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1861. 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.

1862. Papyrus 2436

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2436
Title:
Leases and Acta Alexandrinorum (P.Oxy. X 1242, TM 111047, 58941, LDAB 36)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Oxy. X 1242 ro. descr., TM 111047): Second-century copies of contracts of lease; the three columns preserved are numbered 34-36 at the top. Unpublished. Verso (P.Oxy. X 1242 vo., TM 58941, LDAB 36): Acta Heraisci, narrating the hearing of an Alexandrian embassy before the emperor Traja...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:

Portion of a medium-dark-brown papyrus roll with detached scraps, written on both sides. On the front, there are four columns written along the fibres, lacking the bottom. On the back, there are parts of four consecutive columns lacking the tops, written across the fibres, the other way up in relation to the text on the front; the column width varies between 85 and 125 mm; the lower margin measures 25 mm. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1863. Papyrus 2437

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2437
Title:
Military Requisitions (P.Oxy. X 1253, TM 33634)
Scope & Content:
An official report to inform a prefect whose name is lost as to some requisitions that had been made at Oxyrhynchus by military officers on account of travelling expenses. These were mostly money payments, but in one case rugs were supplied.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Almost fully-preserved papyrus sheet, broken at the bottom and damaged in the upper portion, especially in the left-hand edge. Vertical folds are visible. The text runs along the fibres and the back is blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1864. Papyrus 2438

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2438
Title:
Statement concerning a Decaprotus and Accounts (P.Oxy. X 1257, TM 21795)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Statement written by a certain Maximus concerning a late payment for corn-tax that had been made to Epimachus, decaprotus, four years earlier. Once made, the payment was added to the accounts. Further amounts should now be added in the presence of Ammonius, collector of public-corn dues, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
after 28 October 279
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, damaged by wormholes throughout; writing is on either side across the fibres. The recto preserves one wide column of writing, with all margins extant, although the right side is somewhat damaged. The verso has two columns of text written by different hands; of the second only scanty traces remain. After some blank space there are two lines written upside down as to the two columns. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. X. Housed in a glass case.

1865. Papyrus 2439

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2439
Title:
Contract of a Loan (P.Oxy. X 1281, CPJ III 414, TM 21761)
Scope & Content:
Copy of a contract, with the last lines of the original contract, written in the village of Sinary, whereby a certain Harmaesis, a linen-weaver, acknowledges that he has borrowed from a Jew named Joseph 300 drachmas, corresponding to the value of 100 linen cloths of Sinary. An account must be re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
31 December 21
Extent:

Lower portion of a papyrus sheet, damaged to the right; the lower margin measures 60 mm. A sheet-join runs across the fibres 15 mm from the right edge. Writing is on one side along the fibres. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1866. Papyrus 2440

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2440
Title:
Receipt for Tax on Sale (P.Oxy. X 1284, TM 21787)
Scope & Content:
Receipt issued by Aurelius Apollonius and associate, public bankers and senators of Oxyrhynchus, to Tiberius Claudius Diogenes for the payment of the tax on sale on account of the purchase of part of a house. The house, located in Oxyrhynchus, was bought from Aurelia Ammonia. With signature of A...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
15 December 250
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, lacking its left-hand side; upper, right and lower margins extant. Writing is on one side along the fibres. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1867. Papyrus 2441

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2441
Title:
Private Letter of Sarmates (P.Oxy. X 1297, TM 33636)
Scope & Content:
A letter from Sarmates to his father Dioscorus concerning the dispatch of some goods such as oil for burning and eating and wine for a feast. Sarmates also asks the recipient to bring some milk-cakes if he comes there. With docket on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, fully preserved, with writing on either side along the fibres. The back bears a two-line docket. On the front the upper margin measures approximately 10 mm, the lower 32 mm and the side margins are minimal. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1868. Papyrus 2442

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2442
Title:
Calendar of Church Services (P.Oxy. XI 1357, P.Lond.Lit. 233, TM 65049, LDAB 6290)
Scope & Content:
A liturgical calendar concerning a period of approximately five months, from 23 Phaophi (20 October) to Phamenoth (February/March) of 535-536, listing the services to be celebrated by the bishop in various churches of Oxyrhynchus. The same scheme applies throughout and consists of the date, with...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Modern
Date Range:
535-536
Extent:

Fragments of a papyrus sheet, containing portions of two columns written along the fibres. The sheet lacks most of its mid portion, and the gap, 60 mm high, affects 6 full lines of the first column and part of 6 lines of the second column. The lower margin measures 26 mm. Vertical folds are visible. The back is blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1869. Papyrus 2443

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2443
Title:
Bacchylides’ Encomia (?) with scholia (P.Oxy. XI 1361+P.Oxy. XVII 2081(e), P.Lond.Lit. 48, TM 59337, LDAB 436, MP3 179)
Scope & Content:
Fifty-one fragments (numbered as 1-48; three additional fragments, now named ‘New fr.’, ‘New fr. 1’, ‘New fr. 2’ in the frames, were later published in P.Oxy. XVII 2081(e)), containing parts of Bacchylides’ Encomia (?) (= Fr. 20, 20A-E) with scholia in a different hand. The title added in the le...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century BC-1st century
Extent:

Forty-eight numbered fragments and three further fragments named ‘New fr.’, ‘New fr. 1’ and ‘New fr. 2’ of varying size, all coming from a papyrus roll, darker in places, especially on the back. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank apart from modern numbering. Only fragments 1, 4 and 5 are of fair size: fragment 1 contains portions of 23 lines of a column and part of the upper margin, joining fragments 2, 3 and 22; fragment 4, which joins fragments 13, 24, 46 48, preserves parts of another column and of the upper and lower margins; fragment 5, which joins fragment 6 and a fragment named as 'new fragment’, has portions of two columns; of the first column, very few letters are preserved by fragment 29. The other fragments are of small size and come from different parts of columns. The surface is damaged by wormholes and abraded in places; occasionally, strips of fibres are missing. The fragments are housed in four glass cases named Papyrus 2443(1), Papyrus 2443(2), Papyrus 2443(3), and Papyrus 2443(4).

1870. Papyrus 2444

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2444
Title:
On the History of Sicyon (P.Oxy. XI 1365, P.Lond.Lit. 111, TM 59307, LDAB 404, MP3 2181)
Scope & Content:
Two columns from a work ‘On the History of Sicyon’, attributed to various authors (Aristotle, Ephorus or Menaechmus), concerning the origin and rise of Orthagoras, tyrant of Sicyon in the seventh century BC. The text refers to his childhood and education, his role as a patrol and then polemarch,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

Papyrus fragment, broken off at the sides and damaged at the top and bottom. The papyrus has darker spots, and the surface is damaged and abraded throughout. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Portions of two columns are preserved, each of 35 lines; each line contained between 13 and 18 letters. The upper and lower margins survive to 60 mm and 72 mm respectively. The intercolumnar space measures 20-23 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

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