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Place Kôm Ishgau, Egypt; the site of Aphrodito Level [40] File

131. Papyrus 1676(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1676(A-B)
Title:
Receipts (P.Lond. V 1753, TM 36933; P.Lond. V 1781, TM 36947)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. V 1753, TM 36933): Receipt from Flavius Ioannes, pagarch of the Hermopolite nome, to Zacharias, assistant (boethos) of Sinalabe, a village of the Hermopolite nome, for the payment of five gold solidi and six carats; dated to the second half of the 7th century. The endo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Light-brown slip, dark-stained in places, complete; written on both sides; on the front, there are 3 lines written across the fibres; all margins are extant. On the back, there is one line written along the fibres.

Lower papyrus (B): Dark-brown slip, complete but with some surface damage; writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 5 lines written along the fibres; margins are extant.

132. Papyrus 1683

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1683
Title:
Lease of a House (P.Lond. V 1715, TM 36928)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary lease of a two-storey house located in Antinoopolis at a monthly rent of three-hundred myriads of silver; the lessee is Aurelius Ioannes, son of Salamas and Euphemia, of Alexandria, whose subscription is at the end. The back bears traces of an account.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and bottom, complete on the sides; with surface damage; the writing runs on both sides. On the front, there are 18 lines written along the fibres; left and right margins survive. On the back, there are traces of writing running across the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

133. Papyrus 1697

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1697
Title:
Order to Pay (P.Lond. V 1667, TM 19687)
Scope & Content:
Order for payment from the village treasury addressed to Ioannes, a tax-official (hypodektes) from the village headmen (protokometai) of Aphrodito; with subscriptions of the village headmen at the end, and summary on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
15 September 537 (?)
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, medium-dark brown, incomplete, lacking the left-hand edge (front) and with few holes; the back displays surface damage; written on both sides. On the front, there are 10 lines written along the fibres in the upper half of the sheet; lines 5-10 are fragmentary. Margins survive; the blank space at the bottom is ample and measures 150 mm. On the back, there are two lines written along the fibres in the right-hand half of the sheet. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

134. Papyrus 1729

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1729
Title:
Lease of a Boat (P.Lond. V 1714, TM 19731)
Scope & Content:
Acknowledgment by Aurelius Pecysis, a sailor of the Antaiopolite nome, of a four-year lease of a boat with a capacity of about 300 artabas, which he is renting from Flavius Theodorus, son of Menas. The description of the boat is provided. The document was written by Dioscorus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
14 March 570
Extent:
Dark-brown papyrus sheet, imperfect at the bottom and with damage along the horizontal fold lines; with writing on one side. The back is blank. On the front, there are 52 lines written across the fibres, with the exception of the first 8 lines, which run along the fibres and are written on the first sheet, having opposite fibre direction. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

135. Papyrus 1732

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1732
Title:
Tax Receipt (P.Lond. V 1664, TM 19680)
Scope & Content:
Receipt acknowledging the payment of 134 ½ solidi made by the people of Aphrodito through Ioannes, a tax-official (hypodektes), on account of taxes. With subscription of Heliodorus, a financial official (chrysones) of the province of the Thebaid at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
539-540 (?)
Extent:

Papyrus slip, dark brown, fragmentary on the sides and with surface damage; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 7 lines written across the fibres; the first and second are fragmentary. Margins partly survive. Horizontal folds are still visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

136. Papyrus 1733

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1733
Title:
Poem for the Bride on the Way to the Marital Chamber (Epithalamium) (P.Lond.Lit. 99, P.Lond. V 1819 descr., TM 59716, LDAB 820, MP32 351)
Scope & Content:
Left side of a poem for the bride on the way to the marital chamber (epithalamium) for Mathaeus, written in hexametres by Dioscorus of Aphrodito. The poem addresses the groom, Mathaeus, and congratulates him on his choice of a high-born and beautiful bride. Classicising in style with references t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
565-573 (?)
Extent:
Papyrus roll complete only at the bottom and left side, written on the recto against the fibres and parallel to them on the back. 24 lines on the front, traces of 5 lines on the back. Folded from the bottom upwards. P.Cair.Masp. II 67180 and P.Cair.Masp II 67181 are fragments of the same papyrus completing it on the top and the right side. Mounted in glass frame.

137. Papyrus 1734

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1734
Title:
Deed of Divorce (P.Lond. V 1712, TM 19729)
Scope & Content:
Deed of divorce by mutual agreement between Aurelius Mathias, son of Phoebammon and Helene, oarsman, and Aurelia Cyra, daughter of Ioannes and Tanoe, both from Antinoopolis. An evil demon is blamed for the separation. The ex-spouses acknowledge that they have received back their possessions in fu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
15 July 569
Extent:
Dark-brown papyrus, incomplete at the bottom and left, and with a few holes in places; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 26 lines, some of which are very fragmentary. Almost no margin was left at the top and right, while the lower margin is ample. The left margin is poorly preserved. Vertical folds are still visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

138. Papyrus 1736

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1736
Title:
Contract of Apprenticeship (P.Lond. V 1706, TM 36927)
Scope & Content:
A master acknowledges receipt of a money payment from a man for the training of his son Petrus; with endorsement on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
17 March 567
Extent:
Dark-brown papyrus sheet, lacking the left-hand half, with surface damage along the horizontal folds; written on both sides. On the front, there are 10 lines running across the fibres and lacking the beginnings; upper, right and lower margins survive. The ink has turned silver. The back bears one line written along the fibres in the upper half of the sheet, upside down in relation to the text on the front, and another line at the bottom. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

139. Papyrus 1737(a-b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1737(a-b)
Title:
Marriage Contract (P.Lond. V 1710, TM 19727), Encomiastic Poems by Dioscorus (P.Aphrod.Lit. p. 430 no. IV 30, P.Lond.Lit. 101, TM 59717, LDAB 821, MP3 351.030) and Contract of Lease of Land (?) (P.Lond. V 1879 descr., TM 36984)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus 1737a: Recto (P.Lond. V 1710, TM 19727): The recto preserves the beginning of the first 17 lines of a marriage contract, dated to the reign of Justin II. Probably the opening formula on lines 4-6 contained a general reflection on the nature of marriage and these lines were possibly spac...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:

Two unrelated fragments of papyrus, dark brown in places; both coming from the archive of Dioscorus; housed in one glass frame.

Left-hand side fragment: Papyrus 1737a: The recto is the upper left-hand corner of a papyrus sheet; written across the fibres. Well-preserved on the left and upper sides; probably folded from the bottom upwards and possibly from the right side towards the middle. The verso is written along the fibres and upside-down in relation to the recto; only a few lines are preserved followed by blank space.

Right-hand side fragment: Papyrus 1737b: Fragment from the right side of a document, written along the fibres. Probably folded at right angles to the fibres, but it is not clear in which direction. The back is blank.

140. Papyrus 1738

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1738
Title:
Letter to Dioscorus of Aphrodito (P.Lond. V 1682; TM 19700)
Scope & Content:
A letter to Dioscorus of Aphrodito from an unknown sender about a troublesome shepherd who has been troubling Dioscorus’s tenants at the village of Mounkrechis; the writer was accompanying Menas the pagarch. The address is on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
566-567
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, dark brown in places, written against the fibres. Possibly folded from the bottom upwards and then perhaps once from each side towards the middle. The address on the back is written along the fibres. The text is complete.