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1331. Papyrus 1588 (A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1588 (A-B)
Title:
Miscellaneous Documents (TM 702617)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (TM 702617): Composite receipt for poll-tax (syntaximon) and other taxes shared by the community paid in eleven instalments over a period of about one year. The tax payer is Pausiris son of Panephrymis. A number was added in the top margin. Dated October 151-October 152. Lower...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Medium-brown papyrus sheet, with surface damage in places; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears 16 lines; margins are extant. A sheet-join runs from about 2-4 mm from the right edge. The back is blank.

Lower papyrus (B): Lower portion of a papyrus sheet, complete on the sides and at the bottom; with some surface damage; written on both sides. The front bears 15 lines from the bottom of a column, written along the fibres; on the back there is one word written across the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front.

1332. Papyrus 1589

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1589
Title:
Petition (SB XX 14469, TM 23749)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of a petition addressed to the strategus of the Hermopolite nome from Aurelius Hermes alias Pinutis, gymnasiarch and councillor of Hermopolis, selected by the council as member of an embassy following the tetrarchs. Presumably dated between June 302 and November 303.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
302-303
Extent:
Upper portion of a medium-to-dark-brown papyrus, complete at the top and sides, but damaged by holes and abrasion; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 11 lines written along the fibres; left and upper margins are extant; no margin was left on the right. Folding lines are still visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1333. Papyrus 1590(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1590(A-B)
Title:
Miscellaneous Documents, including receipt for rent on sheep (TM 702618)
Scope & Content:
Left papyrus (A) (TM 702618): Receipt for 220 drachmas paid for the rent on sheep owned by the state, paid by one Apynchis to the tax collectors of Soknopaiou Nesos. Dated 14 June 199. Right papyrus (B): Fragmentary agreement, unpublished; the back bears another document.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, housed in a glass frame.

Left papyrus (A): Complete slip, light-brown, written on one side along the fibres. The front bears 6 complete lines; all margins are extant. The backis blank.

Right papyrus (B): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the bottom; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back.

1334. Papyrus 1594

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1594
Title:
Notification of Death (ZPE 208 (218) 177-80, no. 2, TM 765547)
Scope & Content:
Apollos, possibly from Dionysias, notifies the royal scribe of the Arsinoite nome, meris of Themistos, of the death of his sister’s husband, registered in Philoteris, and asks that he may be added to the list of deceased. An order to the village scribe follows.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
11 December 117
Extent:

Long and narrow papyrus sheet, medium-brown, damaged by abrasion and insect holes; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 24 lines written along the fibres; of the last line, only scant traces survive. Margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1335. Papyrus 1600

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1600
Title:
Applications for Privileged Civic Status (SB IV 7440, TM 18049-18050), and Proceedings
Scope & Content:
Recto, column 1 (TM 18049): Application submitted by Hermaeus alias Pathotes, son of Anubion alias Aelurion and Tetais, who requests that his son Hermogenes, who turned 13, be added to the list of citizens with privileged status; with imperial oath. Dated 16 August 133. Column 2 (TM 18050): Fra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Papyrus made of two joined sheets, lacking the lower right portion (front) and with surface damage in places; written on both sides. The front bears two columns written along the fibres, almost complete, and remains of another column to the right. A sheet-join runs vertically after the first column. On the back, there are parts of 2 columns written across the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1336. Papyrus 1602(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1602(A-B)
Title:
Lease of Palm Grove (ZPE 208 (218) 173-5, no. 1, TM 765546), and Loan on Mortgage (P.Tebt. II 390 + BL I 428, Chrest.Mitt. 251, TM 13546)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyus (A) (TM 765546): Beginning of an offer to lease one and a half aruras of palm grove located in Ibion Eikosipentarouron for four years at a rent of 180 drachmas, two palm trees bearing fruit and one artaba of dates. Dated in 91. Lower papyrus (B) (TM 13546): Beginning of an acknowle...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
91-167
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Broken off at the bottom and left; damaged by insect holes; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 17 lines lacking the beginnings. The upper margin is extant, no margin was left to the right.

Lower papyrus (B): Upper portion of the same papyrus as a fragment now in the Bancroft Library, Berkeley; broken off at the bottom and left, damaged by insect holes; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of 13 lines from the top of a column, lacking the beginnings. The text was crossed out. The upper margin is extant; no margin was left to the right.

1337. Papyrus 1605(a-c)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1605(a-c)
Title:
Encomium (?) (P.Lond.Lit. 141, P.Lond. V 1816a descr., TM 64087, LDAB 5305, MP3 2541), Epic Verses (P.Lond.Lit. 37, P.Lond. V 1816b descr., TM 63516, LDAB 4725, MP3 1813), Mythographus Homericus (P.Lond.Lit. 142, P.Oxy. LVI 3830, P.Lond. V 1816c descr.,TM 61608, LDAB 2757, MP3 1185.3) and Unpublished Document (P.Lond. V 1816a descr., TM 64087)
Scope & Content:
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.

1338. Papyrus 1607

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1607
Title:
Petition to a Strategus (P.Lond. V 1651, TM 19675)
Scope & Content:
Petition to Aurelius Hermias, leading councillor of Hermopolis and strategus, from Aurelius Dios, son of Apollon, complaining that his wife Hermione had abandoned him taking valuable objects and documents with her. Dios asks that the woman be kept in custody until the civil governor (praeses) arr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 April 363
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, complete but severely damaged by insect holes throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 24 lines, some of which are mutilated. Margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1339. 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.

1340. Papyrus 1609

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1609
Title:
Nominations to Liturgies (P.Lond. V 1822 descr., TM 19770), Lease (P.Lond. V 1832 descr., TM 19775), and Record of Proceedings (P.Lond. V 1650, TM 19674)
Scope & Content:
Upper left papyrus (A) (P.Lond. V 1822 descr., TM 19770): Return by the local peace-keeping official (eirenarch) of the village Temenkyrkis Poimenon in the Hermopolite nome to the riparii (police officials) of the nome, nominating liturgical officials in charge of dikes and canals. The names of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 373-430
Extent:

Three papyrus fragments that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.

Upper left papyrus (A): Upper right portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, damaged by insect-holes; written on one side. The front bears the ends of 24 lines running across the fibres; 2 lines were added; right and upper margins survive. The back is blank.

Upper right papyrus (B): Left-hand side of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, top and right, damaged by a few insect-holes; written on both sides. The front bears portions of 14 lines running along the fibres; the left margin is extant. The back contains one fragmentary line written along the fibres.

Lower papyrus (C): Small papyrus strip, complete on the sides, broken off at the top and bottom; written on both sides. On the front, there are 3 lines running along the fibres, and traces of another line at the top; on the back, there are 2 lines.

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