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Reference (shelfmark):: Papyrus 430
Title:: Accounts from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 77, SB VIII 9695, TM 32686)
Scope & Content:: One fragment on the left: Remains of an account with names and sums of money. Two fragments on the right: Fragmentary columns from an account with names and amounts of corn. Some of the men listed are military. Another portion of this account is contained in Papyrus 434.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: mid 4th century
Extent:: Three fragments of varying size, with writing on one side, across the fibres in the left fragment and along them in the right ones. The right fragments are part of the same text as Papyrus 434, but they do not join. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

Reference (shelfmark):: Papyrus 431
Title:: Account from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 76, P.Lond. II 431, TM 10063)
Scope & Content:: Short account with names and quantities of corn stated in artabas.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: Mid 4th century
Extent:: Light-brown sheet of papyrus, fully preserved, although slightly damaged at the top and at the bottom along a vertical fold. Writing is on one side along the fibres. All margins are extant, the upper and right being minimal; the left margin measures 22-25 mm, and the blank space at the bottom measures 146 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

Reference (shelfmark):: Papyrus 432
Title:: Account from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 70, P.Lond. II 432, TM 10059)
Scope & Content:: A list headed ‘corn’, with names and amounts stated in artabas. Talents occur in the last two lines.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: mid 4th century
Extent:: Light-brown sheet of papyrus, fully preserved although slightly damaged at the bottom and with a very few holes. The text is complete and runs along the fibres on one side, with the back being blank. All margins are extant, with the blank space at the bottom measuring 170 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

Reference (shelfmark):: Papyrus 434
Title:: Account from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 77, SB VIII 9695, P.Lond. II 434 descr., TM 32686)
Scope & Content:: Fragmentary column of an account listing names and amounts of corn. Some of the men mentioned are military. Another portion of this account is contained in Papyrus 430.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: Mid 4th century
Extent:: Papyrus fragment, written on one side along the fibres and containing another portion of the account partly preserved by Papyrus 430. Only the beginnings of 20 lines of a column, broken at the top and bottom, survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

Reference (shelfmark):: Papyrus 435
Title:: Accounts from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 73, SB VIII 9694, TM 32684)
Scope & Content:: Accounts headed ‘exaction of barley’, arranged in two columns; each column lists names and sums stated in talents. The total for a day is given in column 2, line 18; further accounts follow. The columns are preceded by three mutilated lines which contain names.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: mid 4th century
Extent:: Papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; damaged at the left, in the upper margin and along the vertical folds. The surface is darker in the upper portion of the sheet. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

Reference (shelfmark):: Papyrus 436
Title:: Two ‘Penthemeros’-Certificates (SB XX 14968, TM 14909-14910)
Scope & Content:: Two 'penthemeros' (five-day)-certificates issued for the requisite five-day work on the dykes to members of the same family. Column 1: Certificate issued to Petesuchus, son of Dicranes and Tanetbes, for the five-day work performed at the canal of Hephaistion. With subscriptions at the end. Col...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 4 July-10 August 69
Extent:: Papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The sheet is complete, although the surface is abraded in places and there are a few holes throughout. All margins are extant and the texts are complete. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

Reference (shelfmark):: Papyrus 438
Title:: Lease of Land (P.Lond. II 438, TM 11744)
Scope & Content:: Copy of a proposal whereby two men of Karanis, one of whom named Pasocnopaeus, intend to rent some land already sown, located near Kerkesoucha, for the current year from Hierenouphis and others. The names of the parties are mutilated.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 134-135
Extent:: Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, with some surface damage throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front preserves 19 lines, the last 7 of which are mutilated. Upper and left margins are extant; no margin was left to the right. Vertical folds are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

Reference (shelfmark):: Papyrus 439
Title:: Statement of Wheat Received (P.Lond. II 439, TM 11745)
Scope & Content:: Acknowledgment of receipt of some artabas of wheat by Horion and his colleagues, collectors of grain (sitologi); dated in the reign of Commodus.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: late 2nd century
Extent:: Papyrus sheet, damaged by holes throughout, especially in its left half, and with the surface abraded in places. Writing runs across the fibres on one side, the back being blank. All margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

Reference (shelfmark):: Papyrus 443
Title:: List of Names (P.Lond. II 443, TM 28050)
Scope & Content:: A list of names followed by the number of animals (possibly camels or donkeys) in possession of each individual, with distinction between full-grown animals and foals. The total is given at the end.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 2nd century
Extent:: Papyrus sheet, somewhat damaged to the left, but otherwise perfect. Writing runs along the fibres on one side and the back is blank. Upper, right and lower margins are extant. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

Reference (shelfmark):: Papyrus 445
Title:: Petition to the Strategus (P.Lond. II 445, TM 11747)
Scope & Content:: A fragmentary petition addressed to Dionysodorus, strategus of the Arsinoite nome, from Psenatymis, farmer of Bakchias in the property of Livia and Germanicus, against some shepherds of the same village.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 14-19
Extent:: Fragmentary papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and damaged along the horizontal folds; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Upper, left and right margins survive, the side margins being minimal. 25 lines remain, some of which are mutilated. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

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