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3411. Papyrus 1546(a-c)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1546(a-c)
Title:
Handbook for Teaching Declamation (controversiae) (P.Lond.Lit. 140, TM 63515, LDAB 4724, MP3 2516 + 2551), Xenophon, Memorabilia, IV.2.1-4. (P.Lond.Lit. 150, TM 62987, LDAB 4179, MP3 1561), and Demosthenes, De Falsa Legatione, 1-7, 9-13 (P.Lond.Lit. 126, P.Oxy. LXVII 4569, TM 59615, LDAB 717, MP3 291)
Scope & Content:
Top left fragment (A) (P.Lond.Lit. 140, P.Lond. V 1814 a descr., TM 63515, LDAB 4724, MP3 2516 + 2551): Papyrus sheet containing three columns of a handbook for teaching declamation written along the fibres. They contain at least one oration; the subject of column 2 is apparently a case of disin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-4th century
Extent:

Three literary prose fragments, all mounted in the same glass.

a: Fragment of papyrus sheet containing three columns of 35 lines written along the fibres. The space between the columns measures 10 mm, the width of the margins 127 mm.

b: Portions of three columns, written along the fibres; the first two columns contain 56 lines. The space between the columns is 20 mm, the width of the margins 127 mm.

c: Imperfect leaf of a papyrus codex, written on both sides, 25 lines on the recto and 25 lines on the verso.

3412. Papyrus 1547

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1547
Title:
Agreement concerning Taxes (P.Lond. V 1661, TM 19678)
Scope & Content:
Agreement addressed to the pagarchs Flavius Iulianus and Menas, through the headmen (protokometai) Flavius Dioscorus and Flavius Apollos, from Aurelius Pesalous, son of Isidorus and Maria, and Aurelius Menas, son of Hermauos and Tsone, tax-collectors (apaitetai) of Aphrodito. The tax-collectors a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
24 July 553
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, medium-brown, complete; with some surface damage and abrasion in places; written on both sides. On the front, there are 29 lines written along the fibres, complete; all margins are extant. A crease is visible from top to bottom towards the right, which the scribe tended to avoid in writing. On the back, two lines run along the fibres at the top. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

3413. Papyrus 1548

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1548
Title:
Agreement for Arbitration from the Archive of Dioscorus (P.Lond. V 1707, TM 19724)
Scope & Content:
Agreement for arbitration (compromissum) between Aurelius Conon, representing his wife Athanasia, on the one hand, and Athanasia’s uncle Aurelius Theodorus, son of Psoius, and his nephew Aurelius Psoius, son of Cosmas, a notary, on the other. The dispute may be the one concerning half share of th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
5 October 566
Extent:
Medium- to dark-brown papyrus, with wormholes regularly distributed and damage along the vertical folds; written on both sides. On the front, there are 8 lines running along the fibres. The back bears traces of 3 or 4 lines running along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

3414. Papyrus 1549

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1549
Title:
Lease of Land (P.Lond. V 1686, TM 19703)
Scope & Content:
Sale of three aruras of waterless land from Dioscorus to the monastery of Zmin, in the Panopolite nome. The monastery is to pay the taxes related to fourteen aruras of arable land owned by Dioscorus near Phthla. With subscriptions of Dioscorus, who wrote the document, and of a witness.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7 November 565
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, darkened in places, almost complete, lacking the lower right-hand corner and with breaks and holes, mostly located along the horizontal folds at the bottom; slightly abraded in places; written on one side, the back being blank. There are 47 lines across the fibres. Margins survive: the upper is irregularly cut; the side margins display holes; the lower is lost on the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3415. Papyrus 1550

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1550
Title:
Order for Payment for Military Supplies (P.Lond. V 1663, TM 19679)
Scope & Content:
Order issued by the count (comes) and praeses of the Thebaid Phoebammon to the inhabitants of Aphrodito to pay corn, meat, wine as supplies for a military unit of five hundred and eight Numidians stationed at Hermopolis for the protection of the Thebaid. The supplies are intended for the months J...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
549-550
Extent:
Medium- to dark-brown papyrus, broken off on the left, complete on other sides; well preserved; written on one side. The back is balnk. On the front, there are 2 columns of 14 and 13 lines respectively, running along the fibres. Upper and lower margins are extant, no margin was left to the right. Folding lines are still visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3416. Papyrus 1551

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1551
Title:
Leases of Land (P.Lond V 1692, TM 19709-19710)
Scope & Content:
Two leases between Flavius Dioscorus, son of Apollos, and the shepherd Aurelius Georgius, son of Psais. Column 1: Georgius acknowledges that he has leased some land from Dioscorus for one year. With subscriptions of the lessee (written by someone else as he is illiterate), of a witness and of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
555-556
Extent:
Medium-to-dark brown papyrus, damaged along the vertical folds; written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank. On the front, there are two columns of 24 and 26 lines respectively. Upper and lower margins are extant, the left margin partly survives. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3417. Papyrus 1552

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1552
Title:
Dioscorus of Aphrodito, Encomiastic Poems to Romanus (P.Aphrod.Lit. IV 4, P.Lond.Lit. 98, P.Lond. V 1817 descr., TM 59713, LDAB 817, MP3 348.02 = Pack 351 partim).
Scope & Content:
Iambic and hexameter encomiastic poems with titles, dedicated to Romanus and written by Dioscorus of Aphrodito. The second encomium is acrostic. Column 1, lines 1–18: Romanus is praised for his fortune, his class, his faculty as a protector of the public and his ability to write pleasant speec...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:
Well-preserved fragment from a papyrus roll; writing is along the fibres on one side and two columns are preserved; of the first column only the ends of lines survive and its biggest portion is contained in a papyrus held in the Institute of Papyrology in Sorbonne and published as P.Rein. II 82. The second column is fully preserved. A sheet-joint is visible. Mounted in a glass case.

3418. Papyrus 1557

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1557
Title:
Receipt for Rent (SB XX 14460, TM 7905)
Scope & Content:
Philippus acknowledges payment of 2500 bronze drachmas from Pheris as rent of a pigeon house. With date at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
23 April 254 BC or 22 April 143 BC
Extent:
Papyrus sheet of good quality, torn along the right edge and with some surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 8 complete lines; left, upper and lower margins survive; the right margin is damaged. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3419. Papyrus 1561

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1561
Title:
Private Letter (SB III 6265, TM 25445)
Scope & Content:
Letter to Serenus from Ascles, who hopes to see the recipient soon and enquires about his health. He was grieved that he missed the ship. With address on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
late 1st century
Extent:
One medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with a few insect-holes at the bottom (front); written on both sides. On the front, there are 14 complete lines running along the fibres, the last being written after some blank space; all margins are extant, the lower being ample. The back bears one line written across the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

3420. Papyrus 1562

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1562
Title:
Accounts (SB XVI 12695, TM 17450, 93096)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Presumably an account roll of official nature, of which a portion survives, possibly dating from 102-117 (unpublished). Verso: Annual summary submitted by supervisors (epiteretai) of the farmed taxes levied on a market in Oxyrhynchus. The account includes a heading, the tariff on the rat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of 2nd century
Extent:
Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus roll, written on both sides. On the front, there are the endings of lines from one column, written along the fibres; on the back, there is one column, complete and running across the fibres; another small column was written in the right margin. All margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

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