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Place Memphis, Egypt Level [40] File

1. Add MS 25617

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Add MS 25617
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EXTRACTS from works of French travellers relating to the Pyramids, the Sphinx, Nilometeris, and Memphis, with pencil notes and observations. Fr. and Eng. Paper. Octavo. Memphis, Egypt: Notes on, by J. Burton: 1823, 1827, 1833. The Pyramids, Egypt: Papers relating to, with copies of hieroglyphi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 25633

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Add MS 25633
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Notes and extracts, with drawings, plans, and copies of inscriptions, in ink and pencil, relatin- to Thebes, the Nitrian Desert, the Pyramids, Philoe, Memphis, and other localities visited by J. Burton in the years 1823, 1827, and 1833. Paper. Duodecimo. Thebes, Egypt: Notes, plans, drawings, e...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1823-1833
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 29812

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NOTES and drawings of places along the River Nile, from Alexandria to Sheroneh; viz. Alexandria, f. 1; the Pyramids, f. 26; tablet at Memphis [?], with inscriptions in hieroglyphs, enchorial, and Greek, f. 74; Saccara, f. 82; Fayoum, f. 96; Benisuef, f. 112. Paper. Atlas Folio. includes: f. 1 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 29844 B

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Add MS 29844 B
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B. Three impressions of the tablet of Pasherienptah, from Memphis, in the Department of Oriental Antiquities. A roll. Pasherienptah: Impressions of the tablet of, from Memphis: 19th cent. Memphis, Egypt: Drawings of impressions of tablets at: 19th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 34080

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Add MS 34080
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(ff. 302). Text, Vol. I. Sixteen chapters:-chaps. i., ii. Alexandria and environs. ff. 3, 17;-ch. iii. Voyage from Alexandria to the Nile. f. 38;-ch. iv. Physical sketch of Egypt. f. 48;-ch. v. Rosetta. f. 96;-ch. vi. Voyage up the Rosetta branch. f. 105;-eh. vii. Eastern branch of the Nile, and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1825-1828
Extent:
1 item

6. Papyrus 15(9-16)

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Papyrus 15(9-16)
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Miscellaneous Ptolemaic Documents (TM 3602, 3619, 4984, 5883, 5884, 5885, 5886, 5887)
Scope & Content:
Fragments 9-10 (UPZ II 217, TM 3619): Part of an oath in duplicate form (one version being sealed) from a man who vouches for Ptolemaeus, appointed as secretary; the security pledges his house with courtyard and a plot of land. Dated 22 November 131 BC. Further portions are now in Berlin, Staatl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
131-130 BC
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Eight fragments, not all of which belong together, mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

Fragments 9-10: Two fragments from the same sheet, further portions of which are now in Berlin, Staatliche Museen, inventoried as P. 1383; written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank.

Fragment 11: Small papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; written on one side along the fibres. A few letters from 2 lines survive. The back is blank.

Fragment 12: Small papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; written on one side along the fibres. The ends of 3 lines survive. The back is blank.

Fragment 13: Upper portion of a papyrus sheet, written on both sides; the front bears 2 complete lines from the top of a column; the upper margin is extant. The back contains 4 lines running across the fibres.

Fragment 14: Papyrus fragment from the same sheet as a papyrus now in Berlin, Staatliche Museen, inventoried as P. 1388; written on both sides along the fibres on the front and across them on the back.

Fragment 15: Upper portion of a papyrus sheet, apparently complete on the left, written on one side along the fibres; the front bears the beginnings of 4 lines, the upper margin is ample; the back is blank.

Fragment 16: Small papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; written on one side along the fibres. Parts of 5 lines survive. The back is blank.

7. Papyrus 17

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Papyrus 17
Title:
Documents relating to the Allowances of the Twins of the Serapeum (UPZ I 23, 26-27, TM 3414, 3417, 3418)
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Column 1, lines 1-26 (UPZ I 23, TM 3414): Report of the scribe (grammateus) Apollonius to the epimeletes Mennides that the oil allowances are still due to the twin sisters of the Serapeum Taous and Taues (Tages), also referring to the preceding documentation and investigations. Dated 14 December...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
162 BC
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Medium-brown papyrus, complete but imperfect at the bottom; written on one side. On the front, there is a column of 26 lines, followed by some blank space and ten further lines; the second column consists of 26 lines, followed by ample lower margin. The back is blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

8. Papyrus 18

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Papyrus 18
Title:
Accounts on the Grain Allowance of the Twin Sisters of the Serapeum (P.Lond. I 18, UPZ I 54-55, TM 3445-6)
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 3445): Account recording the amounts of olyra (a type of wheat) received as allowance by the twin sisters of the Serapeum Taous and Tages during the 18th, 19th, and part of the current 20th year (reign of Ptolemy VI and Cleopatra II). With closing greetings. Verso (TM 3446): Account o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
161 BC
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved. The writing runs on both sides. On the front, there are 35 lines running along the fibres; all margins are extant. On the back, there are 7 lines running along the fibres and traces of 2 other lines written along the fibres the other way up. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

9. Papyrus 19

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Papyrus 19
Title:
Official Letter concerning the Twin Sisters in the Serapeum at Memphis (P.Lond. I 19, UPZ I 38, TM 3429)
Scope & Content:
Official letter of the epimeletes Mennides to the hypodioiketes Sarapion concerning his inquiry on the allowances in oil due to the twin sisters of the Serapeum, Tages (Taues) and Taous, for the years 18 and 19, in the reign of Ptolemy VI and Cleopatra II. Mennides has investigated the matter and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
21 February 161 BC
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved, with writing on both sides. On the front, there are 18 lines running along the fibres, complete; margins are extant; on the back, there is one line written across the fibres. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame, with an opening for the text on the back.

10. Papyrus 20

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Papyrus 20
Title:
Petition on the Allowance due to the Twin Sisters of the Serapeum (P.Lond. I 20, UPZ I 22, TM 3413)
Scope & Content:
Petition to the hypodioiketes Sarapion from Ptolemaeus and the twin sisters of the Serapeum Taous and Taues concerning the allowance still due to them. The twins had petitioned the king, and Sarapion is asked to deal with the matter according the king's decision. There follow two official docket...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
162 BC
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved, with some damage along the left edge and the vertical folds. The writing runs on one side, and the back is blank. On the front, there are 31 lines running along the fibres; all margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.