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2891. Papyrus 709

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 709
Title:
Receipt for Repayment of a Loan (P.Nekr. 17, P.Grenf. II 69, P.Lond. III 709 descr., TM 22626)
Scope & Content:
Copy of a receipt acknowledging the repayment of a loan of 1000 drachmas with accrued interest after eighteen years. The parties involved are the funerary worker (nekrotaphos) Petechon, son of the lender, Polydeuces surnamed Mersis, and Aurelia Senosiris, widow of the borrower Apollonius and dau...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
after 7 October 265
Extent:

Light-brown sheet of papyrus, damaged at the top and bottom and defaced in places, and with a small detached scrap. Writing is on one side along the fibres, with the back being blank. Four vertical folds are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2892. Papyrus 710

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 710
Title:
Copy and Submission of Deed of Gift (P.Nekr. 21, P.Grenf. II 70, Chrest.Mitt. 191, P.Lond. III 710 descr., TM 22627)
Scope & Content:
A copy of the deed contained in Papyrus 708 (P.Nekr. 11), made forty years later than the original, whereby Petosiris, funerary worker (nekrotaphos) of Hibis, grants Petechon of Kysis a quarter share of the funerary practice he owns in Kysis as a gift; with subscriptions at the end. The body of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
16 August 287
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, made out of two fragments; a third small fragment is housed in the Sackler Library, Oxford, and preserves the upper right corner, with the ends of the first three lines of the recto. Writing is on both sides along the fibres, with the back having a two-line docket. The left margin survives to 10 mm, the upper to 5 mm, the lower to 35-40 mm; no margin was left at the right. Five vertical folds are visible; the papyrus was folded from the right. It is housed in a glass case.

2893. Papyrus 711

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 711
Title:
Mandate to Register a Deed of Gift (P.Nekr. 10, P.Grenf. II 71, Chrest.Mitt. 190, P.Lond. III 711 descr., TM 22628)
Scope & Content:
A mandate from two brothers from different mothers, Petosiris and Petechon, sons of Petechon, funerary workers (nekrotaphoi), to Aurelius Marianus, who is to sail to Alexandria to register a deed of gift executed for them by their father. The deed is then enclosed. The possessions, equally divid...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
9 September 244
Extent:

Papyrus roll, light-brown by patches, damaged by holes throughout and defaced in places. Writing is on one side along the fibres; portions of two columns survive, with the second being better preserved. The intercolumn measures 10 mm; the left margin 30 mm and no margin was left to the right; the upper and lower margins do not survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2894. Papyrus 712

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 712
Title:
Loan of Money (P.Nekr. 39, P.Grenf. II 72, P.Lond. III 712 descr.,TM 22629)
Scope & Content:
A loan of two talents borrowed by Aurelius Souris, son of Petechon, of Kysis, aged forty-eight, from Aurelius Psentphous, funerary worker (exopylites) of Diospolis, living in the cemetery of Ptytis. The loan shall be repaid with interest. Aurelius Philemon wrote on behalf of Aurelius Souris, who...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
13 February 308
Extent:

Dark-brown papyrus sheet, damaged in the middle and with a few wormholes at the upper and lower edges. Writing runs on both sides along the fibres, with the back having a one-line docket. Five vertical folds and a horizontal one at 126 mm from the top are visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

2895. Papyrus 713

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 713
Title:
Letter about a Body (P.Nekr. 28, P.Grenf. II 73, Chrest.Wilck. 127, P.Lond. III 713 descr., TM 31940)
Scope & Content:
A letter from Psenosiris, a presbyter in the Panopolite village of Toeto, to Apollon, a presbyter in the Great Oasis, reporting the arrival of the body of a woman, transported by and entrusted to some funerary workers (nekrotaphoi) until the arrival of her son. The docket is on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Late 3rd century
Extent:

Complete papyrus sheet, darker by patches; the surface is somewhat abraded in places. Writing is on both sides along the fibres, the back having a two-line docket. The left margin measures 5 mm, the upper 15 mm and the lower 60 mm; no margin was left at the right. Housed in a glass case.

2896. Papyrus 714

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 714
Title:
Sale of a Camel (P.Nekr. 32, P.Grenf. II 74, P.Lond. III 714 descr., TM 22630)
Scope & Content:
Sale of a white female camel, purchased for nine talents by Aurelius Apianus, funerary worker (exopylites) of Kysis, from Aurelius Heron, cavalryman stationed in the village of Tentyra. With Heron’s subscription at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 April 302
Extent:

Fragments of a papyrus sheet, damaged along the vertical folds. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Four vertical folds and one horizontal are visible. Left, upper and lower margins measure 20 mm; the right margin is minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2897. Papyrus 715

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 715
Title:
Receipt for Payment of Wages of a Wet-Nurse (P.Nekr. 40, P.Grenf. II 75, P.Lond. III 715 descr., TM 22631)
Scope & Content:
Tapaous, funerary-worker (nekrotaphe) of the city of Mothis, acknowledges that she has received from Casianus, funerary-worker (nekrotaphos) of Kysis, maintenance, clothing allowance and twenty talents as payment for a quarter of her service as a wet-nurse. Aurelius Philosarapis wrote on her beh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6 January 308
Extent:

Fragmentary sheet of papyrus, damaged especially along the vertical folds and darker by patches. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The left margin measures 10 mm, the upper 5 mm, and the blank space at the bottom 60 mm; the right margin is minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2898. Papyrus 716

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 716
Title:
Deed of Divorce (P.Nekr. 34, P.Grenf. II 76, Chrest.Mitt. 295, P.Lond. III 716 descr., TM 22632)
Scope & Content:
Deed of divorce by mutual consent between Aurelius Soulis and Senpsais, both funerary workers, due to some evil spirit. The parties acknowledge that all possessions have been returned: Soulis has received back all of the marriage gifts and Senpsais, who is free to remarry, has been returned the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
305-306
Extent:

Incomplete papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and lacking part of the right edge, with a loss of 2-7 letters. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The surface is abraded in places. Upper and left margins measure 15 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2899. Papyrus 717

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 717
Title:
Letter about Funeral Expenses (P.Nekr. 18, P.Grenf. II 77, Chrest.Wilck. 498, P.Lond. III 717 descr., TM 22633)
Scope & Content:
A letter to Sarapion and Silvanus from Melas, who complains about their behaviour and claims some funerary expenses: instead of collecting the body of their brother Phibion, taken there by a funerary worker (nekrotaphos), and of paying for the funeral expenses, they just took the possessions of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
260-275
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, damaged throughout, especially in the left half; writing is on both sides along the fibres, the back bearing the docket; on the front, three lines were written perpendicularly to the main text, from top to bottom of the left margin. Vertical and horizontal folds are visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

2900. Papyrus 718

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 718
Title:
Petition to the Praeses (P.Nekr. 38, P.Grenf. II 78, Chrest.Mitt. 63, TM 22634)
Scope & Content:
A petition to Satrius Arrianus from Syrus, son of Petechon, funerary worker (nekrotaphos), who reports that his wife Tseke and their children, although they are freeborn, have been imprisoned by another family of funerary workers. When he tried to free them, Syrus was beaten. He now asks that hi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
February-March 307
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres; one of this remain unplaced and is in a different hand. Further fragments of the same sheet are housed in the Sackler Library, Oxford, and contain the beginnings of lines 14-16, 20-21 and 23-36. The margins are 20 mm at the left, 15 at the top, 55 at the bottom, and less than 5 at the right. The back is blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

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