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4271. Papyrus 3061

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3061
Title:
Deed of Surety (P.Oxy. XXVII 2478, TM 17012)
Scope & Content:
A deed of surety addressed to Flavius Apion, in which Zacharias, steward of the church of the Holy Resurrection in Oxyrhynchus, guarantees that Aurelius Pambechius, son of Paul and Thecla, will remain on the fruit farm and will perform all the tasks on the estate. Zacharias will be liable for al...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 November 595
Extent:

A fully preserved papyrus sheet, written on both sides; the two lines on the back are almost completely faded. Housed in one glass case.

4272. Papyrus 3062

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3062
Title:
Petition from a Fugitive Farmer (P.Oxy. XXVII 2479, TM 36070)
Scope & Content:
A petition addressed to an unnamed landlord, most likely a member of the Apion family, from Pieous from Kineas epoikion, a hamlet in the Oxyrhynchite nome. The man is a colonus adscripticius (registered farmer) who had escaped from his farming three years earlier and is now begging to be restore...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:

Two fragments of varying size from a papyrus sheet, one being the upper part of the document and the other its lower part, with at least one line lost in between; written on one side along the fibres and housed in one glass case. The surface is damaged on the upper left-hand side. Because of the carelessness of the text, which displays mistakes and omissions corrected by insertion, the text may be a draft.

4273. Papyrus 3063

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3063
Title:
Account for the Issue of Wine from the Apion Archive (P.Oxy. XXVII 2480, TM 17013)
Scope & Content:
Portions of a papyrus roll from the archive of the Apion family containing an account for the issue of two kinds of wine ('wine' and 'sour wine') to workers on the estate and personnel, private soldiers (bucellarii), religious communities. The issues were made for services rendered, as salaries,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
565-566
Extent:

Fve sheets of a papyrus roll and several additional fragments of varying size and state of preservation, housed in twelve glass frames named Papyrus 3063(1), 3063(2), 3063(3), 3063(4), 3063(5), 3063(6), 3063(7), 3063(8), 3063(9), 3063(10), 3063(11), and 3063(12). Mostly written on one side only along the fibres, with occasional writing on the back.

4274. Papyrus 3078

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3078
Title:
Invitation to Dinner (SB XIV 11944, TM 26557)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary invitation to dinner by a man whose name is damaged, on some celebration concerning his daughter (possibly mellokouria or Therapeuteria).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of 2nd century
Extent:
Small papyrus fragment, broken off at the bottom and right; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are the beginnings of 5 lines written across the fibres; upper and left margins survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

4275. Papyrus 3079

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3079
Title:
Account of Debts (UPZ I 150, SB I 5633, TM 3542)
Scope & Content:
Portion of an account of debts, extracted from a papyrus sandal; another portion is preserved in Papyrus 3080. Dated after 5 April 181 BC, 30 March 157 BC, or 14 March 90 BC; with painted decoration on the plastered surface of the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
157-90 BC
Extent:
Papyrus fragment, dark-brown, another portion of which is Papyrus 3080; both fragments were reused for the making of a pair of papyrus sandals for a mummy; with portions of two columns on the front, almost no longer visible; on the back, painted decoration on plastered surface. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

4276. Papyrus 3080

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3080
Title:
Account of Debts (UPZ I 150, SB I 5633, TM 3542)
Scope & Content:
Portion of an account of debts, extracted from a papyrus sandal; another portion is preserved in Papyrus 3079. Dated after 5 April 181 BC, 30 March 157 BC, or 14 March 90 BC; with painted decoration on the plastered surface of the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
157-90 BC
Extent:
Papyrus fragment, dark-brown, another portion of which is Papyrus 3079; both fragments were reused for the making of a pair of papyrus sandals for a mummy; with portions of one column on the front, no longer visible; on the back, painted decoration on plastered surface. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

4277. Papyrus 3081

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3081
Title:
Receipt for Tax on Property Transfer (P.Lond. VII 2189, SB VI 9599, TM 2459)
Scope & Content:
Receipt for payment of the tax on property transfer made by a man whose name is damaged, on account of a house that had been formerly registered by the taxpayer.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
10 December 210 BC (?)
Extent:
One medium-brown papyrus sheet and three papyrus fragments, broken off on all sides; bearing writing on one side with the exception of the lower left, which is a fragment of another papyrus, light-brown, and has portions of 3 lines written across the fibres on the back. On the front, the largest fragment preserves 14 lines written along the fibres; the two smaller fragments at the bottom right bear the beginnings of two lines and one line respectively, running along the fibres; the bottom left fragment has few letters from two lines, written along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

4278. Papyrus 3083

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3083
Title:
Deposition of a Witness (Pap.Lugd.Bat. XX 21, TM 1852)
Scope & Content:
Deposition given for Antipater by Euphronius, son of Apollonides, living in Philadelphia, as regards the dispute between Antipater and Nicon. The witness was at the barber’s shop with Nicon and others when Antipater and his wife Simon came into the shop and asked Nicon to return their son Theodos...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 November 246 BC
Extent:
Papyrus slip, complete and well preserved, with writing on both sides; on the front, there are 5 lines running across the fibres, with an addition above the line; all margins are extant. On the back, there are three lines and, after some blank space, one word written along the fibres, the other way up in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

4279. Papyrus 3084

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3084
Title:
Lease of Share of a Farm (P.Michael. 46, TM 21422)
Scope & Content:
The shepherd Aurelius Besis, son of Phoebammon and Tabes, acknowledges that he has leased from Aurelius Phoebammon, son of Triadelphus, and Aurelius Victor, son of Colluthus, the share of a farm belonging to them for a period of three years. Provisions concerning the lease follow. The subscriptio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
16 August 559
Extent:
Dark-brown papyrus sheet, lacking the upper right corner; bearing writing on one side. On the front, there are 26 lines written across the fibres; the upper margin is wide, the others are minimal. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame, pasted onto a sheet containing the translation of a Coptic letter.

4280. Papyrus 3085

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3085
Title:
Miscellaneous fragments, and Historical Narrative (TM 65615, LDAB 6866, MP3 2197.01)
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous texts: 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+10: The recto contains an unidentified document (TM 91982). The verso contains a historical narrative describing military actions in Illyria, Thracia and Paionia (TM 65615). 9: Unidentified text. 11: Unidentified texts. The text on the recto refers to witn...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
late 3rd century-2nd century BC
Extent:

Twenty-five papyrus fragments from mummy cartonnage (traces of plaster), housed in the same glass frame:

1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+10: Nine fragments of the same incomplete papyrus, written on both sides (22+15+7+5+3+3 lines along the fibres on recto, 35+7+8+5+2+2 lines against the fibres on verso). On the verso, the text is divided in at least three columns and part of the lower margin is visible. Wrong side up in the frame (presumably because the verso contains the most interesting text).

9: Papyrus fragment, written on one side (7 lines along the fibres), with broad left margin partly extant.

11: Papyrus fragment, written on both sides (7 lines along the fibres on recto and 5 lines against the fibres on verso).

12+13+17+18+19: Five fragments of the same incomplete papyrus, written on both sides (11+7+1 lines along the fibres on recto, 8+4 lines against the fibres on verso).

14+15: Two fragments of the same incomplete papyrus, written on one side (5+4 lines along the fibres).

16: Papyrus fragment, written on one side (2 lines along the fibres).

20+22: Two fragments of the same incomplete papyrus, written on one side (6 lines along the fibres).

21: Papyrus fragment, written on both sides (7 lines along the fibres on recto, 6 lines against the fibres on verso).

23: Papyrus fragment, written on both sides (1 line along the fibres on recto, 1 line against the fibres on verso). Wrong side up in the frame.

24: Papyrus fragment, written on one side (2 lines along the fibres).

25: Papyrus fragment, written on both sides (1 line along the fibres on recto, 1 line against the fibres on verso).

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