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Place Dios Polis (Thebes East), Egypt Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Papyrus 51(A)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 51(A)
Title:
Fragment of a Petition (UPZ II 152, P.Lond. I 51(a), TM 3553)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a petition to the King from the priests (pastophoroi) of the god Amenophis, who are apparently being wronged by a police officer (phylakites); reference to rent is made; with further writing on the left margin and on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
Left-hand portion of medium-brown papyrus sheet, bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there survives the left-hand portion of one column of text, running along the fibres; the upper and left margins are generous; at the bottom of the left margin there are the beginnings of 9 lines, which may not belong to the same text. A sheet-join runs along the left edge. On the back, there are portions of 6 lines running across the fibres. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame, with a small opening for the text on the back.

5. Papyrus 106

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 106
Title:
Petition to the King (P.Lond. I 106, UPZ II 151, TM 2975)
Scope & Content:
A petition addressed to the king Ptolemy by Areus, complaining about an act of violence perpetrated by Cephalon in front of witnesses. Areus asks for the matter to be investigated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
After 9 August 259 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, with detached fragment at the bottom, lacking the right upper edge and broken off at the bottom; with surface damage in the preserved portion. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Upper and left margins are preserved, no margin was left to the right and the lower margin is lost. A sheet-join runs across the fibres and along the lower half of the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in glass.

6. Papyrus 109

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 109
Title:
Tax Rolls (SB XIV 11704, P.Lond. I 109a, TM 27504, and P.Lond. I 109b, TM 28058)
Scope & Content:
Fragments of different rolls. Papyrus 109A(1-5) (SB XIV 11704, P.Lond. I 109a, TM 27504): Fragments of the same tax roll as Papyrus 119. It contains a list of persons responsible for money taxes on land; rates are assessed per arura. Papyrus 109A(1-3) have been published; the rest in unpublishe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Fragments from different papyrus rolls, named Papyrus 109A and Papyrus 109B.

Papyrus 109A: Fragments of varying size from the same roll as Papyrus 119, written on one side along the fibres; the back is blank. The fragments are mounted on cardboard in five glass frames, named Papyrus 109A(1), Papyrus 109A(2), Papyrus 109A(3), Papyrus 109A(4), and Papyrus 109A(5).

Papyrus 109A(1) houses one fragment which preserves the upper margin and part of the top of a column, with the first ten lines being better preserved. The sheet was numbered at the top.

Papyrus 109A(2): One fragment containing one column with ten lines and traces of another; blank space separates lines 9 and 10. The upper margin is preserved. The surface is abraded in places.

Papyrus 109A(3): Small fragment with the ends of five lines.

Papyrus 109A(4): Seven fragments of varying size, the largest preserving parts of six lines. The top left fragment has remains of seven lines, with traces of an additional one, some of which display corrections above the line.

Papyrus 109A(5): One small fragment with parts of seven lines.

Papyrus 109B(1-6): Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres and mounted on cardboard in five glass cases, named Papyrus 109B(1), Papyrus 109B(2), Papyrus 109B(3), Papyrus 109B(4), and Papyrus 109B(5-6).

Papyrus 109B(1): Large fragment with smaller joining fragment, damaged by holes and lacking most of its right half. There are remains of three columns; only few ends of lines from the foot of column 1 remain; the bottom of column 2 is preserved; the third column is almost complete; numbered at the top.

Papyrus 109B(2): One sheet, almost complete, with few holes; stained in the lower half; it preserves one complete column and part of another; numbered at the top; two lines were rubbed off towards the end.

Papyrus 109B(3): Fragment of a sheet, broken off at the right and left, with one column; upper and lower margins extant. Numbered at the top.

Papyrus 109B(4): Joining fragments with portions of three columns; of the first only few line ends survive; the second lacks parts of the top and bottom; the third is the best preserved, but lacks some of the line endings.

Papyrus 109B(5-6): Thirteen fragments of varying size; the largest, located in the middle of the frame, contains parts of two columns, the intercolumn and the upper margin.

7. Papyrus 119

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 119
Title:
Register of Contributors for Tax on Land (Geometria) (P. Lond. I 119, TM 20001)
Scope & Content:
Official register of contributors for the geometria, a tax on land, arranged according to districts and alphabetical order. Each entry would have contained the name of the individual, details concerning the property, the tax rate.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
143-144
Extent:

Fragments from a long papyrus roll written on one side along the fibres. Most of the columns that survive are mutilated, but where it is preserved the writing is in good condition. A further portion of the text is to be found in Papyrus 109A (= SB XIV 11704). The fragments are mounted on cardboard in two glass frames; an additional glass frame contains unpublished fragments.

8. 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.