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Petition to an Official (P.Lond. III 1000, Chrest.Mitt. 73, TM 22772)
Scope & Content:
Petition from Flavius Georgius, son of Silvanus, to an official whose name is lost, with regards to some debt that the man was trying to recover. Dated to the second indiction, Choiak 2, in the consulship of Flavius Ioannes, and belonging to the archive of the soldiers of the numerus of the Mauri.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
28 November 538
Extent:
Sheet from a papyrus roll, written on one side, nearly complete; the first line is damaged and a very few letters are missing on the left-hand side. Housed in one glass frame and mounted on cardboard. A name containing a Coptic character is in line 13.
List of Liturgists for the Visit of the Prefect Lucius Valerius Proclus (P.Lond. III 1159, Chr.Wilck.415, TM 22811) and Other Texts
Scope & Content:
Recto: - Columns 1-2: unpublished; Of column 1 only the endings of ten lines are preserved; column 2 contains a document of a certain Paniscus from the division of the City East, Hermopolis, under the emperor Antoninus Pius; a five-day period account follows. - Columns 3-6 (P.Lond. III 1159, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
144-147
Extent:
Fragments of various sizes of a papyrus roll, written on both sides and containing several columns not fully preserved; housed in one glass frame.
Miscellaneous Documents with Transactions Conducted through the Bank of Anoubion (SB XX 15188, TM 23908, P.Lond. III 1164b-i, k, TM 22813-22821)
Scope & Content:
Tomos synkollesimos ('pasted roll') with ten distinct documents, all concerning various transactions conducted by different people through the bank of Anoubion in Antinoopolis; they all date to 212. Papyrus 1164(1): - Column a (SB XX 15188 = P.Flor. III 318 + P.Lond. III 1164a, TM 23908): Righ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
212
Extent:
Well preserved papyrus fragments of various sizes from a composite roll (tomos synkollesimos) containing ten distinct documents; written on one side along the fibres, mounted on cardboard and housed in three glass frames.
Treatise on Metres (P.Oxy. II 220, TM 63266, LDAB 4471, MP3 2172) and Scholia on Iliad XXI (P.Oxy. II 221, TM 60508, LDAB 1631, MP3 1205, Allen-Sutton-West h94 + h11)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Oxy. II 220, TM 63266, LDAB 4471, MP3 2172) Incomplete treatise on metrics addressed to a friend, from an anonymous author (a poet?); 14 columns survive, although damaged throughout; additionally, on the right-hand side of the frame are 12 fragments, some of which bear no writing. The ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:
Fragments of various sizes from a papyrus roll, written on both sides and lacking several parts throughout; before being re-used for the text on the verso, the papyrus was cut so that only the upper parts of the columns on the recto survive.
Bank Receipt for Tax on Sale (P.Lond. III 1200, TM 5900)
Scope & Content:
Receipt through the bank of Psenchonsis at Diospolis Magna for the payment of the transfer tax for the sale a house on the East bank in the quarter of Chrysopolis, purchased by Senyris, daughter of Thotsymis. With official dockets at the end and original clay seal, apparently showing a figure ad...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 October 209 BC
Extent:
Papyrus roll, complete but with damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are three columns of writing; the first has 1 line, the second 12 lines and the third 3 lines. Margins are extant. The original clay seal is in the left margin. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
Sale and Receipt for Tax on Transfer (P.Lond. III 1204, Chrest.Mitt. 152, TM 91)
Scope & Content:
Deed recording the sale of half of a house in Pathyris drawn up by Ammonius, the sellers being Taelolous and Siepmous, daughters of Totoes, and the buyer Kobaetesis, daughter of Phagonis, at the price of one talent of copper. Dated to 26 December 113 BC; with summary of the deed (scriptura inter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
113-112 BC
Extent:
Papyrus roll, complete and well preserved, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears three columns; the first has 5 lines, the second 11 lines and the third 14 lines, the last 6 of which are indented. All margins are extant; sheet-joins from top to bottom are visible. The original clay seal is preserved. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
Contract drawn up in the notarial office of Pathyris by Hermias, agent of the notary Paniscus, recording the sale of some land in the plain of Pathyris from Panobkhounis, son of Totoes, to Peteharsemtheus, son of Pachoibis, priest of Suchus and Aphrodite, at the price of two talents. With summar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
16 June 99 BC
Extent:
Papyrus roll, complete and well preserved, with minor surface damage in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; there are 2 columns; the first is narrow and comprises 13 lines; the second has 12 broad lines, the last of which is indented. Margins are extant, with a blank to the right measuring 70 mm. The original seal is preserved. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
Contract drawn up in the notarial office of Pathyris by Hermias, agent of the notary Paniscus, recording the sale of a vineyard in the northern part of Pathyris from Galates, son of Pelaias, an iron-worker, to Peteharsemtheus, son of Panebchounis, at the price of 4000 drachmas. With summary of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
30 November 99 BC
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, almost complete, with damage along the upper edge and in the lower right corner; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blak. There are two columns, the first of 13 lines, the second of 12 broad lines; sheet-joins from top to bottom are visible. Upper, lower, left margins survive. The original clay seal is preserved. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
Contract drawn up by the notary Ammonius in Pathyris, recording the sale of one arura of land from Patous, son of Pelaias, to Takoibis, daughter of Patous, at the price of one talent. Patous had bought the land from Peteharsemtheus, son of Panebchounis. With summary of the deed (scriptura interi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
17 February 97 BC
Extent:
Papyrus roll, light-brown, broken off to the right, with some holes and surface damage in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are two columns, the first of 5 lines, the second of 13 broad lines, some of which lack the ends. Upper, lower and left margins are extant. In the lower margin (60 mm), traces of ink are visible. Two sheet-joins running from top to bottom are visible. The original seal is preserved. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
Contract drawn up by the notary Hermias in Pathyris, recording the sale of half arura of arable land from Nechuthes, son of Peteharsemtheus, to Peteharsemtheus, son of Panebchounis, at the price of 1 talent and 3000 drachmas. With summary of the deed (scriptura interior, originally rolled up and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2 August 89 BC
Extent:
Papyrus roll, complete, but damaged by few holes and breaks; the last sheet of the roll (front) displays vertical fibres, as opposed to the fibre orientation of the other sheets forming the roll. Writing is on both sides. The front bears two complete columns, the first with 8 lines and the second with 10 lines; margins are extant, with the lower and right being generous and measuring 65 and 95 mm respectively. Sheet-joins are visible. The original clay seal is preserved. On the back the writing is at the bottom; there are two columns with two lines each in Greek, and one line in Demotic above them. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
