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Marriage contract between a certain Heraclides from Apollonopolis and the daughter of Philemon and Thecla from Apollonopolis. Dated to the 31st year of Heraclius and Heraclius Neos Constantinus, Mecheir, 14th indiction. The papyrus belongs to the archive of Philemon and Thecla.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 Jan-24 Feb 641
Extent:
Fragment from a papyrus roll written on one side, lacking the left-hand side; the preserved portion is in good condition. Mounted on cardboard in one glass frame.
Petition to a Provincial Governor (P.Oxy. VI 904, TM 35311)
Scope & Content:
Petition to an unnamed provincial governor from someone having the status designation Flavius, who had replaced a certain Philoxenus in the post of riparius, but had not received the promised support in order to carry out his duties. The man is now asking to be released from this office and Phil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half 5th century
Extent:
Long fragment from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres, almost fully preserved with the exception of a gap affecting part of the left hand side of the last three lines. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
Fragment of Old Latin Genesis (P.Lond.Lit. 200, P.Oxy. VIII 1073, TM 62044, LDAB 3203)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of Old Latin Genesis containing 5:4-13, 29-31, 6:1-2. It preserves some verses not otherwise attested (vv. 3-7; 15-25; 30-31) and it cites a text not always coincident with other witnesses. Some divergences may be attributed to inexact quotation, others to a different recension, perhap...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
end of 5th century
Extent:
Fragment of a vellum leaf from a parchment codex, written on both sides. Each side preserves one column of 25 lines, although the original manuscript was laid out in two columns per side. Housed in one glass case.
The Exodus-Revelation Papyrus (P.Lond.Lit. 203, P.Oxy. VIII 1075, TM 62314, LDAB 3477; P.Lond.Lit. 219, P.Oxy. VIII 1079, TM 61636, LDAB 2786, Gregory-Aland P18, van Haelst 559 )
Scope & Content:
Recto: Exodus 11: 26-32 with colophon. Verso: Revelation 1: 4-7.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:
Fragment of a roll or codex; writing is on both sides, along the fibres on the recto and across them on the verso; one column is preserved on both sides, the recto containing 23 lines, the verso 17 lines. Framed in a glass case.
Sophocles, Ichneutae, fragments (P. Lond. Lit. 67; P. Oxy. IX 1174, P. Oxy. IX 1175 [=Papyrus 2069] fr.46 and P. Oxy. XVII 2081a; TM 62741)
Scope & Content:
Sophocles, Ichneutae, fragments (P. Lond. Lit. 67; P. Oxy. IX 1174, P. Oxy. IX 1175 [=Papyrus 2069] fr.46 and P. Oxy. XVII 2081a; TM 62741). Scholia and corrections added by a second hand. 17 columns more or less complete, along with 39 small fragments. c.450 lines preserved.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of the 2nd century
Extent:
Fragments of a papyrus roll, writing on one side only, preserved in seven cases 17 columns preserved of 26 or 27 lines each.
Letter to Zenon from Glaucus, reporting on the comestibles delivered to stewards of Apollonius, the chief financial official (dioiketes), comprising gazelles, hares (alive and dead), goose eggs, turtle-doves (alive and dead), bunches of grapes. With original clay seal (TM Seal 974), possibly wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
16 July 250 BC
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, light-brown, complete at the top and bottom, and damaged on the other sides, especially on the right (front); bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 5 lines written across the fibres, complete. Upper and lower margins are extant. The original clay seal is still attached on the right-hand side. On the back, there are a few words written along the fibres at the bottom. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
Arignotus, slave of Caius Servilius, leases two black bulls and a plough to Sarapion, son of Sarapion, and Apollonius, son of Heraclides, at a rent of twenty-seven artabas of wheat. The lessees are responsible for maintaining the animals. P.Wisc. II 51 preserves the end of the lease, with the sub...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
29 October-27 November 10 BC
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, with insect holes and minor surface damage in places; joining P.Wisc. II 51, which contains the lower left corner of the sheet; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 25 lines, with only a small trace of the last; only the beginnings of lines 19-24 remain. Upper and left margin are extant, no space was left on the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
Petition (?) (P.Wisc. II 49, TM 26683), and Liturgy List (P.Wisc. II 85, SB VIII 10193, P.Leit. 2, TM 15904)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Wisc. II 49, TM 26683): Fragment of a second- or third-century petition concerning a vineyard, presumably a draft. Verso (P.Wisc. II 85, TM 15904): List submitted by Heraclides, secretary (grammateus) of Oxyrhynchus, nominating men eligible for the supervision of irrigation works. The ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:
Two fragments of a medium-brown papyrus, two additional fragments of which are at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, inventoried as 51; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, the upper fragment bears 9 lines running along the fibres from the top of a column, with upper and left margins; the lower fragment bears portions from the feet of two columns, of which 5 and 3 lines survive; the lower margin measures 60 and 80 mm. The papyrus was cut to host another text on the other side. On the back, there are portions of one column written against the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.