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4161. Papyrus 2853

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2853
Title:
Account for a Festival (SB IV 7336, TM 30801)
Scope & Content:
Account listing the expenses for religious festivals, mentioning, among the others, a trumpeter, dancer, comedian, doorkeeper of the temple, trainers, pancratiasts. On the back, thre are portions of other accounts (unpublished).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Late 3rd century
Extent:
Long and narrow papyrus sheet, complete at the top, bottom and right (front), with small insect holes throughout; written on both sides. On the front, there is one column of 30 lines running along the fibres, mutilated; on the back there are the ends of 8 lines followed by blank space and 3 additional lines; writing is against the fibres, upside down in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

4162. Papyrus 2854

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2854
Title:
Receipt of Payment (P.Lond. VII 1963, TM 1526)
Scope & Content:
Acknowledgment in the form of a double deed, in which Panacestor, superintendent of the dispatches, has received from Posidonius, royal banker in Memphis, a salary of 300 drachmae as per Apollonius' order. The retribution is said to be 200 drachmae in the outer text. Lines 1-12: Inner text; Li...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 July-18 August 256 BCE
Extent:

Two larger fragments that do not join, with two lines lost in between, and two scraps from a dark-brown papyrus sheet; writing is along the fibres on one side only. Margins are extant. The text, in the form of a double deed, is arranged in one long column; the two versions of the deed are separated by some blank space. The papyrus was folded up from top to bottom. Mounted in one glass case.

4163. Papyrus 2859

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2859
Title:
Miscellaneous Documents (P.Lond. VII 2192, TM 2461)
Scope & Content:
A (P.Lond. VII 2192, SB X 10296, TM 2461): Fragment of a letter to the concessionaire of the perfume monopoly in Philadelphia from the contractors of the Arsinoite nome. Dated 93-92 or 60-59 BC. B-F: Unpublished fragmentary documents; C bears writing on both sides and the text on the back is da...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century BC
Extent:

Six fragments that do not belong together, housed in one glass frame.

A: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete on the sides, broken off at the top and bottom, worm-eaten in places; written on one side along the fibres; the front bears 7 lines. The back is blank.

B: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, apparently complete on the right, broken off on all other sides; written on one side along the fibres; the front bears the ends of 5 lines. The back is blank.

C: Lower left portion of a papyrus sheet, written on both sides. The front bears parts of 12 lines from the bottom of a column, written along the fibres; the back contains parts of 7 lines from the bottom of a column, running across the fibres.

D: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the top and perhaps at the bottom, broken off on the other sides; with surface damage in places; written on one side along the fibres; the front bears parts of 7 lines. The back is blank.

E: Small papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears parts of 1 line; the back is blank.

F: Small papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears a few letters from 3 lines; the back is blank.

4164. Papyrus 2902

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2902
Title:
Private Letter (P.Lond. VII 2034, TM 1596)
Scope & Content:
Letter from Heraclides to Theon, informing him about the arrival of Agathocles; with address on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC-2nd century BC
Extent:
Small papyrus sheet, complete, with some surface damage; written on both sides. On the front there are 9 lines written along the fibres, complete; all margins survive, with the right being slightly damaged. On the back, there is one word written across the fibres in the lower right-hand corner. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

4165. Papyrus 2906

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2906
Title:
Troparion for Easter (SB V 7695, TM 36227, LDAB 6443, van Haelst 0765)
Scope & Content:
A fragment of a troparion to be recited on Easter day, with quotations from Matthew 28, 11-13, 27.64 and Psalm 118.24.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, written on one side across the fibres and broken at the top and bottom. Whether this was an isolated text or part of a liturgical roll is unknown. Words do not overflow into the following line but are completed above the line. Nomina sacra are abbreviated. Housed in one glass case.

4166. Papyrus 2907

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2907
Title:
Fragment of a Letter from the Zenon Archive (P.Lond. VII 2138, TM 1698)
Scope & Content:
A fragment of a letter from the Zenon archive, of which little remains and in poor condition.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Mid 3rd century BC
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, medium-brown, with the lower part being darker, and broken off on all sides. Remains of 12 lines are preserved; writing is along the fibres on one side only. Mounted on cardboard in one glass case.

4167. Papyrus 2910

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2910
Title:
Advocate’s Speech? (SB X 10292, TM 14306)
Scope & Content:
Speech, presumably of ad advocate, held during a trial before some high official, against Potamon, former strategus of the division of Herakleides, for mismanagement in the collection of a farmed tax, perhaps the one on sale.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
176?
Extent:

Lower part of a papyrus sheet, with abrasion and few holes; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. 24 lines from the foot of a column survive; the left margin measures 60 mm, the lower 30 mm and the right varies between 5-20 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

4168. Papyrus 2912

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2912
Title:
Sale of a House (TM 653735)
Scope & Content:
Contract of sale of a building, possibly a house; the sellers are a group of individuals and the buyer one single man; only the subscription to the contract survives.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of 5th century
Extent:

Three fragments of varying size from a papyrus sheet, containing the ends of nine lines; the upper fragment is upside down in the frame and a smaller fragment was incorrectly attached to it; the mid and bottom fragment were originally contiguous. Writing is on one side across the fibres. An average of 30 letters is lost on the left; the lower margin measures approximately 70 mm. Housed in one glass case, wrongly labelled as Papyrus 2912(2).

4169. Papyrus 2913

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2913
Title:
Account of Expenses (SB XVIII 13779, TM 36286)
Scope & Content:
Upper portion of a sixth-century account of expenses, concerning food and other items. Among the items listed are barley, lentils and bread.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, but well preserved as to the rest; writing is on one side along the fibres. A sheet join is visible on the right side. Housed in one glass case.

4170. Papyrus 2914

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2914
Title:
Fragments of Contracts (TM 653736-653737)
Scope & Content:
Two portions of different contracts, housed together. Smaller fragment (TM 653736): Upper portion of a contract of sale dated in the 14th indiction in the consulship of Flavius Belisarius (May-December 535). Paulus from the Coptite nome is selling to an inhabitant of Memnoneia; the object of th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:

Two fragments from different papyrus sheets; the smaller is broken off at the bottom and the left, whereas it is complete at the top and right, with no margins free. Writing runs along the fibres on one side.

The larger fragment contains the lower portion of a text; it is broken off at the top, but complete at the bottom, left and right. Writing is along the fibres, the back being blank.

Housed in one glass case.

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