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3241. Papyrus 1223

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1223
Title:
Lease of Land (P.Lond. III 1223, Chrest.Wilck 370, TM 22846)
Scope & Content:
Application addressed to Marcus Antonius Pallas from Menodorus alias Ammonius, Eudaemon, Hermaeus, and his brother Metocus, Dius and Didymus, of Hermopolis, who wish to lease some land for a period of two years. Details on the payment of the rent are provided. The dating clause is at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6 October 121
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete, but damaged by holes and abrasion in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 15 lines; the margins survive, with no margin having been left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3242. Papyrus 1224

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1224
Title:
Order for Payment in Grain (SB XVI 13046, P.Lond. III 1224 descr., TM 16357)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary order addressed to a head of the granary (sitologos) instructing him to pay wheat from the produce of the previous year to Hermodorus, son of Dius.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 April 65
Extent:
Upper portion of a papyrus sheet, badly mutilated on the left-hand side; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are portions of 14 lines, lacking the beginnings. The upper margin partly survives, side margins are minimal, with the left being badly mutilated. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3243. Papyrus 1225

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1225
Title:
Lease of Land (P.Lond. III 1225, TM 22847)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary application for a lease of twenty-seven aruras of land located in the Hermopolite nome; the names of the parties are lost.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
70-71
Extent:

Fragment of a mid-dark brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the top, bottom and left; a small piece of papyrus was glued onto the surface; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There is one column, with portions of 17 lines, all lacking the beginnings; of the last 4 lines, only the ends are preserved. The right margin is generous and measures 50 mm; no other margin survives. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom along the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3244. Papyrus 1226

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1226
Title:
Accounts (P.Lond. III 1226 ro., P.Lond. III 1226 vo. descr., TM 11769-11770)
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 11769): Account of receipts and expenditures for the month of Thoth of the current year, addressed to the landowner Aurelius Appianus from Aurelius Heroninus, estate manager. Among the expenses recorded are the salaries for Heroninus, herdsmen and donkey drivers. With further text in t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
254-255
Extent:
Light-brown papyrus sheet, of paler colour in places, with few holes and breaks; the back displays surface damage, with lack of vertical fibres; written on both sides. On the front, there is one column written along the fibres, with traces of a preceding column; the back has three columns written across the fibres, with the first being mutilated. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

3245. Papyrus 1227

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1227
Title:
Application for Lease of Land (P.Lond. III 1227, TM 22848)
Scope & Content:
Application for a one-year lease of public land located in the Hermopolite nome addressed to Apollonius, strategus of the Hermopolite nome, from Cornelius Aphynchis, son of Petenobsis. With subscription of Cornelius Aphynchis at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
23 October 152
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete, but with holes and surface damage; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are 15 lines, abraded in places and written in the centre of the sheet. Margins are extant, with the upper and lower being wide, and measuring 90 mm and 45 mm respectively. No margin was left to the right. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass fame.

3246. Papyrus 1228

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1228
Title:
Private Letter (SB XXVI 16536, P.Lond. III 1228 descr., TM 29260)
Scope & Content:
A letter, presumably from Aline to her husband Apollonius, alluding to the completion of some woodwork in a small house and to the administration of the office by the recipient himself, in the absence of Posidonius.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
early 2nd century
Extent:

Upper part of a papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The top of two columns survive, with at least another column missing; the intercolumnar space is 2 mm. The upper and right margins are extant, the top measuring 15 mm and the right being minimal; the left and lower margins are not preserved. The surface is abdraded in places and damaged by holes throughout. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

3247. Papyrus 1229

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1229
Title:
Repayment of a Loan or Payment of Rent (P.Lond. III 1229, TM 22849)
Scope & Content:
Undertaking to pay 120 drachmas in the months of Pauni and Epeiph to Areius, an oil manufacturer, for the value of the fodder produced from the land. Written by Hermeinus, son of Areius. The receipt acknowledging the payment of earnest money follows.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 May 145
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, broken off to the left, with surface damage in places; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are 20 lines, all lacking the beginning, for a loss of 10 letters on average. Upper and lower margins survive, with the lower being wide and measuring 65 mm. No margin was left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3248. Papyrus 1231

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1231
Title:
Notification to the Strategus (P.Lond. III 1231, TM 22851)
Scope & Content:
Notification to Heraclides, strategus of the Hermopolite nome, from two men concerning the termination of a lease of 19 aruras of land they were renting with a third man, now deceased. They ask that the lessor, who may be Flavius Heraclius, be notified.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 January-25 February 144
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, lacking the lower and upper left-hand corners, and with holes and surface damage in places; written on one side along the fibres, with the back being blank. There is one column, of which 32 lines survive, the last being very fragmentary. Upper and left margins remain; no margin was left to the right. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom along the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3249. Papyrus 1232

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1232
Title:
Tax Receipts (P.Lond. III 1232, TM 11771)
Scope & Content:
Receipts issued by the collectors of money taxes (praktores argyrikon) of Soknopaiou Nesos for monthly payments made by various individuals on account of receipts from the village.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
23 August 211
Extent:
Left-hand portion of a papyrus sheet, damaged by insect holes and lacking part of the bottom; with some abrasion in places. Writing runs along the fibres on the front, the back being blank. There is one column of 21 lines; margins partly survive, the lower and left being generous; no margin was left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3250. Papyrus 1233

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1233
Title:
Tax Receipt (P.Lond. III 1233, TM 11772)
Scope & Content:
Tax receipt issued by Kalabelis, son of Sotas, and the other tax collectors of Soknopaiou Nesos, acknowledging the monthly money payments made by Orsenouphis.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
25 June-24 July 212
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete but damaged by holes and abrasion, especially in the lower half; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There is one column of 30 lines. Upper, left and lower margins are extant, with the blank at the bottom measuring 45 mm; no margin was left to the right. Part of a sheet-join running from top to bottom is visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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