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Fragment of an Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1385, TM 19839)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a letter presumably from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik, of which parts of five lines survive. The letter may have concerned the problem of fugitives and seems to suggest a requisition of some type, perhaps related to this matter. At the bottom, a brown clay seal figuring a star and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 709
Extent:
Small fragment from a papyrus roll, written on one side across the fibres and preserving parts of 5 Greek lines in addition to the original seal at the bottom; mounted on cardboard in one glass case.
Papyrus 1605a (P.Lond.Lit. 141, P.Lond. V 1816a descr., TM 64087, LDAB 5305, MP3 2541): On the recto is an unpublished document of uncertain nature (maybe a contract?). The verso contains probably an encomium (see line 30). Assigned to the third century. Papyrus 1605b (P.Lond.Lit. 37, P.Lond. V...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd-3rd century
Extent:
Three papyrus fragments, mounted in a glass case:
Left fragment = Papyrus 1605a: Strip of papyrus written on both sides. On the upper part of the recto, along the fibres, are small portions of 8 lines of a document, followed by blank space. On the verso, across the fibres, are parts of 34 lines in a different hand. The text in lines 1-14 is damaged and mostly illegible.
Upper right fragment = Papyrus 1605b: Fragment probably of a papyrus roll with remains of 13 lines written on the verso across the fibres. Only the upper margin is preserved. There are three acute accents. The recto is blank, except for two characters, a tau or pi on the upper right edge of the papyrus and a L-shaped sign below on the left.
Lower right fragment = Papyrus 1605c: Small fragment of a papyrus roll broken on all sides and containing remains of 10 lines written on the recto along the fibres. The back is blank and no margins are preserved. Further fragments from the same roll are contained in an Oxyrhynchus papyrus published as P.Oxy. LVI 3830.
Receipt for Repayment of Money (P.Lond. V 1717, TM 19733) and Metrological Tables and Problems by Dioscorus (P.Lond. V 1718, TM 65048, LDAB 6289, MP3 354)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Receipt for the repayment of a debt of money, given by a woman whose name is lost, accompanied by two people, Calotychus, son of Stephanus, and Theodosia, daughter of Ioannes; with subscriptions at the end. The document was written in Antinoopolis. The papyrus preserves the right-hand sid...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half 6th century
Extent:
Long fragment of a papyrus roll, written on both sides. The recto contains parts of the right-hand side of a document, the left-hand side of which is to be found in the three fragments forming Papyrus 1785. The mid strip of the papyrus between 1785 and 1667 is missing. The text is also broken off at the top and bottom. The text on the verso is written across the fibres and contains the lower parts of four columns; the upper parts are to be found in Papyrus 1785. The mid portion of the columns between Papyrus 1785 and 1667 is lost.
Arbitration (P.Lond. V 1709, TM 19726) and Anthology with Miscellaneous Poems (P.Aphrod.Lit. IV 47, 37, 35, TM 59715, LDAB 819, MP3 351.01)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Arbitration over inheritance written in Coptic and concerning the same family as the one of P.Cair.Masp. 67006. The papyrus may well be part of the same roll as Papyrus 1745, with a lacuna between them. The plaintiffs, Victorine and Phoebammon, children of the deacon Ioannes, complain ab...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
ca. 566-568
Extent:
Fragment of a dark papyrus, which is the first part of the same roll of which Papyrus 1745 is the latter portion; a gap is between them. Better preserved than Papyrus 1745; written on both sides.
Arbitration (P.Lond. V 1709, TM 19726) and Anthology with Miscellaneous Poems (P.Aphrod.Lit. IV 36, 13, 25, 31, TM 59715, LDAB 819, MP3 351.01)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Arbitration over inheritance written in Coptic and concerning the same family as the one of P.Cair.Masp. 67006. The papyrus may well be part of the same roll as Papyrus 1728, with a lacuna between them. The plaintiffs, Victorine and Phoebammon, children of the deacon Ioannes, complain ab...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 566-568
Extent:
Fragments of various sizes from the same papyrus roll as Papyrus 1728, of which Papyrus 1728 is the first part and Papyrus 1745 the latter part; a gap is between them; written on both sides and in poor condition.
Contract for the Collection of Taxes (P.Lond. V 1660, TM 19677)
Scope & Content:
Contract concerning the collection of taxes, whereby the party giving the undertaking agrees to act as a representative for the collection and disposition of various taxes for the village of Phthla in the Antaiopolite nome, securing the other party against all claims from the two pagarchs Iulianu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 553
Extent:
Dark-brown papyrus roll, broken off at the top, with holes and breaks along the horizontal folds; a stain is visible on the right (front); written on both sides. The front bears one column of 48 lines written across the fibres, lacking the top. Side and lower margins are extant. On the back, there are traces of one column written across the fibres on the left-hand side. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (SB III 7241, TM 18868)
Scope & Content:
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, who is charged with the requisition of sailors for the yearly raiding expedition (cursus) and of a caulker. He is also instructed to levy charges for the supplies of the military. A different hand is used for ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7 January 710
Extent:
Fragments of a papyrus roll of various sizes, some of them being long and well-preserved pieces, others being small scraps. Written on one side across the fibres, broken at the top and lacking portions on the right-hand side; acquired in different years and mounted on cardboard in two glass frames. Preserving the original seal at the end. Mounted in a glass case.
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1404, TM 19852)
Scope & Content:
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, concerning arrears of corn-supply for the military. At the bottom is an account of the corn. The papyrus belongs to the archive of Basilius.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
709-714
Extent:
Fragments of a papyrus roll, written on one side; previously housed separately as Papyrus 1750 and Papyrus 1751 and currently mounted in one glass frame.
Conveyance of Reversion of Property (P.Lond. V 1729, TM 19744)
Scope & Content:
The monk Ioannes bestows upon Patermouthis all his personal possessions (lines 40-42) as well as a hereditary house-share which has yet to be removed from the control of others (lines 32-33), presumably 'the sons of Kostantios' (lines 23-24). Isakios son of Kostantios was the husband of Tsone (P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12 March 584
Extent:
Papyrus roll, complete, all margins are extant, 53 lines on recto, written across the fibres, 1 line on the verso written along the fibres; housed in a glass frame.
The sisters Tsone and Tsere sell their one-third share of the (inherited?) house of their great-grandfather to the couple Patermouthis and Kako for 10 gold solidi. Their share consists of a three-room apartment, namely, a room on the first floor, a living room on the second floor, and a roof-terr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
578-582
Extent:
Papyrus roll, incomplete, broken off at top, margins preserved at left, right and bottom; 88 lines on recto, written across the fibres, verso blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
