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1661. Papyrus 2070

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2070
Title:
Satyrus, Life of Euripides (P.Oxy. IX 1176, TM 62717, LDAB 3905, MP3 1456)
Scope & Content:
Life of Euripides by Satyrus in form of a dialogue, with end-title stating that this was book 6 of Satyrus’s Lives of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides. The portion preserved covers the main events of the life of Euripides, and describes his character as well as his views on various matters, inclu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a medium-brown papyrus roll, housed in four glass frames, named Papyrus 2070(1), Papyrus 2070(2), Papyrus 2073(3), and Papyrus 2073(4). The writing runs along the fibres on the front, and the back is blank. Portions of 22 narrow columns are preserved, about 30 mm wide, with remains of other lines. The intercolumn is minimal. Upper and lower margins are partly preserved in some of the fragments.

1662. Papyrus 2070(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2070(1)
Title:
Part 1 of the Life of Euripides by Satyrus
Scope & Content:
Fragments of the Life of Euripides by Satyrus, with anecdotes on the poet’s life and character.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

36 numbered fragments, most of which are of small size, from a papyrus roll; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Housed in a glass frame.

1663. Papyrus 2070(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2070(2)
Title:
Part 2 of the Life of Euripides by Satyrus
Scope & Content:
Portion of the Life of Euripides by Satyrus, on his character and views.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Portion of a medium-brown papyrus roll, numbered 39(1), with small detached scraps; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front preserves portions of 11 columns of narrow format (30 mm wide) and the upper margin. The intercolumnar space is minimal. Housed in a glass frame.

1664. papyrus 2070(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
papyrus 2070(3)
Title:
Part 3 of the Life of Euripides by Satyrus
Scope & Content:
Portion of the Life of Euripides by Satyrus, on his character and views; with end-title.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:
Portion of a medium-brown papyrus roll, labelled 39(2); written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front preserves portions of 11 columns of narrow format (30 mm wide) and the upper margin. Intercolumn is minimal. Housed in a glass frame.

1665. Papyrus 2070(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2070(4)
Title:
Part 4 of the Life of Euripides by Satyrus
Scope & Content:
Fragments of the Life of Euripides by Satyrus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

20 fragments from a medium-brown papyrus roll, labelled 37-57; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Housed in a glass frame.

1666. Papyrus 2071

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2071
Title:
Official Letter (P.Oxy. IX 1188, TM 21575)
Scope & Content:
Official correspondence concerning the purchase of some formerly ownerless wood by Didymus, son of Heraclides, including: line 1: ‘Kerkeura, tree branches’; lines 2-6: letter of Sarapion, district secretary (topogrammateus) of the Middle Toparchy, to Peteuris, village scribe (komogrammateus) o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
18 February 13
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete and in fair condition, with few insect holes in the lower part and damage along the vertical folds, especially on the left-hand side; written on one side, the back being blank. The front bears 29 lines; margins are extant, with the lower being wide. A sheet-join runs vertically to the right of the centre. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1667. Papyrus 2072

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2072
Title:
Informal Manumission (P.Oxy. IX 1205, C.Pap.Jud. III 473, TM 21591)
Scope & Content:
Informal manumission of a house-born slave, Paramone, aged 40, and her two children, aged 10 and 4. The synagogue of the Jews paid 14 talents of silver for the manumission through two intermediaries, one of whom was from Palestine. With subscriptions at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
14 April 291
Extent:

Fragments of varying size of a papyrus sheet, those located in the lower part of the frame being mostly scraps. The larger fragment is damaged by holes, especially along the vertical folds. The text runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank; the lines lack the beginnings. Part of the upper and lower margins survive; the left margin is lost and no margin was left to the right. The fragments are mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1668. Papyrus 2073

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2073
Title:
Adoption of a Child (P.Oxy. IX 1206, Jur.Pap. 10, Sel.Pap. I 10, FIRA III 16, TM 21592)
Scope & Content:
An agreement whereby Heracles and his wife Isarion of Oxyrhynchus consent to the adoption of their two-year old son Patermouthis by Aurelius Horion, of Oxyrhynchus. The child shall be the legal heir of Horion and shall not be repudiated or reduced into a state of slavery; Heracles and Isarion sh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 March - 25 April 335
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, damaged by wormholes and larger gaps especially in the folds, and lacking the top left, bottom left and bottom right edges. Writing is on one side along the fibres. Mounted in a glass case.

1669. Papyrus 2074

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2074
Title:
Order for Payment of Chaff (P.Oxy. X 1334, TM 21811)
Scope & Content:
A fragmentary order issued from the mother of a certain Eutropia to pay chaff to Abraham.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
29 August-27 September 416 or 418
Extent:

Papyrus fragment, broken on the sides and containing the beginnings of four lines written across the fibres. The number in red on the back refers to the publication in P.Oxy. X. Housed in a glass case.

1670. Papyrus 2075

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2075
Title:
Order for Payment of Meat (P.Oxy. X 1335, TM 21813)
Scope & Content:
An order issued by Ioannes to the butcher Serenus to pay 6 pounds of meat for the comes Diogenes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
8 March 482
Extent:

Fully preserved papyrus, with writing across the fibres on one side; ink is somewhat faded in places. The number in red on the back refers to the publication in P.Oxy. X. Housed in a glass case.

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