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741. Papyrus 759

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 759
Title:
Receipt from Ironworkers (P.Oxy. I 84, P.Lond. III 759 descr., Chrest.Wilck. 197, Sel.Pap. II 374, TM 20743)
Scope & Content:
Receipt addressed to Valerius Ammonianus alias Gerontius, logistes (curator) of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from the guild of ironworkers, acknowledging the payment of six silver talents from the state bank in Oxyrhynchus, on account of the iron supplied for public works. Dated in the consulship of C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1 November 316
Extent:

Papyrus sheet written on one side along the fibres, the upper layer being somewhat damaged in places. Mounted on cardboard in one glass case. Number 84 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy I.

742. Papyrus 760

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 760
Title:
Declaration of Prices by Guilds (SB XVI 12648, P.Oxy. I 85, P.Lond. III 760 descr., TM 17444)
Scope & Content:
Series of declarations of prices for the goods handled during the month, made by various Oxyrhynchite guilds and addressed to the curator Flavius Eusebius. The declarations had been drawn up in advance, with blank space left for the details to be added; in some cases, the blanks were not filled ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 November 338
Extent:

Two fragments of a papyrus roll, of which an additional portion is housed in the Sackler Library, Oxford, published as P.Oxy. LIV 3772. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Six columns are preserved: the left fragment contains four columns of different lenghths, the first badly mutilated and the fourth somewhat damaged to the right. The right fragment contains portions of two columns, broken off at the bottom. The Oxford fragment might have come in between these two fragments, between the fourth and the fifth column. The fragments are mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

743. Papyrus 761

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 761
Title:
Receipt for Payment of Corn (P.Oxy. I 90, P.Lond. III 761 descr., TM 20749) and Writing Exercise? (P.Oxy. I 90, TM 63528, LDAB 4737, MP3 2747)
Scope & Content:
A receipt acknowledging that Clarus, son of Didymus, former agoranomus (public notary), has deposited 8 artabas and 4 choinices of corn into the public granary on account of the harvest of the past 19th year of Antoninus and Commodus Caesars. Signed by Diogenes, sitologus (official in charge of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
179-180
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, well-cut, written on one side; damaged on its left-hand side. Mounted on cardboard in one glass case. Number 90 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy I.

744. Papyrus 762

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 762
Title:
Order for Payment of Corn (P.Oxy. I 93, P.Lond. III 762 descr., Stud.Pal. VIII 1154, TM 20752)
Scope & Content:
Order from Eutrygius to his assistant Dioscorus to pay two artabas of corn to Gorgonius, player of the hydraulic organ. Dated by two eras, in the 38th and 7th years, Thoth 21 (16 January 362).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
16 January 362
Extent:

A papyrus sheet written on one side along the fibres, complete; mounted on cardboard in one glass case. Number 93 refers to the publication in P.Oxy I.

745. Papyrus 763

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 763
Title:
Agreement for Sale of Two Slaves (P.Oxy. I 94, P.Lond. III 763 descr., Chrest.Mitt. 344, TM 20753)
Scope & Content:
Agreement between Marcus Antonius Ptolemaeus and Dionysius, son of Theon, from Oxyrhynchus, whereby Dionysius is being appointed as the agent for the sale of two slaves belonging to Ptolemaeus, Diogas alias Nilus, aged 40, and Diogas, aged 30. Dated in the 3rd year of Domitian, Phaophi 28 (26 Oc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 October 83
Extent:

Fully preserved papyrus sheet, written along the fibres, with one column of writing occupying less than one third of it, followed by blank space. Mounted on cardboard and housed in one glass frame. Number 94 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy I.

746. Papyrus 764

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 764
Title:
Repayment of a Loan (P.Oxy. I 98, P.Lond. III 764 descr., TM 20757)
Scope & Content:
Receipt whereby Chaeremon, son of Theon, from Oxyrhynchus, acknowledges the payment of 168 drachmas from Archias, a freedman from Oxyrhynchus, through the bank of Heraclides in the Serapeum. This is the last instalment of a loan of 700 drachmas lent four years earlier. Dated in the 5th year of A...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
141-142
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres, broken off at the bottom; ink is faded at the end of some lines; lines 3 and 16 are damaged. Mounted on cardboard and housed in one glass case. Number 98 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy.

747. Papyrus 765

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 765
Title:
Copy of a Sale of House Property (P.Oxy. I 99, P.Lond. III 765 descr., TM 20758)
Scope & Content:
Copy of a deed of sale whereby a three-storey house in Oxyrhynchus is being purchased for 32 talents of copper by Tryphon, son of Dionysius, from Pnepheros, his mother’s cousin, son of Papontos. Descriptions of the physical features of the men and of the location of the house are provided. At th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4 September 55
Extent:

Papyrus sheet written on one side and nearly fully preserved, although damaged by holes throughout and lacking the portion on the right-hand side. A fragment is misplaced in the frame, currently covering parts of the ends of lines 3-10; it belongs in the gap at the bottom, containing letters from lines 16-19; mounted on cardboard in one glass case.

748. Papyrus 766

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 766
Title:
Lease of Land (P.Oxy. I 102, P.Lond. III 766 descr., TM 20761)
Scope & Content:
One-year lease of nine arouras of land, the lessor being Aurelia Antiochia alias Dionysia, daughter of Antiochus alias Dionysius, former magistrate in Alexandria, and the lessee Aurelius Dioscorus, son of Apollonius, from Oxyrhynchus. The land, located in the Oxyrhynchite nome, is to be sown wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
13 October 306
Extent:

Papyrus sheet written on one side along the fibres, with the first line being somewhat damaged, but overall well preserved; mounted on cardboard and housed in one glass case. Number 102 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy I.

749. Papyrus 767

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 767
Title:
Lease of Land (P.Oxy. I 103, P.Lond. III 767 descr., TM 45292)
Scope & Content:
Offer to lease a single aroura of land near the village of Isieion Panga for the duration of one year, the lessor being Aurelius Themistocles alias Dioscurides and the lessees Aurelius Leonides, son of Theon, and Aurelius Dioscorus, son of Ammonius. The land is to be sown with flax and the produ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
13 October 316
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, fully preserved, with a few holes; written on both sides along the fibres, the back only having one line. Housed in one glass case. Number 103 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy.

750. Papyrus 768

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 768
Title:
Letter to a Prefect (P.Oxy. I 122, P.Lond. III 768 descr., TM 31348)
Scope & Content:
A private letter from Gaianus to the prefect (eparchos) Agenor, confirming that he received what the recipient had dispatched, and apologising for not having been able as yet to catch the wild animals he had asked for, due to the little number of soldiers with him. With endorsement on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
late 3rd or 4th century
Extent:

Incomplete papyrus sheet, lacking part of its lower portion and the left-hand upper part, written on both sides along the fibres, the back only having one broken line. A kollesis (sheet-join) is at c. 3 cm from the left-hand side, with the fibres of the first sheet being perpendicular to the ones of the second sheet. Housed in one glass case. Number 122 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy I.

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