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3481. Papyrus 1661

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1661
Title:
Order to Send Persons to Court (P.Lond. V 1679, TM 19698)
Scope & Content:
Copy of an official order to send two persons to court; the names of the individuals summoned are given at the end and are Apollos, a village headman (protokometes), and a woman named Mariam; the endorsement is on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
525-526
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, mutilated at the top and bottom, with minor surface damage along the left edge and with few insect holes in places; written on both sides. The front bears 15 lines written along the fibres, with the first and last damaged; margins on the sides survive. On the back there is one damaged line running along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

3482. Papyrus 1662

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1662
Title:
Lease of a Building (P.Lond. V 1691, TM 19708)
Scope & Content:
Lease of part of a walled building at a rent of 3,000 talents per year; the lessor is Apollos, father of Dioscorus, and the lessee Aurelius Cyriacus, son of Andreas and Maria, a blacksmith. With subscription of Cyriacus and endorsement on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
8 March 532
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, darker in places, broken off at the bottom and with some insect holes; the surface is slightly abraded in few places; written on both sides. The front bears one column, of which 21 lines along the fibres survive; upper and side margins survive. On the back, there is one line running along the fibres at the top. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

3483. Papyrus 1664

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1664
Title:
Deed of Divorce (P.Lond. V 1713, TM 19730)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary deed of divorce between Aurelius Theodorus, son of Georgius and Nonna, and Aurelia Amaresia, daughter of Proous and Phania, both of Antinoopolis; written by Dioscorus. This is a copy of P.Flor. I 93.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
5 October 569
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, torn at the top and with surface damage throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are portions of 30 lines, abraded in places; the margins on the side are minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3484. Papyrus 1665

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1665
Title:
Contract of Partnership (P.Lond. V 1705, TM 19722)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary contract between Besarion, uncle of Dioscorus, and Victor, who undertake to jointly cultivate a farm belonging to the Holy New Church of Aphrodito for a period of two years; the land had earlier been leased by Besarion. With summary on the back. Dated to 517 or 532-533.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of the 6th century
Extent:
Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and bottom, darkened and abraded in places; written on both sides. The back bears traces of one line written along the fibres; on the front, there are 12 lines, with a small trace of an additional line at the top. Margins on the sides survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

3485. Papyrus 1666

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1666
Title:
Receipt (P.Lond. V 1703, TM 36925)
Scope & Content:
Receipt of Astragolius for the payment of one solidus minus 3 ¼ carats on account of the sportula of Philadelphus, sent by Taurinus through the tax-official (hypodektes) Ioannes; with endorsement on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:
Medium- to dark-brown papyrus slip, with darker patches, complete; with a hole in the central vertical fold; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 4 lines running across the fibres. All margins are extant. On the back, there is one line written along the fibres at the top left. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

3486. Papyrus 1668

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1668
Title:
Lease of Land (P.Lond. V 1695, TM 19714)
Scope & Content:
Lease for a five-year period of a plot of land belonging to Sibylla and Herais, daughters of Musaeus; the lessee is Aurelius Psachos, son of Victor. Provisions are made for the payments of the rent: the lessee is to pay the taxes in kind and money for the land, in addition to 26 artabas of wheat,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
29 August 530 or 531
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, darkened on the left-hand side, broken off at the top and bottom, and with vertical breaks; written on both sides. On the front, there are 25 lines running along the fibres; only the margins on the sides survive. The back bears one line mutilated at the beginning, written along the fibres in the upper part of the sheet. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

3487. Papyrus 1670

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1670
Title:
Account of Money (P.Lond. V 1807, TM 38864)
Scope & Content:
Account of money sent by Epimachus and someone else on Epeiph 1 (25 June) of the fifth indiction; with endorsement on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7th century
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus fragment from the beginning of a roll, made of two sheets with opposite fibre orientation: on the front the left-hand sheet displays vertical fibres and the right hand sheet horizontal fibres; on the back, the upper sheet has vertical fibres and the lower horizontal fibres. The papyrus is complete and well preserved, slightly torn at the bottom (front), and is written on both sides across the fibres apart from the ends of few lines on the front, which were written on the second sheet, and hence along the fibres. The front bears 9 lines and the back 2 lines. On the front, the sheet-join runs from top to bottom at 70 mm from the right edge. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

3488. Papyrus 1673

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1673
Title:
Contract of Partnership (P.Lond. V 1794, TM 19767)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of a contract of partnership between two fruit-dealers, named Aurelius Isidorus and Aurelius Dorotheus, of Hermopolis; with docket on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
21 June 488
Extent:

Upper portion of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom but complete at the top and sides; with insect holes in places and darker on the left-hand side; written on both sides. The front bears 17 lines from the top of a column, written along the fibres; upper and side margins are extant. On the back, there is one line written along the fibres, lacking the end. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

3489. Papyrus 1674

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1674
Title:
Lease of Land (SB XVIII 13587, TM 18395)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a contract for a lease of land for a period of two years, the lessee being a farmer from a Hermopolite village, and the lessor being from Hermopolis. The tenant has the right to sow whatever crops he chooses. The rent is 19 carats.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
556-557
Extent:

Upper right corner of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, with a few holes; written on one side along the fibres. The ends of 12 lines from a top of a column survive; the back is blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3490. Papyrus 1675

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1675
Title:
Tax Account (P.Lond. V 1761, TM 36936)
Scope & Content:
Tax account listing Hermopolite localities, followed by amounts of wheat; the text on the back corresponds to that on the front, with different heading.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century?
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, light-medium brown, somewhat torn along the sides and with a few holes and some surface damage in places; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front bears 22 lines and the back 24 lines. Side margins are partly preserved, upper and lower margins are lost. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

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