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2971. Papyrus 798

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 798
Title:
Taxation Accounts (P.Oxy. II 288, P.Lond. III 798 descr., TM 20559)
Scope & Content:
Copies of tax receipts recording money payments made over various years by Tryphon and his father Dionysius on account of four taxes: the tax on weaving, the poll tax, the tax on pig and the tax for the maintainance of the dykes. The payments were mostly made through banks. In the extract at the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
After 22 July 25
Extent:

Papyus sheet, complete but damaged by abrasion and holes, especially in the left half and along the vertical folds; writing is on one side along the fibres, with the back blank. There is one column of 42 lines; all margins are extant, the right being minimal and irregular. The left margin measures 17-23 mm, and the lower 30-35 mm. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2972. Papyrus 799

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 799
Title:
Taxation Account (P.Oxy. II 289, P.Lond. III 799 descr., TM 20560)
Scope & Content:
Copies of receipts of tax payments, mostly made by Thoonis, son of Thoonis, through the bank, in various years, from 12th of Nero to 8th year of Vespasian. The payments were made on account of various taxes (poll-tax, tax on pig, tax for the maintainance of the embankments).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 January 83
Extent:

Fragments of a papyrus roll, broken along the horizontal fold, darkened in places, especially to the left, and with surface damage throughout; it breaks off to the right. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, with the back being blank. The text is arranged in two columns, separated by approximately 13-25 mm. From line 11, the first column comprises two columns, of which the first has 4 short lines, and the second 7 lines. Upper and left margins are extant. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2973. Papyrus 800

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 800
Title:
Letter of a Strategus (P.Oxy. II 291, P.Lond. III 800 descr., TM 20562)
Scope & Content:
A letter of Chaereas, strategus of the Oxyrhynchite nome, to Tyrannus, administrator, requesting him to write a list of arrears in wheat and money, the payment of which should be demanded, according to Severus’ instructions. He mentions that he will be visiting soon. The address is on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
25-26
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, light-brown by patches, complete but damaged by holes throughout and with some abrasion. Writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back having a one-line docket located at the bottom. The front has one column; all margins are extant, with the blank space at the bottom measuring 75 mm. Modern annotations were made on either side; the number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

2974. Papyrus 801

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 801
Title:
Title Tag (P.Oxy. II 301, P.Lond.Lit. 95, TM 62774, LDAB 3962, MP3 1481)
Scope & Content:
Title tag (sillybos), originally pasted to the outside of the roll under its right-hand end, reading ‘Sophron’s mimes on women’.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century-2nd century
Extent:

Slip of papyrus, written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. It contains three words arranged in three lines; all margins are extant, the upper, left, and bottom being minimal. The right margin measures 70 mm. The tag would have been pasted to the outside of the roll to help identify the content. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2975. Papyrus 802

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 802
Title:
Loan for the Purchase of a House (SB X 10249, P.Oxy. II 318, P.Lond. III 802 descr., TM 16687)
Scope & Content:
A contract for a loan of 160 drachmas of silver to be repaid within the following year, the lessor being Antiphanes, son of Heraclas, and the lessee Tryphon, son of Dionysius, both of Oxyrhynchus. The loan is intended to cover the outstanding sum for the purchase of a house that Antiphanes himse...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
58-59
Extent:

Incomplete papyrus sheet, severely mutilated at the top and in the lower half, and worm-eaten throughout the preserved portion. The surface is abraded in few places. The text runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Parts of one column of 35 lines survive, with lines 5-17 being better preserved and mostly complete. The text was crossed out. Parts of the left and upper margins survive; no margin was left to the right. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2976. Papyrus 803

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 803
Title:
Notice on the Registration of a Mortgage (P.Oxy. VIII 1105, P.Oxy. II 339 descr., P.Lond. III 803 descr., TM 21730)
Scope & Content:
Phanias, agent of Phanias, asks the notary (agoranomos) of Oxyrhynchus to register a three-year mortgage contract of three-fifths of a three-storey house for a loan of 400 drachmas of silver. The house includes a cellar, courts, and a stone well among the other things. The mortgagee is Thonis, s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
81-96
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and with some surface damage in the preserved portion. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. One column of 23 lines survives, with the last three lines quite mutilated. Left and right margins are extant; no margin was left to the right. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2977. Papyrus 804

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 804
Title:
Declaration of Sheep and Goats (SB XVI 12759, P.Oxy. II 354 descr., P.Lond. III 804 descr., TM 16290)
Scope & Content:
Return of 375 sheep and 100 goats for the current year, made by Heraclides, son of Heraclides, and addressed to Theon, head of a district (toparches).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
15
Extent:

Fragmentary papyrus sheet of light colour, broken off at the bottom and lacking part of its central portion. The text runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank; there is one column with parts of 17 lines. Left and upper margins are partly preserved; irregular and minimal margin to the right. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2978. Papyrus 808-809

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 808-809
Title:
Contracts (SB XVI 12952, 13048, TM 16327, 16359)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus 808, column 1: Portion of a contract drawn up in Oxyrhynchus. Unpublished. Column 2 (SB XVI 12952, TM 16327): Portion of a wet-nurse contract drawn up in Oxyrhynchus between Themistocles, son of Ptolemaeus, and Apollonarion, a freedwoman acting with a guardian, who undertakes to nurture...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
68-96
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (Papyrus 808): Portion of a medium-brown papyrus roll with detached scrap, complete at the top and broken off on the other sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 2 columns of varying length in different hands; the sheet containing the first column was glued onto the second sheet; the upper margin survives. The back is blank. The modern annotation in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II.

Lower papyrus (Papyrus 809): Portion of a medium-brown papyrus, complete at the top and broken off on the other sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 2 columns in different hands; the sheet containing the first column was glued onto the second sheet; the upper margin survives at least partly. The back is blank. The modern annotation in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II.

2979. Papyrus 810

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 810
Title:
Label (P.Oxy. II 381, TM 20598)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus label containing a date, apparently a title-tag (sillybos) to be attached to the outer side of a roll. Dated between 28 October and 26 November 76.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
76
Extent:

Small papyrus strip, complete, written on one side across the fibres. The front bears two complete lines; all margins are extant, the left being generous. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The back is blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2980. Papyrus 815-816

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 815-816
Title:
Commentary on Aristotle’s Topics (P.Fay. 3, P.Lond.Lit. 180, TM 59295, LDAB 392, MP3 165), and Homer, Iliad VIII (P.Fay. 4, P.Lond.Lit. 17, TM 61207, LDAB 2347, MP3 830)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (Papyrus 815, P.Fay. 3, TM 59295): Portion of a commentary on Aristotle’s Topics II.2, with quotations and their paraphrasis. The quotations project to the left. Assigned to the second half of the first century AD. Lower papyrus (Papyrus 816, P.Fay. 4, TM 61207): Small fragment of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century BC-2nd half of 1st century
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, bearing writing on one side only; mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (Papyrus 815): Fragment of a papyrus roll, darkened at the top, broken off on all sides and with surface damage throughout; there remain portions of three columns, and the second is the best preserved. No margin survives; the intercolumn is minimal. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Fay.

Lower papyrus (Papyrus 816): Fragment of papyrus roll, broken off at all sides, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Portions of two consecutive columns are preserved; of the first, the ends of 5 lines remain; of the second the beginnings of 8 lines. Each column would have had 34 lines. The intercolumn survives. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Fay.

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