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71. Papyrus 117

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 117
Title:
Scope & Content:
Pap. CXVII. FRAGMENTS of the work of Epicurus ----------, bk. ii., from the Herculanean roll, No. 1149, one of the rolls presented by the Neapolitan Government to George, Prince of Wales, afterwards King George IV. First century. See W. Scott, Fragmenta Herculanensia, 1885, pp. 53, sqq. Mounted ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:
1 item

72. Papyrus 118

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 118
Title:
Scope & Content:
Pap. CXVIII. FOUR of the Herculanean rolls, three of which bear the numbers 1120, 1125, 1464, presented by the Neapolitan Government to George, Prince of Wales, as above. They are in the state in which they were found, being charred, hardened, and distorted by the action of fire; measuring from ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

73. 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 The fragments are mounted on cardboard in two glass frames; an additional glass frame contains unpublished fragments.

74. Papyrus 120

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 120
Title:
Scope & Content:
Pap. CXX. FRAGMENTS of an accompt and other documents, mostly of late periods. Greek. In four frames. Purchased in 1887. Greek MSS: : ?. Accounts: Fragments of an account.: Gr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

75. Papyrus 120 (3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 120 (3)
Title:
Hymn to the Nile, Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed and Psalm (P.Lond.Lit. 239, TM 62209, LDAB 3369, MP3 2479.010)
Scope & Content:
Miniature parchment codex containing a hymn to the Nile with a prayer for the flood, followed by the Niceno-Constantinopolitan creed and Psalm 132 (133). Possibly used as an amulet or portable prayer book.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:

Nine leaves from a miniature parchment codex, darkened in places, otherwise overall well preserved; with writing on both sides except for the first and last leaves, which are written on one side only. Housed in a glass frame.

76. Papyrus 121

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 121
Title:
Magical Handbook (P.Lond. I 121 = PGM VII, TM 60204, LDAB 1321, MP3 0552 + 1868 + 6006 = Van Haelst 1077)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus 121 (1) – Papyrus 121 (2), Col. 4. lines 1-33: Homer Oracle (Homeromanteion, MP3 552). Papyrus 121 (2), Col. 4, lines 34-39: Two spells to keep insects out of the house, arranged in two columns at the sides of the title of the Homeromanteion; lines 40-52: List of days and parts of days...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Fragments of various sizes from an opistographic papyrus roll, which was folded from right to left; damaged at the beginning, preserving 19 columns of varying width on the recto and 13 on the verso, 3 of which added by a second hand at the sides of the main text.

77. Papyrus 122

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 122
Title:
Collection of Magical Spells (P. Lond. I. 122.; PGM VIII; TM 59324)
Scope & Content:
col. 1-2: Binding love spell of Astrapsoukos col. 2-3: Request for a Dream Oracle to Besas.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Fragment of a roll, written on one side only, mounted in perplex, housed in a paper case.

78. Papyrus 123

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 123
Title:
Magical Text (P.Lond. I 123, PGM (2) II 9, 30, TM 64577, LDAB 5807)
Scope & Content:
Magical text containing an invocation to the Gnostic deity Bainchoch; the first line, then repeated in line 12, is iambic. On the back there is a sketch of two figures: a baboon and a divinity (Horus or Harpocrates?) with hawk head holding an ‘ankh’ in his hand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century-5th century
Extent:

A light-brown papyrus sheet, fully preserved, containing writing on one side across the fibres and a drawing on the other side; mounted in glass.

79. Papyrus 124

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 124
Title:
Magical Spells (P.Lond. I 124, Pap.Graec.Mag.(2) II 10, TM 64532, LDAB 5760)
Scope & Content:
Magical spells serving various purposes: Column 1: Love spell; Column 2, lines 1-5: Spell to restrain anger, with drawing of the metal leaf (lamella) to be inscribed with charakteres and letters. Column 2, line 6-end: Spell of submission of Apollon, with the inscribed metal leaf (lamella) con...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century-5th century
Extent:

Sheet of light-brown papyrus, lacking the left hand-side, damaged along the vertical folds; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. It preserves two columns, the first lacking the beginnings of the lines. Upper, right and lower margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

80. Papyrus 125

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 125
Title:
Account of Expenses (P.Lond. I 125 ro., TM 33213), and Magical Text (P.Lond. I 125 vo., Pap.Graec.Mag. (2) II 11a, TM 64578, LDAB 5808)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. I 125 ro., TM 33213): Account of expenses of an estate, recording payments made to various individuals and stated in artabas of wheat; dated to July 336. Verso (P.Lond. I 125 vo., Pap.Graec.Mag. (2) II 11a, TM 64578, LDAB 5808): Magical text, Apollonius of Tyana’s old serving wom...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

A fragment of a light-brown papyrus roll, bearing writing on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. Damage is located along the vertical folds. The front preserves three columns, the third of which is mutilated; upper and lower margins are extant. The back contains two columns, which are complete; all margins are extant. The intercolumn is irregular. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

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