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2092. Papyrus 2700
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2700
- Title:
- Divorce settlement
- Scope & Content:
- Divorce settlement between Aurelia Apia, daughter of Aphonis and Alilla, assisted by her mother, and Aurelius Arious, son of Atouphis and Eirene, of the village of Dinnis. The deed settles the respective rights of the ex-spouses, grants Apia the right to remarry and includes provisions for the ca...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 369
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, almost perfectly preserved, with only some abrasion on the left panel and along the sheet-join, which runs at 65-70 mm from the right edge; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears 27 lines, abraded at the beginning; the left margin measures up to 27 mm, the upper 10 mm and the lower 20 25 mm; no space was left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
2093. Papyrus 2703
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2703
- Title:
- Poll-tax receipt (TM 981671)
- Scope & Content:
- Receipt issued to Chairas, named Chaeremon in official records, of the Syrian quarters of Arsinoe to acknowledge his payment of twenty drachmas and ten bronze obols on account of the poll tax (laographia). The amount was credited to the month Mesore but paid in the next month.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- September 0175
- Extent:
- A complete and well-preserved papyrus sheet with a vertical kollesis running a few centimetres from the right edge. Written on one side along the fibres. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard and housed in a glass frame.
2094. Papyrus 2710
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2710
- Title:
- Regulations of the Synodos of Zeus the Highest (P.Lond. VII 2193, SB V 7835, TM 2462)
- Scope & Content:
- The papyrus contains the copy of regulations of an organisation called ‘Association of Zeus the Highest’, which was constituted for one year only. Among the regulations provided it is stated that the president, appointed for one year, is to host a monthly banquet in the sanctuary of Zeus for all...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 69-58 BCE
- Extent:
- Upper portion of a papyrus sheet cut from a roll, with a sheet join running down the centre and two further sheet joins at either side. Top and side margins are extant. Written on both sides, along the fibres on the recto and against them on the verso; mounted in one glass case.
2095. Papyrus 2719
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2719
- Title:
- Loan of Wheat (P.Col. VII 178(a), TM 10532)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragmentary loan of two artabas of wheat, including interest at one-third, borrowed by Aurelius Antiourios, son of Pollas. The name of the lender is damaged. With subscription of Antiourios in the same hand as the body of the document, written by Aurelios Melas, son of Sotas.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 5 December 336
- Extent:
- Medium-brown papyrus sheet, lacking most of the top and damaged along the right-hand edge; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 25 lines written along the fibres, some of which are badly mutilated. Parts of all margins survive. A sheet-join runs vertically at c. 25-35 mm from the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
2096. Papyrus 2722
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2722
- Title:
- Miscellaneous Texts (P.Lond.Lit. 251-252, TM 61193, 65614)
- Scope & Content:
- Miscellaneous texts. Three fragments at the top (P.Lond.Lit. 251, TM 61193, LDAB 2333, MP3 894): Portions of a roll containing Homer, Iliad XII; P. Harris 36 is part of the same roll and preserved further lines of the book. The text exhibits plus-verses and omissions of verses. Left fragment: ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 2nd century BC
- Extent:
-
Six fragments bearing writing on one side, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.
Three fragments at the top (A): Three fragments from a light-brown papyrus roll, further portions of which are now at the Cadbury Research Library in Birmingham, inventoried as P. Harris 177 and published as P.Harris I 36. The writing runs along the fibres. Each column originally contained an average of forty-five lines. The left fragment bears the ends of twelve lines from the top of a column running along the fibres, with ample upper margin; traces of the following column are visible. The fragment in the middle bears portions of eighteen lines, all lacking the beginnings; on the right fragment, there are the beginnings of sixteen lines, and traces of another column on the left.
Two fragments at the bottom (B): Used to back the fragments at the top, and belonging to a different papyrus roll. The writing runs along the fibres; the left fragment preserves parts of twelve lines from the top of a column, lacking beginnings and ends; the upper margin partly survives; the second fragment has the central portions of eleven lines, possibly from the foot of a column.
Lower right fragment (C): Papyrus fragment, not belonging to the other rolls; with a few words from four lines running along the fibres.
2097. Papyrus 2722 A
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2722 A
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
- Three fragments, containing Homer, Il. xii. 128- 140, 176-191, 249-263. The text shows considerable deviations from the vulgate. Originally, about 24 (?) lines to the column. 2nd cent. B.C. 3¾ in. x 1¼ in. (largrst fragment). Published by (Milne, Catalogue, no. 251. Discussed by T. W. Allen in...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Greek, Modern
- Date Range:
- 2nd century BC
- Extent:
- 1 item
2098. Papyrus 2723
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2723
- Title:
- Report, perhaps for police action (ChLA III 218 + XLII 1225, CPL 121, TM 70017), and Treatise on Grammar (P.Lond.Lit. 184, TM 63851, LDAB 5065, MP3 2996)
- Scope & Content:
- Recto (TM 70017): This report details actions of uncertain nature, apparently taken by centurions according to orders of an unknown official. Each action is recorded by consulships and prefects of Egypt. Verso (TM 63851): This is the oldest example of a Latin treatise on grammar amongst papyri...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 2nd century-3rd century
- Extent:
- Fragment from a brown papyrus roll, broken off on all sides; written on both sides; on the front, there are portions of three columns written along the fibres of 9, 10 and 5 lines respectively; the second is the best preserved. The verso was turned at 180° and reused; the text on the back is arranged in columns 75 mm wide, containing at least 23 lines each. The intercolumn measures 35 mm. The only extant margins are the upper and lower ones (72 mm each). When complete, the roll was at least [28.5] cm high. Another fragment of the same roll is P.Mich. VII 429. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
2099. Papyrus 2724
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2724
- Title:
- Letter from the Archive of Paieous (SB Kopt. III 1310, TM 44662)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter of Timotheus to Apa Paieous, head of the Meletian community, explaining that his lie was not due to intended deception, but to timidity; the address is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Coptic
- Date Range:
- 330-340
- Extent:
- Light-to-medium-brown papyrus sheet with detached scraps, lacking most of the bottom and damaged by holes throughout; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 23 lines written along the fibres, some of which are badly mutilated; 2 lines were written across the fibres along the left edge. On the back, there are 2 lines written along the fibres at the top. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
2100. Papyrus 2725
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2725
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
- MISCELLANEOUS PAPYRI. Kôm Ishgau, Egypt; the site of Aphrodito: Papyri from, or probably from. Dioscorus, of Aphrodito, in Eygpt: Papyri from his archive: 6th cent.: Gr.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 2nd century BC-6th century
- Extent:
- 1 item