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171. Papyrus 479

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 479
Title:
Private Letter (P.Lond. II 479, TM 31220)
Scope & Content:
A private letter from Tithioeis to Irenion mentioning the delivery of some camels for the prefect. Greetings to Ammonas and the recipient’s children conclude the letter.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century?
Extent:
Complete papyrus sheet, torn in places and written on one side along the fibres. The lower margin measures 65 mm. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

172. Papyrus 966

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 966
Title:
Tax Account (P.Lond. III 966, TM 33744)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary account of payments for crown tax, reckoned by weight.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, lacking its left portion and with minor damage along the folds. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are portions of 15 lines, lacking the beginnings. Upper, right and lower margins are preserved, with the lower margin measuring 80 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

173. Papyrus 1608

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1608
Title:
Private Letter (P.Lond. V 1659, TM 33190)
Scope & Content:
Letter concerning items of clothing, such as mantles and tunics. The names of the correspondents are lost; with closing greetings in the left margin.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Fragmentray papyrus sheet, broken off at the top, with holes and surface damage in places; written on one side, with the back blank. The front bears 15 lines, the first of which is very mutilated, written along the fibres; an additional line was written across the fibres in the left margin. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

174. Papyrus 1614

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1614
Title:
Christian Letter (P.Lond. V 1658, TM 33189)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of letter from Antonius, presumably an ecclesiastic writing to someone younger, addressed as a ‘beloved son’; with address and remains of another letter on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of 4th century
Extent:
Upper portion of a papyrus sheet, medium-brown, broken off at the bottom and with minor surface damage; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 8 lines from the top of a column written along the fibres; a sheet-join runs vertically along the right edge. On the back, there are 4 lines running across the fibres and 1 line written along the fibres in the right margin. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

175. Papyrus 2902

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2902
Title:
Private Letter (P.Lond. VII 2034, TM 1596)
Scope & Content:
Letter from Heraclides to Theon, informing him about the arrival of Agathocles; with address on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC-2nd century BC
Extent:
Small papyrus sheet, complete, with some surface damage; written on both sides. On the front there are 9 lines written along the fibres, complete; all margins survive, with the right being slightly damaged. On the back, there is one word written across the fibres in the lower right-hand corner. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

176. Papyrus 3104

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3104
Title:
Inventory of Goods (P.Michael. 18, TM 31558)
Scope & Content:
Portions of an inventory of goods, listing golden ornaments, items of clothing, bronze and iron objects, wooden articles as well as monthly expenditures for e.g. bread-making, radish oil, cloak trimmings. Valuation of some of the objects are given. The editor suggests that the inventory may have ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

Nine non-contiguous fragments (labelled A-I) and a small detached scrap of a light-brown papyrus roll, displaying surface damage in places; written on one side along the fibres; the back is blank. Housed in the same glass frame.

A: Large fragment with portions of three columns lacking the top and apparently part of the lower margin; small detached scrap at the bottom;

B: Large fragment with one column of 29 lines, some of which are imperfect at the beginning;

C: Small fragment with the beginnings of 7 lines;

D: Small fragment with the central portions of 13 lines, badly abraded;

E: Small fragment with a few letters remaining from 1 line;

F: Small fragment with the central portions of 5 lines; with blank space between lines 3 and 4;

G: Small fragment with the central portions of 4 lines, in faint ink, and apparently upper margin;

H: Fragment with central portions of 11 lines; only a small trace survives of line 1 and line 11;

I: Fragment with the beginnings of 10 lines and ample blank space on the left.

177. Papyrus 437

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 437
Title:
Scope & Content:
Pap. CCCCXXXVII. LEASE or agreement, apparently part of a register of such documents, dated the 9th Phamenoth in the 5th year of the emperor Antoninus Cæsar [ = 5 March, A.D. 142]. 8 in. x 7 1/4 in. Much mutilated and defaced; in a semi-cursive hand of medium size. Arsinoë, Egyptian Nome: Pap...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Mar 0142
Extent:
1 item

178. Papyrus 664

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 664
Title:
Scope & Content:
Subscription to a document (the body of the document being lost) by Timogenees, Dated the 19th Mecheir in the 16th year [of Ptolemy Alexander, = B.C. 99-98]. 7 in. x 11 in., most being blank. There is a little demotic writing on the verso.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
0099 BC-0098 BC
Extent:
1 item

179. Papyrus 1786

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1786
Title:
Scope & Content:
LEATHER BINDING of a papyrus codex, backed with papyrus containing traces of writing, apparently of the 7th cent. 6½ in.x 5 in. Bindings EGYPTIAN: Brown leather cover of papyrus codex: 7th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7th century
Extent:
1 item

180. Papyrus 130

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 130
Title:
Horoscope (P.Lond. I 130, TM 23940)
Scope & Content:
Horoscope, cast for 31 March 81, the third hour of the night, written by Titus Pitenius, with an introductory letter addressing a certain Hermon. Pitenius has calculated the astrological data for the Sun, Moon and five planets basing his computations on the “perpetual tables”; detailed expositio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
after 13 September 81
Extent:

Papyrus roll, with a detached fragment, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in two glass frames named Papyrus 130(1) and Papyrus 130(2).

Papyrus 130(1): 7 columns, of 22-30 lines, each line having an average of 15-18 letters, and another short column of 7 lines in the left-hand margin; with some breaks along the vertical folds, and a couple of small insect holes; abraded in places; upper and lower margins extant.

Papyrus 130(2): with surface damage and mutilated in the right-hand side; one column and two additional lines on the right-hand side.

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