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2401. Papyrus 30

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 30
Title:
Account (P.Lond. I 30, UPZ I 105, TM 3496)
Scope & Content:
Account recording money payments for grain and especially for water, arranged in boxes. The account for water extends from the 16th of the month Pauni to the 26th of the month Epeiph. The back bears traces of two lines.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
172-152 BC (?)
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with some surface damage throughout. The writing runs on both sides along the fibres. On the front, there are 4 lines, followed by several tables with figures; all margins are extant. The back bears two lines, badly damaged. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame, with an opening for the text on the back.

2402. Papyrus 31

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 31
Title:
Receipt for Allowances due to the Twin Sisters of the Serapeum (P.Lond. I 31, UPZ I 29, TM 3420)
Scope & Content:
Demetrius son of Sosius acknowledges receipt of a quantity of sesame oil as allowance of the twin sisters of the Serapeum Taous and Tages. There follows another receipt (lines 6-12) for two payments made on account of the allowances of sesame oil of years 18 and 19 in the reign of Ptolemy VI and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 December 162 BC
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, square-shaped, complete and well preserved. The writing runs on both sides. On the front, there are 13 lines running along the fibres; all margins are extant. On the back, there are two lines written across the fibres at the bottom. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2403. Papyrus 32

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 32
Title:
Official Notice (P.Forshall XLIV, P.Lond. I 32, W.Chr. 24, TM 19999) and Accounts (P.Lond.Copt. 698 descr., TM 86304)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Forshall XLIV, P.Lond. I 32, W.Chr. 24, TM 19999): An official notice containing measures taken against fugitives, possibly sailors; dated to 30 May 698 or less probably 713. Verso (P. Lond. Copt. 698 descr., TM 86304): Greek accounts with Coptic words.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
end of 7th century-8th century
Extent:
Fragment of a light-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the left, top, and right on the recto, and at the left, bottom, and right on the verso. On the recto there is a Greek text written against the fibres, on the verso there is a Greek text with Coptic words (Sahidic with Fayumic influences) running along the fibres. Mounted on paper in a glass case.

2404. Papyrus 33

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 33
Title:
Petition of the Twin Sisters of the Serapeum (UPZ I 39, TM 3430), and Private Letter (UPZ I 74, TM 3465)
Scope & Content:
Draft of a petition to the hypodioiketes Sarapion from the twin sisters Taous and Taoues, who ask for his assistance to receive the oil allowance still due to them. A draft of the beginning of a letter from Apollonius to various individuals is written in the right margin, the other way up in re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
161 BC
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete, but torn along the left edge and in the centre; written on one side along the fibres. On the front, there is a column of 35 lines and another small column of 10 lines written the other way up in relation to the first column, with traces of two erased lines; all margins are extant. The back is blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2405. Papyrus 34

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 34
Title:
Report on the Allowances due to the Twins of the Serapeum (P.Lond. I 34, UPZ I 37, TM 3428)
Scope & Content:
Copy of official papers concerning the allowances due to the twin sisters Taous and Tages, and including: minute of Ptolemaeus, enclosing Dorion’s report, with the amount of oil due annually and the statement that nothing has been paid for the 20th year; official dockets; report of Areus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
8 February 161 BC
Extent:

Long and narrow papyrus sheet, complete, with few holes on the left and at the bottom not affecting the writing; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 23 lines, complete; all margins are extant, with the blank at the bottom measuring 140 mm. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom at 30 mm from the left edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2406. Papyrus 35

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 35
Title:
Petition for the Twin Sisters in the Serapeum at Memphis (P.Lond. I 35, UPZ I 53, TM 3444)
Scope & Content:
Petition to the hypodioiketes Sarapion from Ptolemaeus, recluse in the Serapeum of Memphis for eleven years, requesting the payment of the allowance of bread, which had fallen into arrears, to the twin sisters Taous and Tages. Papyrus 24 verso is a copy of the same petition.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
After 10 January 161 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet of light colour, damaged by holes in places, especially along the left edge; written on both sides; the front bears 31 lines written along the fibres; the back has one word written along the fibres in the upper left corner. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame, with an opening on the back showing the writing.

2407. Papyrus 41

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 41
Title:
Documents concerning the Twin Sisters in the Serapeum at Memphis (P.Lond. I 41 ro., UPZ I 57, TM 3448; P.Lond. I 41 vo., UPZ I 58, TM 3449)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. I 41 ro., UPZ I 57, TM 3448): Letter concerning the claim of the twins to allowance of bread on account of the libations offered to Asclepius, which they ask to be reinstated. Verso: Copy of a petition from the twins Taous and Taues to Sarapion, concerning the allowance of bread...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
164-161 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete, with worm-holes and surface damage in places; written on both sides. The text on the front runs along the fibres; there is one column of 25 lines, the last three of which are obliterated; in the lower left corner there are 3 additional lines. Margins are extant, the upper and right being minimal. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom along the left edge. The back contains 5 lines written along the fibres at the top; after some blank space there are one column of 3 lines on the left and 1 line in the middle; additional lines are written across the fibres, 2 of which run into the lines at the top. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2408. Papyrus 42

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 42
Title:
Private Letter (UPZ I 59, P.Lond. I 42, Chrest.Wilck. 97, TM 3450)
Scope & Content:
Letter of Isias to her husband Hephaestion, showing disappointment at the news of his not returning home and his remaining secluded in the Sarapieion in Memphis. After the hardships she has faced with their child, she was hoping to find some rest with his return. She begs him to come back, for t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1 September 179 BC or 29 August 168 BC
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus sheet, with a darker patch in the lower half, complete, displaying holes throughout and damaged in the upper right corner; written on both sides along the fibres, the back bearing one word. On the front there is one column of 32 lines, complete; all margins are extant, with the lower and right being minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case with the exception of a small window on the back, which shows the writing.

2409. Papyrus 43

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 43
Title:
Private Letter (UPZ I 148, P.Lond. I 43, Chrest.Wilck. 136, TM 3540)
Scope & Content:
Letter of a woman to her son or husband, expressing her joy in learning that the recipient is studying Egyptian writing (Demotic), so that he may teach the slave boys in the establishment of a doctor.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century BC
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus sheet, darker in places, complete, with some surface damage and somewhat torn at the edges; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. On the front there is a column of 9 lines, complete, which occupy the upper half of the sheet; margins are extant, with the blank at the bottom measuring 95 mm. On the back, there are traces of one column, effaced. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in glass, with the exception of a small window on the back to show the writing.

2410. Papyrus 44

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 44
Title:
Petition about an Assault (P.Lond. I 44, UPZ I 8, TM 3399)
Scope & Content:
Petition addressed to the strategus Dionysius from Ptolemaeus, son of Glaucias, 'secluded' (katochos) in the Serapeum in Memphis, complaining that some men had tried to enter the sanctuary and attack him, as he was a Greek. They robbed and beated Diphilus, another recluse. Ptolemaeus asks that t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
After 8 November 161 BC
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. There is one column of 35 lines, and further writing in the side margins: in the left margin, the text is upside down, in the right margin it runs along the right edge perpendicularly to the main column. Margins are extant, the right and lower being minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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