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Place Memphis, Egypt Level [40] File

31. Papyrus 1216

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1216
Title:
Receipt for Poll Tax (P.Lond. III 1216, TM 22842)
Scope & Content:
Receipt for poll tax issued by the tax collector Aemilius from Memphis to Orsenouphis son of Paapis.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 May - 24 June 192
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus sheet, with writing on one side along the fibres; mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

32. Papyrus 2653

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2653
Title:
Letter from Apollonius to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1973, SB III 7263, TM 1536)
Scope & Content:
A letter from Apollonius to Zenon, instructing him to make arrangements for the visit of ambassadors of the Bosporan king Pairisades II and the delegates of the city of Argos, who are on a sight-seeing tour of the Arsinoite nome. Zenon is to dispatch conveyances and baggage-animals to Ptolemais ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
21 September 254 BCE
Extent:

A fully preserved sheet of a light-brown papyrus, bearing writing on both sides, the recto being written across the fibres and the verso along the fibres. All margins are extant. Housed in a glass case.

33. Papyrus 2681

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2681
Title:
Letter of Introduction from Hierocles to Zeno (P.Lond. VII 1945, TM 2386)
Scope & Content:
Personal letter in which Hierocles introduces Apollodorus to Zeno. Apollodorus is sailing to Herakleopolis, and Hierocles asks Zeno to make further introductions and to assist him in the purchase of some cloaks and tunics. The back bears the address ‘Hierocles concerning Apollodorus to Nikanor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Before 6 May 257 BCE
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken at the right-hand side of recto, with writing on both sides, mounted in glass. A larger fragment of the sheet, containing much of the missing right-hand side of the column, is preserved in Cairo under the inventory JdE 48980.

34. Papyrus 2854

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2854
Title:
Receipt of Payment (P.Lond. VII 1963, TM 1526)
Scope & Content:
Acknowledgment in the form of a double deed, in which Panacestor, superintendent of the dispatches, has received from Posidonius, royal banker in Memphis, a salary of 300 drachmae as per Apollonius' order. The retribution is said to be 200 drachmae in the outer text. Lines 1-12: Inner text; Li...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 July-18 August 256 BCE
Extent:

Two larger fragments that do not join, with two lines lost in between, and two scraps from a dark-brown papyrus sheet; writing is along the fibres on one side only. Margins are extant. The text, in the form of a double deed, is arranged in one long column; the two versions of the deed are separated by some blank space. The papyrus was folded up from top to bottom. Mounted in one glass case.

35. Papyrus 3079

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3079
Title:
Account of Debts (UPZ I 150, SB I 5633, TM 3542)
Scope & Content:
Portion of an account of debts, extracted from a papyrus sandal; another portion is preserved in Papyrus 3080. Dated after 5 April 181 BC, 30 March 157 BC, or 14 March 90 BC; with painted decoration on the plastered surface of the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
157-90 BC
Extent:
Papyrus fragment, dark-brown, another portion of which is Papyrus 3080; both fragments were reused for the making of a pair of papyrus sandals for a mummy; with portions of two columns on the front, almost no longer visible; on the back, painted decoration on plastered surface. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

36. Papyrus 3080

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3080
Title:
Account of Debts (UPZ I 150, SB I 5633, TM 3542)
Scope & Content:
Portion of an account of debts, extracted from a papyrus sandal; another portion is preserved in Papyrus 3079. Dated after 5 April 181 BC, 30 March 157 BC, or 14 March 90 BC; with painted decoration on the plastered surface of the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
157-90 BC
Extent:
Papyrus fragment, dark-brown, another portion of which is Papyrus 3079; both fragments were reused for the making of a pair of papyrus sandals for a mummy; with portions of one column on the front, no longer visible; on the back, painted decoration on plastered surface. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.