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1541. Papyrus 1873(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1873(5)
Title:
Portions from Iliad II 663-760
Scope & Content:
Portion of a roll containing Homer’s Iliad II 663-691, 696-726, 730-760, with an additional line after line 683 and omission of line 687. Traces of writing are visible on the back, perhaps a name (Epagathos).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1-87
Extent:

Portion of a medium-brown papyrus roll, broken off at the bottom and damaged at the top and along the centre; written along the fibres on the front, with portions of three columns and the upper margin surviving. The back is mostly blank, with the exception of some traces running across the fibres at the bottom left and a stroke in the centre. Housed in a glass frame.

1542. Papyrus 1873(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1873(6)
Title:
Portions from Iliad II 803-875
Scope & Content:
Portion of a roll containing Homer’s Iliad II 803-830, 838-875 (lines 818-819, 822, 825-826, 828-829 in lacuna), with omission of line 839. The back of the smaller fragments bear cursive writing (document or verses?).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1-87
Extent:

Three fragments of varying size from a medium-brown papyrus roll, abraded in places; written along the fibres on the front; portions of two columns survive, the first of which is very fragmentary, alongside the upper margin. The largest fragment is blank on the back, while the two smaller fragments bear portions of a few lines running across the fibres on the back. Housed in a glass frame.

1543. Papyrus 1873(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1873(7)
Title:
End-title, prose introduction to the Iliad, further verses and lease of land
Scope & Content:
Portion of a roll containing the end-title, a prose introduction to the Iliad, Iliad I 1-2 and further lines from the Iliad, with stichometric annotations. Unplaced fragments are on the right. Two lines are visible on the back, perhaps a stichometric annotation; another text is written upside ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1-87
Extent:

Larger portion and several detached scraps from a medium-brown papyrus roll, written on both sides. The front of the largest fragment preserves three columns parallel to the fibres, with remains of writing on the back, written across the fibres, upside down in relation to the text on the front. The small fragments bear a few traces of writing on the front, and one of them displays a letter on the back. Housed in a glass frame.

1544. Papyrus 1874

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1874
Title:
Dialogue on Odyssey (P.Lond.Lit. 160, TM 61147, LDAB 2286, MP3 1214)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary dialogue on the Odyssey between Theophanes and another speaker, referring to the episode of the beggar Irus in Book XVIII. P.Giss.Lit. 2.9 (=P. BUG inv. 361, LDAB 2382) of the third century BC contains the same work.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century BC
Extent:
Five fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, darker and with surface damage in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Fragment 1 bears portions of 2 columns of 12 and 11 lines respectively and part of the upper margin; fragment 2 preserves few letters of 6 and 10 lines from 2 columns; on fragment 3, remains of 4 lines survive; fragment 4, which is the largest, contains portions of 4 columns and the lower margin; fragment 5 bears traces of 2 lines. The column width is 70 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1545. Papyrus 1876

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1876
Title:
Correspondence on the Sale of Minimally Productive Land (SB V 7599, TM 14031)
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the sale of five aruras of minimally productive land (hypologos) located in Tebtynis, which Cronion and Syrus, sons of Satyrus, intended to buy from the fiscus. Lines 1-7: Letter of Harpocration, royal scribe of the division of Polemon in the Arsinoite nome, to Eutychu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
25 May 95
Extent:
Square-shaped papyrus sheet, imperfect on the left and with insect-holes throughout, especially along the vertical folds; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 34 lines; upper and lower margins survive. No margin was left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1546. Papyrus 1877

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1877
Title:
Receipt of Ward’s Alimony (P.Fam.Tebt. 53b = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 53b, TM 10759)
Scope & Content:
Receipts arranged in two columns from Herakleia alias Arsinoe, through her brother Marcus Aurelios Didymos alias Alexander and her father Herakleides alias Didymos. Herakleia acknowledges that she has received the alimony and clothing for her son Iulius alias Herodes from Philosarapis son of Lysi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
218
Extent:

Square-shaped papyrus, medium-brown, complete but riddled with holes throughout and with surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are two column of 23 and 32 lines, mutilated in places; margins are extant, with no space having been left on the right.

1547. Papyrus 1878

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1878
Title:
Receipt of Ward’s Alimony (P.Fam.Tebt. 53a = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 53a, TM 10758)
Scope & Content:
Herakleia alias Arsinoe, through her father Herakleides alias Didymos, acknowledges receipt of the alimony and clothing for her son Iulius alias Herodes from Philosarapis son of Lysimachos, guardian of the minor. The name of Geta was erased from the dating clause. Papyri 1877 and 1950 are other r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
208 or 209 (?)
Extent:
Upper portion of a papyrus, with surface damage in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there is the top of a column of which 19 lines survive, the last being very fragmentary. Upper and left margins are extant; no space was left on the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1548. Papyrus 1885

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1885
Title:
Copy of Report with Annexed Documents (P.Fam.Tebt. 15 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 15, TM 10732)
Scope & Content:
Report sent to Sarapion, strategus of the meris of Herakleides, by the former gymnasiarch Isidorus, concerning some missing or damaged rolls of the public archives, with various annexed documents. The text is part of the archive of Philosarapis. Lines 1-37: report by Isidorus annexing the lette...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
114-115
Extent:
Long fragment of a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres, preserving six columns of various widths, the first of which is fragmentary; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1549. Papyrus 1888

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1888
Title:
Report of Trial with Annexed Documents (P.Fam.Tebt. 24 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 24, TM 10742)
Scope & Content:
Extracts from the record of Apollonius, former strategus of the meris of Themistos, who is acting as a judge in a trial in order to decide who shall be held responsible for some damaged rolls of the public archives. The parties involved are three: Euangelus, son of Patron (former keeper of the p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
24 May 124
Extent:

Fragments from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres, and preserving four columns, the fourth being wider than the others. All the columns are nearly complete with the exception of the first, which is fragmentary. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1550. Papyrus 1889

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1889
Title:
Report of Legal Proceedings (SB I 5761, TM 13999)
Scope & Content:
Court protocol concerned with a dispute over inheritance. Ptolema, a minor, had inherited a house and some land from her late father, sold by her guardians to repay the debts incurred. Ptolema demands that Apia, wife of one of the creditors, returns what she was given to repay a debt connected to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
89-91
Extent:
Portion of a medium-brown papyrus roll, broken off on the left and with damage along the vertical folds; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 2 columns written along the fibres; the second is complete, the first lacks a few letters at the beginnings of the lines; upper, lower and right margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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