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581. Papyrus 601

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 601
Title:
Scope & Content:
FRAGMENT of a Ptolemaic document, too much mutilated for its subject to be discovered. 3rd cent. B.C. 7 ½ in. X 5 in. On the verso is some writing dated the 26th Pharmouthi in the 7th year [either of Euergetes, = B.C. 241-240, or Philopator, = B.C. 216- 215]. [Not printed in P.P.]
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
1 item

582. Papyrus 602(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 602(A-B)
Title:
Private Account (P.Petr. III 135, TM 7602), and Registration (P.Petr. III 72(c), TM 7527)
Scope & Content:
Fragments extracted from mummy cartonnage. Upper papyrus (A) (P.Petr. III 135, TM 7602): Portions of a private account recording money sums paid on various days to various individuals for various purposes (e.g. wine, bread, eggs). The back bears another text, unpublished. Lower papyrus (B) (P....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, recovered from mummy cartonnage, housed in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, broken off at the bottom and right; written on both sides. The front bears 13 lines from the top of a colum, running along the fibres, and the beginnings of 6 lines from another column. The back carries 12 lines from one column, written across the fibres, and remains of a preceding column.

Lower papyrus (B): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, broken off at the bottom and imperfect on the right; written on one side. The front carries 8 lines written along the fibres, with blank space between lines 4 and 5. The back is blank.

583. Papyrus 603

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 603
Title:
Scope & Content:
FRAGMENT of a petition asking for justice on some offenders: but the names of the parties and much of the substance of the petition are lost. 3rd cent. B.C. 6 ¼ in. X 3 ¾ in. Written in a medium-sized cursive hand, much defaced by plaster. [Not printed in P.P.]
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
1 item

584. Papyrus 604

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 604
Title:
Scope & Content:
Roll of papyrus, formed by the conjunction of two distinct documents, the texts of which run in opposite directions:- A. Return compiled by Besas, also named Soter, of Crocodilopolis and the associated villages, of arable land irrigated by the inundation in the 7th year of Tiberius Claudius Ca...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 1st century
Extent:
1 item

585. Papyrus 605

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 605
Title:
Loan (P.Dryton 11, TM 246), and Fragmentum Grenfellianum (P.Dryton 50, TM 65616, LDAB 6867)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Dryton 11, TM 246): Loan of wheat dated 10 October 174 BC; Dryton features as a debtor, and the creditor is Sosistratus. The subscription of the scribe is at the end. Verso (P.Dryton 50, TM 65616, LDAB 6867, MP3 1743): 'Fragmentum Grenfellianum', or ‘Alexandrian erotic fragment’, a mim...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century BC
Extent:

Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus, another fragment of which now at the Sackler Library, Oxford, inventoried as 89A/45(d). Writing runs on both sides. The front contains one column running along the fibres and lacking the left-hand side. Upper, lower and right margins are extant, the right being ample. The back bears one complete column and portions of another column written across the fibres. Upper, lower and left margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

586. Papyrus 606

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 606
Title:
Documents concerning a Dispute (P.Grenf. I 11, P.Lond. III 606 descr., TM 247)
Scope & Content:
Dossier of documents relating to a dispute over some land located in the Pathyrite nome, claimed by a certain Panas; the copy of an earlier ruling by Pechutes, who instructed Daemachus to publish his judgment, is enclosed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
after 27 August 181 BC
Extent:

Fragments of a papyrus roll, another portion of which is preserved in a papyrus of the collection in Heidelberg, inventoried as P. G. 1288; broken off to the left and damaged at the bottom and along the vertical folds.Two columns survive, the first lacking the right-hand half, and the second almost complete. Right, upper and lower margins measure 45-60 mm, 30 mm, and 45-60 mm respectively. The intercolumn measures 13-30 mm. There are two lines, rubbed off, in the lower right corner. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

587. Papyrus 607

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 607
Title:
Second Will of Dryton (P.Dryton 2, SB I 4637, P.Grenf. I 12, P.Lond. III 607 descr., TM 248)
Scope & Content:
Fragments of the second will of Dryton, drawn up in Latopolis, in the office of the notary Ptolemaeus, on the occasion of Dryton’s second marriage with Apollonia alias Senmonthis. His possessions are to be divided between Esthladas, son from his first marriage, and the children who may be born o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4 March 150 BC
Extent:

Four fragments of varying size from a papyrus of good quality, further fragments of which are in Cairo (P.Gr. inv.no. 10349) and Heidelberg (P.Gr. inv.no. 1285). The fragments bear writing on one side along the fibres, the back being blank, but the Cairo fragment has four lines in a different hand on the back. The original text on the front consisted of one broad column of 33 lines. The BL fragments preserve the upper margin (25 mm), the lower (90 mm), and the right (10 mm), where a sheet-join is visible at c. 5-10 mm from the right edge. They are mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

588. Papyrus 608

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 608
Title:
Letter concerning a Petition (P.Grenf. I 13, P.Lond. III 608 descr., TM 249)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a letter from an official to Ptolemaeus, son of Pyrrhus, concerning a petition submitted by the royal farmers. With date at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
13 March 152 BC or 10 March 141
Extent:

Fragment of a light-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the left and with minor surface damage in the preserved portion. Writing runs across the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are 6 lines lacking the beginnings; upper, right and lower margins are extant. Folding lines are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

589. Papyrus 609

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 609
Title:
List of Goods in a Temple and Account (P.Dryton 37, P.Grenf. I 14, P.Lond. III 609 descr., TM 250)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Traces of an original Greek text, which was washed out. Verso: Traces of an older Greek text written along the fibres, washed out to host a list of goods and an account. Lines 1-17: List of goods deposited in the temple with the priest Patous, among which are caskets, a sealed jar with ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
18 November 139 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, bearing writing on both sides, along the fibres on the recto and across them on the verso. On the recto, strips of horizontal fibres are missing; the lower margin measures 105 mm. Traces of 10 lines are preserved, but the original text was washed off and the papyrus was re-used for the text on the verso. The verso originally hosted a Greek text, written along the fibres, which was washed out to host the second text running across the fibres. Strips of vertical fibres are missing. The upper margin survives to 40 mm. The papyrus is mounted in a glass case.

590. Papyrus 610

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 610
Title:
Scope & Content:
RECORD of a dispute between the priests of Hermonthis and Pathyris with regard to the possession of some land; apparently in the form of a petition from the former to Ptolemy Philometor and his queen Cleopatra, recapitulating the progress of the quarrel and quoting documents and official corresp...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
0149 BC-0148 BC
Extent:
1 item

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