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1051. Papyrus 1178(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1178(3)
Title:
Diploma of Membership of a Boxer
Scope & Content:
Portion of a diploma of membership to a guild of athletes given to the boxer Herminus alias Morus, of Hermopolis. Lines 1-16: List of the officials of the guild, with full titles. Line 17-end: Subscriptions of the officials, and acknowledgment of payment by Herminus of an additional fee of 50...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
200-212
Extent:

Portion of a papyrus roll, with darker patches; mutilated in the left-hand side and at the bottom, with detached scrap; with surface damage in places; written on one side. 50 lines written across the fibres, some of which lack the beginnings. Housed in a glass frame.

1052. Papyrus 1179

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1179
Title:
Register of Contracts (P.Lond. III 1179, TM 11764)
Scope & Content:
Portions of a register recording various legal transactions for the tenth year of an unnamed emperor (Antoninus Pius?).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
29 August 146-147 (?)
Extent:

Six fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, light-brown, with darker patches; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of various columns running along the fibres. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1053. Papyrus 1180

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1180
Title:
Aristophanes, Fragments of an Unknown Comedy (P.Oxy. II 212, P.Lond.Lit. 85, TM 59246, LDAB 343, MP3 156)
Scope & Content:
Portion of the same papyrus roll as P.Oxy. XXXVII 2808, preserving iambic trimeters from a comedy attributed to Aristophanes. Identification of the comedy (Thesmophoriazusae II? Lemniae?) has been debated and remains uncertain.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century BC-1st century
Extent:
Three fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, three additional fragments of which are preserved in the Sackler Library, Oxford, and have been published as P.Oxy. XXXVII 2808. The writing is one side along the fibres, and the back is blank. The largest fragment (A) preserves portions of two columns, the second of which is well preserved; the other two fragments (B-C) contain portions of few lines. The column height is c. 140 mm, the width c. 120 mm; there are 20 lines to the column; the height of the roll was c. 230 mm. Upper and lower margins survive to 44 and 46 mm respectively. The intercolumn varies between 9 and 35 mm. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1054. Papyrus 1181

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1181
Title:
Portion of an Unknown Epic (P.Oxy. II 214, P.Lond.Lit. 39, TM 64084, LDAB 5302)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a papyrus codex preserving forty-three hexameters from an unknown Alexandrian epic on Telephus. The surviving portion preserves a speech by a woman, possibly Astyoche, Telephus’s mother, describing Telephus’s adventures and the battle between the Achaians and the Mysians; the other s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:
Fragment from a leaf of a papyrus codex, with writing on both sides. One side bears 21 lines written along the fibres and the other side 22 lines written across the fibres. Letters are 3 mm high on average. The modern annotations refer to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1055. Papyrus 1182

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1182
Title:
Unknown Philosophical Work (P.Oxy. II 215, P.Lond.Lit. 157, TM 59745, LDAB 842)
Scope & Content:
Portions of an unknown philosophical work, possibly by Epicurus, on the popular idea of religion and fear of the gods, criticised by the author. The back bears parts of an account arranged by date, unpublished.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century BC
Extent:
Portion of a medium-brown papyrus roll, with writing on both sides. The front bears portions of three columns written along the fibres; on the back, there is one column, broken off at the top, written across the fibres at the top right of the papyrus. The modern annotations refer to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1056. Papyrus 1183

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1183
Title:
Collection of Barbaric Customs (P.Oxy. II 218, P.Lond.Lit. 113, TM 64085, LDAB 5303, MP3 2184)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a roll containing a work in prose, with paradoxographical anecdotes on barbarian customs concerning offences and punishment, and the rituals for the death of a priest of Ares; quoting the authors Zopyrus, Clitarchus, and Archelaus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:
Six fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, with surface damage, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The fragments have been named A-E in the frame: fragment A, the largest, is made of two fragments and bears remains of three columns, the intercolumn and the upper margin; the first and last columns are poorly preserved; the column width is 62 mm. Fragment C continues the second column of A; fragment E contains three lines from the foot of a column, with the lower margin. The other fragments preserve parts of few lines and remain unplaced. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1057. Papyrus 1184

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1184
Title:
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.

1058. Papyrus 1185

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1185
Title:
Account (P.Lond. III 1185 ro. descr., TM 29259), and List of Olympic Victors (P.Oxy. II 222, P.Lond.Lit. 124, TM 59764, LDAB 868, MP3 2188)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. III 1185 ro. descr., TM 29259): Fragmentary money account mentioning the tenth and fourteenth years of reign of an emperor (Marcus Aurelius or Septimius Secerus); unpublished. Verso (P.Oxy. II 222, P.Lond.Lit. 124, TM 59764, LDAB 868, MP3 2188): List of Olympic victors covering t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:
Portion of a papyrus roll, with holes, bearing writing on both sides; another fragment of the same roll may be Papyrus 2932. The front preserves the top of a column written along the fibres, broken off at the bottom and right, with upper and left margins extant. On the back there are parts of two columns against the fibres; the first is better preserved and contained 67 lines. The second column lacks the top and the right-hand side, and contained 64 lines. The intercolumn is extant. There are modern annotations on both sides; the number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1059. Papyrus 1186

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1186
Title:
Notice of Removal (P.Oxy. II 251, P.Lond. III 1186 descr., TM 20521)
Scope & Content:
Notice addressed to Didymus and presumably Apollonius, district and village scribes (topogrammateis and komogrammateis), by Thamounis, of Oxyrhynchus, reporting that her son Thoonis no longer lives in the quarter where he was registered, but moved abroad. Thamounis asks that his son may be added...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
8 January 44
Extent:

Fragmentary papyrus sheet, worm-eaten throughout, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are portions of 41 lines, with traces of ink in the upper margin. The numbers in red refers to the edition in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1060. Papyrus 1187

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1187
Title:
Deed of Divorce, with Repayment of Dowry (P.Oxy. II 266, Chrest.Mitt. 292, P.Lond. III 1187 descr., TM 20537)
Scope & Content:
Deed of divorce between Thaesis, daughter of Thonis and Sintheus, and Petosarapis, son of Thompekysis and Sinthonis, both of Oxyrhynchus. Thaesis acknowledges that she has received back 400 drachmas, which she had brought to her husband as a dowry. Both parties state that they renounce all claim...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
96
Extent:

Two joining fragments of a papyrus sheet of light colour, broken off at the bottom and lacking part of the left half; torn at the top and displaying minor surface damage throughout. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; there are 23 lines, but of the last only few traces survive; from line 11, lines lack the beginnings. The left margin survives up to line 10, the upper margin is damaged, and measures 20 mm, and no margin was left to the right. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

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