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3031. Papyrus 886

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 886
Title:
Homer, End of Iliad II (P.Lond.Lit. 8, P.Lond. III 886 descr., TM 60678, LDAB 1803, MP3 676)
Scope & Content:
Portions of the last two columns from the second book of the Iliad, with end-title. Left fragment: Iliad II 836-852; Other fragments: Iliad II 864-877, with end-title and ornamentation above and below it; further traces are visible below (stichometrical notation?).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:

Four fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, with minor surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Portions of the last two columns of book 2 of the Iliad survive; the first fragment from the left contains few letters of 17 lines, with a small trace of another line at the top; the surface is rubbed in places; the second, third and fourth fragments bear parts of the second column, with upper and lower margins partly preserved. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

3032. Papyrus 887

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 887
Title:
Petition (P.Lond. III 887, TM 78481)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary petition, with the names of the writer and of the recipient being lost; the petitioner complains that his neighbour having dwellings in the same house-property had offered the petitioner’s property to another Egyptian for profit and had forcibly expelled him from his units; he asks t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, imperfect at the top and damaged by small insect holes throughout. The front bears 14 lines running across the fibres, some of which are damaged; lower and side margins are extant, the upper margin survives at the top right; very faded traces of ink are visible on the back. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

3033. Papyrus 888

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 888
Title:
Receipt for Repayment of Loan (SB XVIII 13846, TM 89), and Loan Contract (P.Lond. II 888(b) descr., TM 5898)
Scope & Content:
Left papyrus (A) (TM 89): Acknowledgment of the repayment of a loan, amounting to eight bronze talents, repaid by Panebchounis, son of Totoes, to Pmois, son of Phentemmoutis. Drawn up in Krokodilopolis, Pathyrite nome, by the notary (agoranomos) Paniscus, and dated 6 January 107 BC. The docket i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
139-107 BC
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments not belonging together, housed in the same glass frame.

Left papyrus (A): Medium-to-dark-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the top and bottom, broken off on the sides; with holes regularly distributed along the right edge; written on both sides. The front bears the mid portions of 22 lines running along the fibres; upper and lower margins survive; on the back, there are 3 lines, written across the fibres, upside down in relation to the text on the front.

Right papyrus (B): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the top, right and bottom, broken off on the left; written on both sides. The front bears the ends of 28 lines running along the fibres; the lower margin survives, the right and upper margins are minimal; on the back, there are portions of 2 lines, written across the fibres at the bottom, upside down in relation to the text on the front.

3034. Papyrus 889

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 889
Title:
Receipt (P.Dryton 21, P.Lond. III 889a, TM 288) and Fragment of a Document (P.Lond. III 889b descr., TM 639)
Scope & Content:
Upper fragment (P.Dryton 21, P.Lond. III 889a, TM 288): A self-written receipt (cheirographon) of Zois alias Onchasis, who acknowledges having received 12 talents of copper from the priest Patous on behalf of Esthladas, son of Dryton. The receipt was written by a representative and issued in the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century BC - 1st century BC
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, housed in one glass case.

The upper fragment (A) is the top portion of a sheet, broken off at the bottom and written on both sides: the text on the recto is Greek and runs across the fibres, whereas the verso has a one-line docket in Demotic running along the fibres. On the verso, several fibres are missing.

The lower fragment (B) is the lower part of a sheet, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank.

3035. Papyrus 890

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 890
Title:
Receipt for Payment (P.Lond. III 890, TM 22701)
Scope & Content:
Copy of the receipt for the payment of the outstanding 60 drachmas made through the private bank of Hermaeus, to complete the purchase of five oxen, three of which are red-coloured and two white-coloured. The seller is Heracles, son of Zenon, and the buyer Apollonius, son of Hermias. With subscr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 January 6 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete, with few small insect holes. Writing runs on both sides: the back contains a one-line docket written along the fibres in the lower margin and two faded lines written across the fibres. The front bears 13 lines, complete, with blank space of 50-55 mm between lines 7 and 8. All margins are extant. Vertical folds are visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

3036. Papyrus 891

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 891
Title:
Petition to the Chief of Police (SB XX 15182, P.Lond. III 891 descr., TM 14956)
Scope & Content:
Petition to Serapion, chief of police (epistates phylakiton), from Chaeremon, son of Horion, a farmer of Euhemeria, concerning damage to his land caused by the grazing of sheep belonging to five men. Chaeremon asks Serapion to write to the chief of the village police (archephodos). An order to su...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
29-31
Extent:
Long and narrow papyrus sheet, lacking part of the right-hand side and with insect holes in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame. On the front, there are 22 lines, some of which lack the end. Blank space and paragraphus separate lines 19 and 20. The left margin measure 10-13 mm, the upper 20 mm, the lower 10 mm; no margin was left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3037. Papyrus 892

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 892
Title:
Receipt for Hay (P.Lond. III 892, TM 22702)
Scope & Content:
A man whose name is lost acknowledges receipt of one thousand bundles of hay, which were owed to Philoxenus and Euhemerus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
August-September 16
Extent:

Long and narrow papyrus sheet, riddled with insect-holes and imperfect on the right; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 13 lines running along the fibres, lacking the ends; lines 1 and 2 are abraded at the beginning. Upper, left and lower margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3038. Papyrus 893

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 893
Title:
Private Letter (P.Ryl. II pp. 381-382, P.Lond. III 893 descr., TM 13014)
Scope & Content:
Letter of Ammonius to his agent and friend Aphrodisius on various private and business matters. Among other things, Ammonius instructs the recipient to come to Boubastos and Berenikis Aigialou, where he will be harvesting, to buy fish-pickles and collect a loan. In the postscript, added at the t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
22 July 40
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, with insect-holes and some surface damage; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 18 lines running along the fibres; the surviving margins are minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3039. Papyrus 894

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 894
Title:
Petition concerning a Theft (SB XX 15032, P.Lond. IV 894 descr., TM 14925)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary petition to Gaius Iulius Pholus, chief of police (epistates phylakiton), from a certain Menches, farmer in the estate of Decimus Valerius Asiaticus, concerning the theft of a piglet worth 16 drachmas. The petitioner asks the recipient to write to the archephodus (chief of village poli...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
39-41
Extent:
Left-hand portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, with some holes in places. The front bears the beginnings of 16 lines running along the fibres, with blank space between lines 15 and 16. Upper, left and lower (110 mm) margins are extant; a sheet-join runs from top to bottom at 13 mm from the left edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3040. Papyrus 895

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 895
Title:
Petition (P.Lond. III 895, TM 11804)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of a petition addressed to Sarapion, chief of police (epistates phylakiton), from Protarchus, son of Protarchus, complaining that one of his farmers had left his fields and owed him some sort of payment. With the endorsement ('of Euhemeria') on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
28-30
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, with some surface damage in places; written on both sides. On the front, there are 13 lines from the top of a column written along the fibres; the last two lines are very fragmentary. Upper and left margins are extant, no margin was left to the right. Vertical folds are still visible. On the back, there is one word written along the fibres in the lower right edge. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

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