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Papyrus roll with a detached scrap, incomplete to the left; overall well preserved, but slightly damaged by holes at the bottom and left, and with minor surface damage in places. Writing runs along the fibres on the front, with the exception of the lines written on the left-hand sheet of the roll, which run across the fibres; the fibre orientation of this sheet, which measures x mm, is opposite to that of the other sheets forming the roll, the fibres being vertical. This sheet bears four lines. In the rest of the roll there is one wide column of 18 lines; blank space separates lines 5 and 6 and lines 17 and 18. Additionally, space fillers further divide the first 5 lines of text from the rest. Sheet-joins are visible. The back is blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

Papyrus sheet, cut to host the text on the back; it displays some surface damage at the top (front), but it is well preserved as to the rest. Writing runs across the fibres on both sides. The front bears 15 lines; the text breaks off at the top and bottom. Line 2 was written in ink that turned brown. The text on the back is complete and is arranged in two columns under a heading. The ink has turned brown. All margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

Papyrus sheet, with holes and surface damage throughout and darker by pacthes; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front bears parts of three columns; a sheet-join runs across the fibres and along the height of the sheet in the middle. The back is badly abraded. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

Papyrus roll broken off to the left, damaged by holes throughout, the holes being bigger in the left half, and with dark stains; well preserved as to the rest. Writing runs along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front bears one broad column of 19 lines, the ends of which display some surface damage; traces of a preceding column in a different hand survive. Upper, right and lower margins are extant. Sheet-joins running along the height of the roll are visible in the middle and in the right edge. On the back there are various columns of different length. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

Papyrus roll, broken off at the left and damaged by holes and other surface damage especially in the left portion; the right half is better preserved. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. 6 columns are preserved, the first of which is fragmentary. Upper, lower and right margins survive; sheet-joins running along the height of the roll are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

Portion of a medium-brown papyrus roll, broken off on the sides, complete at the top and bottom; riddled with insect holes; written on both sides. On the front, there are 6 columns written along the fibres, the first and last of which are very fragmentary. On the back, portions of four columns written across the fibres survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

Bottom left portion of a papyrus sheet, with parts of five lines and a deep lower margin measuring 145 mm, which may have been folded round as a protective covering. Written across the fibres, on one side only. Mounted on cardboard in one glass frame.

Portions of papyrus roll, housed in three glass frames named Papyrus 1178(1), Papyrus 1178(2), and Papyrus 1178(3); damaged by holes throughout and written on one side, the back being blank. Papyrus 1178(2) and Papyrus 1178(3) are mounted on cardboard; Papyrus 1178(1) preserves three seals on the back. Writing runs along the height of the roll.

Papyrus 1178(1): Sheet glued at the beginning of the roll; 7 lines written along the fibres, abraded in places; blank space between lines 1 and 2; margins are extant. On the back at the bottom there are three seals. Sheet-joins running along the width are visible.

Papyrus 1178(2): Light-coloured by patches, with minor abrasion and holes especially in the left half; 42 lines written across the fibres, few of which lack the beginnings. A strip of horizontal fibres was glued onto the surface in the upper half. Three stains are visible at the top.

Papyrus 1172(3): With darker patches; mutilated in the left-hand side and at the bottom, with detached scrap; with surface damage in places. 50 lines written across the fibres, some of which lack the beginnings.

Six fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, light-brown, with darker patches; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of various columns running along the fibres. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.