270941. Papyrus 2237
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270942. Papyrus 2238
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2238
- Title:
- Letter concerning work on an embankment for a vineyard
- Scope & Content:
- recto: Letter by Theodoros lamprotatos to an estate-manager (thaumasiotes) to order work and payment for workers at a vineyard in Graeidos (Oxyrhynchus) verso: "Deliver to my lord... from theodoros, lamprotatos"
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 5th century-6th century
- Extent:
- 1 papyrus sheet, main text written transversa charta, address on the back, framed in a glass case.
270943. Papyrus 2248
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2248
- Title:
- Tax Register (P.Lond. VI 1912r. descr., TM 91987) and Letter from the Emperor Claudius to the Alexandrians (P.Lond. VI 1912v., TM 16850)
- Scope & Content:
- Recto (P.Lond. VI 1912r. descr., TM 91987): Unpublished tax register from Philadelpheia from 37/38, belonging to the tax archive of Nemesion, son of Zoilus, tax collector. Verso (P.Lond. VI 1912v., CPJ II 153, Sel.Pap. II 212, TM 16850): Column 1: Ends of lines from a register; Column 2: Edic...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 37-41
- Extent:
-
Long, yet imperfect roll, lacking the beginning, but well preserved as to the rest; written on both sides and housed in one glass case.
270944. Papyrus 2293
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2293
- Title:
- Xenophon: Recollections of Socrates (Memorabilia) III, 6. 11-14 (TM 702957, LDAB 702957)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragment of a roll containing Xenophon's Memorabilia preserving III, 6. 11-14 in two fragmentary columns.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 2nd century
- Extent:
- Fragment of a papyrus roll, broken off at all sides, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Parts of two columns are preserved. The papyrus is mounted in a glass frame.
270945. Papyrus 2326
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2326
- Title:
- Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1931, P.Zen.Pestm. 32, C.Zen.Palestine 10, TM 1863)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragment of a letter from Heliodorus to Zenon asking him to take delivery of a large amount of wheat and barley at Ptolemais, the Palestinian port of Acre, following Apollonius’ instructions. The back bears the address. Other fragments of the same letter are in Cairo (P.Cair. I 59017, containing ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 9 February 258 BC
- Extent:
- Central portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, three additional fragments of which are in Cairo and Columbia University, New York; complete at the top and bottom; with some damage along the folds; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 8 lines running across the fibres, lacking beginnings and ends; upper and lower margins are extant. A sheet-join runs at c. 80 mm from the top. The fragment in Cairo (P.Cair.Zen. I 59017) preserves the ends of lines 5-8; one fragment at Columbia University (P.Col. IV 115g) preserves the beginnings of lines 3-8; the other fragment at Columbia University (P.Col. IV 61) preserves the beginnings of lines 1-2. On the back, there is one word written along the fibres at the bottom, upside down in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
270946. Papyrus 2340
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2340
- Title:
- Receipt for Money Payment from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1957, TM 1520)
- Scope & Content:
- Nechthembes son of Horus acknowledges that he has received a sum of money as wages for twenty labourers he appears to have been employing for the levelling of a vineyard. The receipt is in duplicate form, with the British Library fragment being the inner text, originally rolled up and sealed; the...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 1 February 256 BC
- Extent:
- Fragment of light-to-medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the top, broken off at the bottom and damaged on the sides; another fragment preserving part of the lower portion of the same papyrus is in Michigan University, under the inventory P. 3151. The papyrus bears writing on one side, the back being blank. On the British Library fragment, there are 6 lines running along the fibres; line 6 lacks the beginning; the upper margin is minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
270947. Papyrus 2344
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2344
- Title:
- Contract for Land Clearance (P.Cair.Zen. II 59182, TM 828)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragment of a contract before six witnesses in duplicate form, whereby some labourers acknowledge receipt of money from Zenon as a payment for the clearing of brushwood land. The labourers have the right to occupy and defend the land, and they should return it clean within twenty-one days. Shoul...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 4 October 255 BC
- Extent:
-
Fragment of the same papyrus as two other fragments in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, inventoried as CG 59182; light-brown, complete at the top and bottom; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 12 lines written across the fibres, lacking beginning and ends. Upper and lower margins are extant. The original clay seal is still preserved. On the back, there are a few words written along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
270948. Papyrus 2345
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2345
- Title:
- Receipt for Wages (P.Lond. VII 1959, TM 1522)
- Scope & Content:
- Receipt in duplicate form for the payment of five drachmas to Hermippus for the planting of castor-oil plants. With original seal (TM Seal 910). Lines 1-3: Inner text, originally sealed. Line 4-end: Outer text.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 14 March 256 BC
- Extent:
-
Papyrus sheet, light-medium brown, complete; bearing writing on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front there are 7 lines, complete. Margins are extant, the upper, left and right being minimal. The original clay seal is still preserved. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
270949. Papyrus 2351
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2351
- Title:
- Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2057, TM 1619)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragment of a letter from Philinus to Zenon, informing him that he has dispatched five shields of the finest quality and asking him to write to Heraclides about what Zenon would like to have. A papyrus in Columbia University, New York, published as P.Col.Zen. II 114 d, preserves part of the right...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 263-229 BC
- Extent:
- Left-hand fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, the right-hand portion of which is in Columbia University, New York; broken off at the bottom and right, and complete at the top and left; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are the beginnings of 8 lines running along the fibres; upper and left margins are extant; a sheet-join runs vertically at c. 25 mm from the left-hand edge. The fragment in Columbia University preserves the ends of lines 1-6. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
270950. Papyrus 2435
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2435
- Title:
- Abstracts of Contracts (P.Oxy. XIV 1648, TM 29012), and Acta Appiani (P.Oxy. I 33, P.Lond.Lit. 119, Chrest.Wilck. 20, TM 58945, LDAB 40)
- Scope & Content:
- Recto (P.Oxy. XIV 1648, TM 29012): Late-second-century register containing abstracts of contracts and other transactions concerning the property of a family, deposited in the archives of Oxyrhynchus. The transactions include sale of slaves, house-property and land, tax-receipts, a loan, division...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- Late 2nd century- 1st half of 3rd century
- Extent:
-
Portion of a papyrus roll another fragment of which is in the Beinecke Library, Yale; with some surface damage throughout; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are portions of four columns running along the fibres, the last being fragmentary. The papyrus was then cut to size and pasted onto other discarded papyrus to host the text on the other side. On the back there are five columns of 14-15 lines each, written across the fibres; the Yale fragment preserves the rest of the first column and the two preceding columns. The modern annotation in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. I. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
