Name: Thoonis, 1nd half of 1st century / Digitised Content Platform: BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable) / Material Type: Archives and Manuscripts - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Name Thoonis, 1nd half of 1st century Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable) Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

Reference (shelfmark):: Papyrus 794
Title:: Contract of Apprenticeship (P.Oxy. II 275, P.Lond. III 794 descr., TM 20546)
Scope & Content:: A contract whereby Tryphon, of Oxyrhynchus, apprentices his son Thoonis to Ptolemaeus, weaver of Oxyrhynchus, for the period of one year. Tryphon shall cover his son’s expenses, but Ptolemaeus shall pay 5 drachmas per month and 12 drachmas on account of clothing at the end of the contract. Penal...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 18 September 66
Extent:: Papyrus sheet, complete, with few insect holes along the folds. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The text is complete and consists of 46 lines; lines 37-46 are indented. There is little surface damage occasionally. All margins are extant, with the blank space at the bottom measuring 135 mm. No margin was left to the right. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

Reference (shelfmark):: Papyrus 1186
Title:: Notice of Removal (P.Oxy. II 251, P.Lond. III 1186 descr., TM 20521)
Scope & Content:: Notice addressed to Didymus and presumably Apollonius, district and village scribes (topogrammateis and komogrammateis), by Thamounis, of Oxyrhynchus, reporting that her son Thoonis no longer lives in the quarter where he was registered, but moved abroad. Thamounis asks that his son may be added...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 8 January 44
Extent:: Fragmentary papyrus sheet, worm-eaten throughout, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are portions of 41 lines, with traces of ink in the upper margin. The numbers in red refers to the edition in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

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