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11. Egerton Papyrus 36

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton Papyrus 36
Title:
Letter on a Donation to a Bishop (P.Grenf. I 63, TM 38216)
Scope & Content:
The bishop Flavius Theodorus writes to Flavius Melas, administrator of Apollonopolis, concerning a donation he wants to make to Senouthes, bishop of Apollonopolis, which the recipient is asked to deliver. The donation includes 50 artabas of wheat and 100 jars of wine. A donation on behalf of The...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, complete, with little damage along the folding lines. Writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back having a one-line docket. All margins extant, the side margins being irregular and minimal. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

12. Egerton Papyrus 37

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton Papyrus 37
Title:
List of Fugitives (TM 397916)
Scope & Content:
List of five persons who had fled from the Oxyrhynchite village of Tanais to three other Oxyrhynchite localities, perhaps because of financial reasons; the list was probably drawn up in a state office, possibly by the administrators of Tanais or those of the administrative part (skelos) that incl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek
Date Range:
2nd half of 7th century
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved; bearing writing on one side. The back is blank. On the front, there are 8 complete lines written along the fibres; all margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

13. Or 5655

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5655
Title:
Deed of mediation (P.Lond.Copt. 446, TM 47751)
Scope & Content:
The text is of legal nature, a deed of mediation. The issuer might be a person named Cyros. It is fragmentary, therefore, the contents are vague. Patermoute`s (=Patermouthis) mother is mentioned, and “your wife, Tapia”, then a recurring word seems to be “imprisonment/imprisoning someone”. The tex...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic
Date Range:
5th century-6th century
Extent:
Papyrus sheet in two fragments which belong together, the smaller one precedes the larger one. Recto is written against the fibres in Coptic, in 8 (smaller fragment) and 11 lines (larger fragment); there is an endorsement in 1 line on verso along the fibres.

14. Or 6809

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6809
Title:
Letter listing products and services (TM 47750)
Scope & Content:
The text is possibly a letter, addressing the receiver in the second person singular and also mentioning “your wife”, “your sons”, although no letter formulae remain in the extant text. Writer gives a long list of products, mostly with amounts, and services he provided, in many cases “without a f...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:
Papyrus sheet with a Coptic text on both sides. The text starts on verso against the fibres and continues on recto along the fibres. There are 19 lines on verso and 4 lines on recto. The beginning of the text is missing.

15. Or 6943 (1)-(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6943 (1)-(12)
Title:
Miscellaneous Documents (Or 6943 (1)-(12), TM 47746, TM 47741 (2-5), TM 47748 (6-10), TM 47747 (11), TM 47743 (12))
Scope & Content:
Fragment 1 (Or 6943 (1), Crum ST 96, SB Kopt.3 1395 TM 47746): a settlement of debt (release). The issuer of the text and creditor of the money is Paeion, the person paying back the debt is Kako, Patermoute`s (Patermouthis) wife. In the present text Paeion acknowledges to have received the full ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:

Fragment 1: Two fragments of a papyrus sheet which preserves the complete text of 8 lines written against the fibres. The smaller fragment follows the larger fragment, it is immediately below it. Fragments 2-5: the four fragments belonged to one and the same document, which is incomplete. 9 incomplete lines are preserved, written along the fibers. Fragment 11: Fragment of a papyrus sheet of light colour, with damaged surface, incomplete. Fragment 12: Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and sides, its surface damaged.

16. Papyrus 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1
Title:
Acta Pauli et Antonini (P.Lond.Lit. 118, P.Lond. I 1, CPJ II 158a, TM 58927, LDAB 22)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of an opistograph roll, further portions of which are preserved in P.Paris 68, containing the Acta Pauli et Antonini, one of the Acta Alexandrinorum (corpus of sub-literary papyri concerned with the hearings of prominent Greek Alexandrians before the Roman emperors, often ending in the t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
120-199
Extent:
Fragment of a medium-brown roll, another portion of which is preserved in a papyrus now at the Louvre in Paris, inventoried as 2375bis and published as P.Paris 68; opistograph, with writing continuing on the back. On the front, there are portions of fifteen lines from the top of a column, written along the fibres; the upper margin survives. On the back, there remain parts of seventeen lines, running across the fibres. The papyrus in Paris preserves six additional columns, three on either side. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

17. Papyrus 1-3136

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1-3136
Title:
Papyri
Scope & Content:
The collection comprises Greek and a few Latin papyri (c 3100 papyri and c 2650 papyri fragments); 3rd century BC-9th century AD. Egerton papyri form a separate collection. Papyri in Egyptian languages such as hieroglyphic and demotic are held by the British Museum and papyri in Coptic, Arabic, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
3rd century BC-9th century
Extent:
1159 items

18. Papyrus 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3
Title:
Antigraphum Greyanum (P.Lond. I 3, UPZ II 175a, Chrest.Mitt. 129, TM 3576)
Scope & Content:
Copy of the deed of sale by Onnophris, son of Horus and Senpoeris, to his brother Horus (father of Osoroeris), both choachytai (mortuary priests responsible for libations and food-offerings to the dead), of a share of religious services, including mummies and the rights to look after them. The li...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
5 January 145 BC
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus, complete and well preserved, with some surface damage along the vertical folds on the left-hand side; the writing runs on one side, and the back is blank. On the front, there are two columns of 30 and 14 lines respectively; margins are extant; a sheet-join runs down the centre. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

19. Papyrus 15(1-8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 15(1-8)
Title:
Documents from the Archive of the Royal Bank of Thebes (TM 3608; 3620; 3621; 3622, 3623)
Scope & Content:
Fragments 1-3 (UPZ II 218, TM 3620): Documents concerning the sale of a state-owned hill, purchased at an auction by Aelurus. The documentation includes instructions to the director of the bank, Heraclides. Dated 131-130 BC. Further portions are now in Berlin, Staatliche Museen, inventoried as P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
131-130 BC
Extent:

Eight fragments, not all of which belong together, mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

Fragments 1-3: Three fragments from the same sheet, further portions of which are now in Berlin, Staatliche Museen, inventoried as P. 1372; written on one side along the fibres.

Fragments 4-5: Two fragments from the same sheet, further portions of which are now in Berlin, Staatliche Museen, inventoried as P. 1375; written on one side along the fibres.

Fragment 6: Fragment of the same sheet as some fragments now in Berlin, Staatliche Museen, inventoried as P. 1376; written on one side along the fibres.

Fragment 7: Fragment of the same sheet as some fragments now in Berlin, Staatliche Museen, inventoried as P. 1377; written on one side along the fibres.

Fragment 8: Fragment of the same sheet as a papyrus now in Berlin, Staatliche Museen, inventoried as P. 1379; written on one side along the fibres; complete on the right and left.

20. Papyrus 15(9-16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 15(9-16)
Title:
Miscellaneous Ptolemaic Documents (TM 3602, 3619, 4984, 5883, 5884, 5885, 5886, 5887)
Scope & Content:
Fragments 9-10 (UPZ II 217, TM 3619): Part of an oath in duplicate form (one version being sealed) from a man who vouches for Ptolemaeus, appointed as secretary; the security pledges his house with courtyard and a plot of land. Dated 22 November 131 BC. Further portions are now in Berlin, Staatl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
131-130 BC
Extent:

Eight fragments, not all of which belong together, mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

Fragments 9-10: Two fragments from the same sheet, further portions of which are now in Berlin, Staatliche Museen, inventoried as P. 1383; written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank.

Fragment 11: Small papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; written on one side along the fibres. A few letters from 2 lines survive. The back is blank.

Fragment 12: Small papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; written on one side along the fibres. The ends of 3 lines survive. The back is blank.

Fragment 13: Upper portion of a papyrus sheet, written on both sides; the front bears 2 complete lines from the top of a column; the upper margin is extant. The back contains 4 lines running across the fibres.

Fragment 14: Papyrus fragment from the same sheet as a papyrus now in Berlin, Staatliche Museen, inventoried as P. 1388; written on both sides along the fibres on the front and across them on the back.

Fragment 15: Upper portion of a papyrus sheet, apparently complete on the left, written on one side along the fibres; the front bears the beginnings of 4 lines, the upper margin is ample; the back is blank.

Fragment 16: Small papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; written on one side along the fibres. Parts of 5 lines survive. The back is blank.

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