oxy. XVI 2039. The prostasia in question includes properties in both the Oxyrhynchite and Hera...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
11 June 496
Extent:
1 papyrus sheet, of darker colour on the right-hand side; broken off at the bottom and left; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

9. Papyrus 2970

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2970
Title:
Royal Ordinances (P.Hib. II 198, TM 5183)
Scope & Content:
Copies of ordinances on both sides of a papyrus roll, concerning the royal administration and prescribing regulations on the day-to-day conduct of various branches (recto), and on the misbehaviour of officials and the jurisdictional procedure. The ordinances concern the cleruchic system, police ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 240 BC
Extent:

Originally one hundred fragments from a papyrus roll, housed in three glass frames named Papyrus 2070(1), Papyrus 2070(2), and Papyrus 2070(3). Most of the fragments have now been assembled, and preserve 6 columns written along the fibres on the front, and five columns written across the fibres on the back. The column width is between 170-180 mm (verso) and (180-190 mm (recto). The unplaced fragments are housed in Papyrus 2070(3).

10. Papyrus 3031

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3031
Title:
Fragments from a Tax-Register (P.Hib. II 267, TM 5222)
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a tax-register, listing various individuals who made purchases. Most of the fragments are unpublished.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 230 BC
Extent:

Five papyrus fragments recovered from mummy cartonnage, possibly from the same roll, with surface damage; written on one side along the fibres. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.