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1561. Papyrus 1876

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1876
Title:
Correspondence on the Sale of Minimally Productive Land (SB V 7599, TM 14031)
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the sale of five aruras of minimally productive land (hypologos) located in Tebtynis, which Cronion and Syrus, sons of Satyrus, intended to buy from the fiscus. Lines 1-7: Letter of Harpocration, royal scribe of the division of Polemon in the Arsinoite nome, to Eutychu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
25 May 95
Extent:
Square-shaped papyrus sheet, imperfect on the left and with insect-holes throughout, especially along the vertical folds; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 34 lines; upper and lower margins survive. No margin was left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1562. Papyrus 1877

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1877
Title:
Receipt of Ward’s Alimony (P.Fam.Tebt. 53b = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 53b, TM 10759)
Scope & Content:
Receipts arranged in two columns from Herakleia alias Arsinoe, through her brother Marcus Aurelios Didymos alias Alexander and her father Herakleides alias Didymos. Herakleia acknowledges that she has received the alimony and clothing for her son Iulius alias Herodes from Philosarapis son of Lysi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
218
Extent:

Square-shaped papyrus, medium-brown, complete but riddled with holes throughout and with surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are two column of 23 and 32 lines, mutilated in places; margins are extant, with no space having been left on the right.

1563. Papyrus 1878

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1878
Title:
Receipt of Ward’s Alimony (P.Fam.Tebt. 53a = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 53a, TM 10758)
Scope & Content:
Herakleia alias Arsinoe, through her father Herakleides alias Didymos, acknowledges receipt of the alimony and clothing for her son Iulius alias Herodes from Philosarapis son of Lysimachos, guardian of the minor. The name of Geta was erased from the dating clause. Papyri 1877 and 1950 are other r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
208 or 209 (?)
Extent:
Upper portion of a papyrus, with surface damage in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there is the top of a column of which 19 lines survive, the last being very fragmentary. Upper and left margins are extant; no space was left on the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1564. Papyrus 1885

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1885
Title:
Copy of Report with Annexed Documents (P.Fam.Tebt. 15 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 15, TM 10732)
Scope & Content:
Report sent to Sarapion, strategus of the meris of Herakleides, by the former gymnasiarch Isidorus, concerning some missing or damaged rolls of the public archives, with various annexed documents. The text is part of the archive of Philosarapis. Lines 1-37: report by Isidorus annexing the lette...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
114-115
Extent:
Long fragment of a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres, preserving six columns of various widths, the first of which is fragmentary; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1565. Papyrus 1888

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1888
Title:
Report of Trial with Annexed Documents (P.Fam.Tebt. 24 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 24, TM 10742)
Scope & Content:
Extracts from the record of Apollonius, former strategus of the meris of Themistos, who is acting as a judge in a trial in order to decide who shall be held responsible for some damaged rolls of the public archives. The parties involved are three: Euangelus, son of Patron (former keeper of the p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
24 May 124
Extent:

Fragments from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres, and preserving four columns, the fourth being wider than the others. All the columns are nearly complete with the exception of the first, which is fragmentary. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1566. Papyrus 1889

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1889
Title:
Report of Legal Proceedings (SB I 5761, TM 13999)
Scope & Content:
Court protocol concerned with a dispute over inheritance. Ptolema, a minor, had inherited a house and some land from her late father, sold by her guardians to repay the debts incurred. Ptolema demands that Apia, wife of one of the creditors, returns what she was given to repay a debt connected to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
89-91
Extent:
Portion of a medium-brown papyrus roll, broken off on the left and with damage along the vertical folds; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 2 columns written along the fibres; the second is complete, the first lacks a few letters at the beginnings of the lines; upper, lower and right margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1567. Papyrus 1890 and 1892

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1890 and 1892
Title:
Extracts from Official Records (SB V 7601, TM 17991)
Scope & Content:
Extracts from the official minutes of the strategus, recording lawuits concerned with the tax on sales (enkyklion). The first lawsuit (Fragments A-B, and possibly the beginning of C) is fragmentary and appears to be against Callinicus, Dioscorus and Heraclides. The second lawsuit (fr. C) is an ex...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12 July 135
Extent:
Three fragments of a papyrus roll, with writing on one side; the back is blank. The upper fragments preserve portions of 13 lines written along the fibres; the fragment at the bottom bears the last 6 lines of one text and, after some blank space, 13 additional lines. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1568. Papyrus 1891

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1891
Title:
Letter from the Nomarch concerning a Petition (P.Fam.Tebt. 43 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 43, SB I 5343, TM 15173)
Scope & Content:
Documents concerning a dispute between Lysimachus alias Didymus, son of Heraclides, and Serenus, guardian of the heirs of Dius, son of Chaeremon, who had died without paying back a loan of 240 drachmas bearing interest. Column 1: Letter of Artemidorus, nomarch of Antinoopolis, to Damarion, stra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 July 182
Extent:
One papyrus made of two sheets of varying height pasted together, medium-dark brown; the left sheet is broken off at the top and lacks the lower left corner; the right sheet is complete and well preserved. Few insect-holes are visible in places. The writing is on both sides along the fibres. On the front there are two columns of 18 lines and 39 lines respectively; the first column is damaged in places; the second is complete. A sheet-join runs at 170 mm from the left-hand edge. The back hosts one line lacking the end, written at the top on the back of what is the left-hand sheet. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1569. Papyrus 1893

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1893
Title:
Loan of Money (P.Fam.Tebt. 22 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 22, TM 10740)
Scope & Content:
Heraclides alias Valerius, son of Heraclides, acknowledges that he has borrowed from Tamystha, acting with her husband Lysimachus, 212 silver drachmas bearing interest, which he undertakes to repay in the month of Tybi of the current year. Should he fail to do so, penalty applies; with subscripti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
17 September 122
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, medium-brown, complete and in excellent condition, with only a few small holes along the upper and lower right edges; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 32 lines, complete; the text has been crossed out. All margins are extant; no space was left to the right. Folding lines are still visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1570. Papyrus 1894

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1894
Title:
Registration of an Ephebe (P.Fam.Tebt. 32 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 32, SB V 7605, TM 20961)
Scope & Content:
Registration of Philosarapis, son of Herakleides alias Valerius and Herakleia, aged 14, as ephebe; with list of guarantors, confirmation of registration and subscription of Apollonius, councillor and keeper of the public archives. The endorsement is on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
146-161
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, medium brown, complete but damaged by breaks and insect holes, especially along the vertical folds on the left; written on both sides. On the front, there are 10 lines written in red ink along the fibres and occupying the upper half of the sheet. Margins are extant, with no blank space to the right and left. The back bears three lines written against the fibres in the upper right corner upside down in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

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