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2411. Papyrus 45

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 45
Title:
Petition to the King (P.Lond. I 45, UPZ I 10, TM 3401)
Scope & Content:
Petition to the king and queen by Ptolemaeus, son of Glaucias, 'secluded' (katochos) in the Serapeum in Memphis. Not only did his neighbours demolish a paternal house located in the Herakleopolite nome, carrying off the goods, but they also used the space as their own. As Ptolemaeus is not able ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
160 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet of light colour with darker patches, complete, with few holes and some surface damage in places; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There is one column of 35 lines, with wide top. Left and bottom margins; the right margin is irregular and occasionally minimal. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom at 55 mm from the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2412. Papyrus 47

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 47
Title:
Magical Handbook (PGM I 6, P.Lond. I 47, TM 60673, LDAB 1798, MP3 1867)
Scope & Content:
Portion of the same magical handbook as P.Berol. inv. 5026, with an invocation to Apollo. The handbook continues with recipes for obtaining oracles and hymns. Homer’s Iliad I 37-41 is quoted; with marginal notes. On the back are portions of three lines from another text.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:
Four fragments from the same papyrus roll as P.Berol. inv. 5026, light-brown; written on both sides. On the front, there is one column of 47 lines along the fibres, with lines 1-23 lacking the beginnings; this column precedes the ones on the Berlin papyrus. Lines are uneven and of different length; the left margin is wide. Portions of 3 lines written along the fibres are visible on the back. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame, with a small opening on the back to show the writing.

2413. Papyrus 50

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 50
Title:
Declaration of House-Property (P.Lond. I 50, UPZ I 116, Chrest.Wilck. 221, TM 3508)
Scope & Content:
Apynchis, resident of Memphis, declares his home and bakery, located across a street from one another, for the total value of one talent. Dimensions and position of the buildings are provided. The document is addressed to Metrodorus, a financial official (epimeletes).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
October 209-208 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete, with few holes and minor surface damage in places; written along the fibres on the front; the back bears a modern annotation recording the former collections the papyrus belonged to. On the front there are 22 lines with two interlinear additions; margins are extant and ample. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame; an opening shows the annotation on the back.

2414. Papyrus 51(A)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 51(A)
Title:
Fragment of a Petition (UPZ II 152, P.Lond. I 51(a), TM 3553)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a petition to the King from the priests (pastophoroi) of the god Amenophis, who are apparently being wronged by a police officer (phylakites); reference to rent is made; with further writing on the left margin and on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
Left-hand portion of medium-brown papyrus sheet, bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there survives the left-hand portion of one column of text, running along the fibres; the upper and left margins are generous; at the bottom of the left margin there are the beginnings of 9 lines, which may not belong to the same text. A sheet-join runs along the left edge. On the back, there are portions of 6 lines running across the fibres. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame, with a small opening for the text on the back.

2415. Papyrus 75

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 75
Title:
Account (SB I 5316, TM 26063)
Scope & Content:
Account with names and quantities of unknown items.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century-2nd century
Extent:
1 Papyrus, incomplete, broken off at left, bottom and right, margins preserved at top; 12 lines on recto, written along the fibres, verso blank, housed in a glass frame.

2416. Papyrus 106

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 106
Title:
Petition to the King (P.Lond. I 106, UPZ II 151, TM 2975)
Scope & Content:
A petition addressed to the king Ptolemy by Areus, complaining about an act of violence perpetrated by Cephalon in front of witnesses. Areus asks for the matter to be investigated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
After 9 August 259 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, with detached fragment at the bottom, lacking the right upper edge and broken off at the bottom; with surface damage in the preserved portion. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Upper and left margins are preserved, no margin was left to the right and the lower margin is lost. A sheet-join runs across the fibres and along the lower half of the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in glass.

2417. Papyrus 112

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 112
Title:
Deed of Sale (ChLA III 198 [+ XXII 719 + XXIX 879], P.Ital. II 38–41, TM 114844)
Scope & Content:
Deed of sale made on behalf of a banker named Theodorus issued to a buyer whose name is lost. Theodorus sells half of a house he had obtained from a major of the exarch of Italy, called Eleutherius (616–661 AD). The house is located in Ravenna, near the Padenna river, and is composed of two floo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
616-619
Extent:
Fragment of a papyrus, additional fragments of which are now in the Vatican Library and in Padua University Library (Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche). Written on one side, the back bearing modern annotations; with portion of one column containing 11 lines on the recto. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2418. Papyrus 116(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 116(A-B)
Title:
Tax Receipts (P.Lond. I 116a, Chrest.Wilck. 286, TM 11623; and P.Lond. I 116b, TM 38889)
Scope & Content:
Upper text on papyrus (P.Lond. I 116a, Chrest.Wilck. 286, TM 11623): Receipt for poll tax paid at the order of the amir Abdallah by the carpenter Theodorus. Dated to 14 December 645 or 705? Lower text on parchment (P.Lond. I 116b, TM 38889): Seventh-century receipt for a tax payment made throug...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7th century
Extent:

Two pieces that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

Upper piece (A): Small papyrus piece, complete, with writing on one side across the fibres; the back is blank. The text is complete and consists of six lines. All margins are extant.

Lower piece (B): Rectangular piece of parchment, with writing on one side, the back being blank. The text is complete and consists of three lines. All margins are extant.

2419. 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.

2420. 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.

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