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4031. Papyrus 2511

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2511
Title:
Account (P.Diog. 52, TM 26626)
Scope & Content:
Account, perhaps from the archive of Diogenes, with sums stated in drachmas. Among the entries are the price for three fleeces, and the payment for a rural guard (agrophylax). The sums are multiple of four drachmas.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
132-248
Extent:

Dark-brown papyrus sheet in poor condition, with holes and heavy abrasion; broken off at the bottom; the back lacks part of the vertical fibres. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. On the front there are traces of one column. The papyrus is housed in one glass frame.

4032. Papyrus 2512

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2512
Title:
Loan of Money (P.Diog. 25, TM 10697)
Scope & Content:
Heraclides, son of Nemesion, acknowledges receipt of a six-month loan of 100 silver drachmas. Penalty applies should he fail to repay the debt in time. With Heraclides’ subscription at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4 December 132
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, broken off to the right and damaged at the top and along the vertical folds; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There is one column of 23 lines, lacking the ends. The left margin is irregular, of the right margin only a small portion survives, and the blank at the bottom measures 70 mm. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

4033. Papyrus 2513

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2513
Title:
Petition about Mortgaged Land (P.Diog. 17, TM 26616)
Scope & Content:
Petition to the strategus, enclosing the copy of the subscription of the prefect in reply to a petition sent to him about a dispute over a mortgaged plot of land. The land had been inherited by the petitioner from his grandmother. The petioner asks that his opponent be summoned by the strategus....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
132-248
Extent:

Mid-dark brown papyrus sheet, broken off to the left, with holes in the preserved portion; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 35 lines, lacking the beginnings; upper and lower margins survive, with the blank at the bottom measuring 70-75 mm. No margin was left to the right. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

4034. Papyrus 2514

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2514
Title:
Tax Receipt (P.Diog. 40, TM 10709)
Scope & Content:
Receipt for two payments of four and eight drachmas respectively on account of the tax on settlers’ land (arithmetikon katoikon), made by Isas, son of Ion.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 November 216
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved; with writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 13 lines written along the fibres; all margins are extant and ample, with exception of the right, which is minimal. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

4035. Papyrus 2515

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2515
Title:
Excerpt from Register recording Civic Status (P.Diog. 5, TM 10714)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary extract from a register for status check of Marcus Lucretius Clemens, great-grandfather of Marcus Lucretius Diogenes. The list of witnesses is at the end. The application for status examination was submitted in 132/133, but this is a copy dated to sometime after 138.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
around 138
Extent:

Medium-to-dark-brown papyrus sheet, broken off on the left, with holes in the middle; written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are the ends of 22 lines written along the fibres; the upper margin is extant, while no margin was left to the right. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

4036. Papyrus 2516

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2516
Title:
Request for Provisional Registration (P.Diog. 20, TM 10694)
Scope & Content:
Conclusion of a request for provisional registration (parathesis) of some property that the applicant has bought; with subscription of Aurelius Antoninus, keeper of the archives (bibliophylax), and dating clause at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12 July 226
Extent:
Lower portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the bottom and sides; with writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 9 lines written along the fibres from the bottom of a column, with a small trace of another line at the top; upper, right and left margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

4037. Papyrus 2517

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2517
Title:
Loan of Wheat (P.Diog. 30, TM 10702)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a contract for the loan of five artabas of wheat between Aurelius Aionis, son of Pasis, and the son of a certain Sabinus, whose name is damaged, both from Philadelphia, the lessees, and Aurelius Ptolemaeus, the lessor. The rest of the contract is preserved in Papyrus 2525.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
225-235
Extent:
Right-hand fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, the left-hand portion of which is Papyrus 2525; with writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are the ends of 23 lines written along the fibres; upper and lower margins are extant, while no margin was left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

4038. Papyrus 2518

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2518
Title:
Receipt of Payment (P.Diog. 36, TM 26620)
Scope & Content:
Marcus Iulius Casianus acknowledges receipt of the outstading sum for 1 ¾ aruras of land, which he had sold to Valeria, daughter of Gaius, for 1100 silver drachmas.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
132-248
Extent:

Long and narrow papyrus sheet, medium-brown, complete, damaged by holes and abraded in places; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There is one column of 22 lines, which occupy the upper half of the sheet. Margins are extant, with the blank at the bottom measuring 130 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

4039. Papyrus 2519

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2519
Title:
Tax Receipt (P.Diog. 39, TM 10708)
Scope & Content:
Conclusion of a tax receipt; with dating clause and large crosses.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
195-217
Extent:

Lower portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and left; with writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are the ends of 3 lines written across the fibres; lower and right margins survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

4040. Papyrus 2520

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2520
Title:
Notification to the Keepers of Public Archives (P.Diog. 19, TM 10719)
Scope & Content:
Notification submitted to the keepers of the public archives (bibliophylakes) by Aurelia Copria’s guardian concerning the registration of his report on the management of the minor’s property in the public archives; the guardian has the receipt; with signature of the scribe of the keepers of the a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
226
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, imperfect at the bottom, complete on the other sides; with minor abrasion near the centre; with writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 13 lines written across the fibres; upper, left and right margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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