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2911. Papyrus 189

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 189
Title:
List of Names (P.Lond. II 189, TM 28019)
Scope & Content:
List of names divided into groups, some of which with headings, with totals of men drawn beneath. One group has a cancelled title. Presumably the document is a list of men available for service rather than a roster of incumbents. At least four people may be identified with the men mentioned in S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of the 2nd century
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres and well preserved, although the first column lacks its left-hand side; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2912. Papyrus 209

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 209
Title:
Sale of Part of a House (SB I 5114, TM 23154)
Scope & Content:
Sale of one third of a house in Apollonopolis by Pistois, head of the monastery of Abba Cyrus, to Zacharias and some other person whose name is lost. The house had been bequeathed to the monastery by Tachymia, daughter of Sansnotus. At the end are nine autograph subscriptions of Pistois and witn...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
630-641
Extent:

Fragment from a papyrus roll containing one column written on one side, lacking the beginning and the right-hand ends of the lines. Mounted in one glass frame.

2913. Papyrus 210

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 210
Title:
Sale of a House (SB I 5112, TM 23153)
Scope & Content:
Sale by Ioannes and Martha, his mother, to Aurelius Victor and his wife Heraëis, of the half belonging to them of a house in Apollonopolis; with autograph subscriptions of the vendors and witnesses. Dated to the 8th Tybi in the 6th indiction, in the reign of the emperors Flavius Heraclius and Fl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3 January 618
Extent:

Fragments from a papyrus roll forming one column, written on one side across the breadth of the papyrus, lacking the beginning.

2914. Papyrus 229

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 229
Title:
Deed of sale of a slave boy (P. Lond. I 229), with original seals
Scope & Content:
Deed of sale (P. Lond. I 229), in Latin, whereby C. Fabullius Macer purchases a boy named Abbas or Eutyches, aged seven years, from Q. Julius Priscus. Signed by the parties and witnesses, whose seals are ranged along the top of the document. Mutilated Greek subscription.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
24 May 0166
Extent:

1 roll, writing on one side only, mounted in glass

2915. Papyrus 256

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 256
Title:
Miscellaneous Documents (P.Lond. II 256 A, C-E, TM 11657, 19973-19975), Epigram on the Battle of Actium (P.Lond.Lit. 62, TM 63120, LDAB 4324, MP3 1853.1) and Rhetorical Exercises (P.Lond.Lit. 138, TM 63121, LDAB 4325, MP3 2515)
Scope & Content:
Documents from a ‘pasted roll’ (tomos synkollesimos) containing five documents: Recto: From left to right: - Detached fragments and beginning of the larger fragment with traces of writing; - Column 1 (preserved on the larger fragment): Receipt for shipment of 1718 and a half artabas of grain...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Papyrus fragments of various sizes from a composite roll, with the larger fragment being made up by joining several sheets of different dimensions, originally distinct; written on both sides, containing several columns in various hands not fully preserved. One sheet in the middle of the roll was arranged in the reverse way to the rest, so that its verso lies with the recto of the rest of the roll.

2916. Papyrus 262

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 262
Title:
Certificate of Sale of a House (P.Dime III 5, P.Lond. II 262, TM 44702)
Scope & Content:
Certificate of sale of a house with veranda and empty plots in Soknopaiou Nesos, purchased by Satabous from the priest Chairemon and his wife. The beginning of the papyrus has the Demotic text with the cession of the house (P.Dime III 5); after a blank space, two Greek lines contain date, place ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
21 November 11
Extent:

Complete, although much damaged by wormholes; from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres.

2917. Papyrus 264

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 264
Title:
Demotic Hymn to Sobek (P.Lond. II 264r. descr., TM 130908) and List of Names (P.Lond. II 264v. descr., TM 25618)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. II 264r. descr., TM 130908, LDAB 130908): Five columns, three of which complete, written in Demotic and containing a hymn to Sobek, who is described as a cosmic and solar deity, source of all life; praises are addressed to him. Traces of an underlying Greek text, which was apparen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Fragment from a papyrus roll, written on both sides, bearing Greek writing on the verso and Demotic writing on the recto; traces of an underlying Greek text on the recto, which was washed out, are visible. Overall well preserved, yet incomplete, with holes affecting the writing on both sides; housed in one glass case.

2918. Papyrus 265

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 265
Title:
Demotic Text (P.Lond. II 265r descr., TM 63116), Metrological Problems (P.Lond. II 265, TM 25619, LDAB 4320, MP3 2326) and Census Register (P.Lond. II 265v descr., TM 25620)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Column 1 (P.Lond. II 265r descr., TM 63116): Demotic text. Columns 2- 8 (P.Lond. II 265, TM 25619, LDAB 4320, MP3 2326): Mathematical problems with headings, of which seven columns survive, not fully preserved. The text concerns the conversion between six different standards of artabas ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Fragments from a papyrus roll written on both sides and containing several columns, not fully preserved; written in Greek, with one column in Demotic.

2919. Papyrus 266

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 266
Title:
Accounts of Expenses (P. Lond. II 266, TM 25621)
Scope & Content:
Recto: columns 1-26: accounts with records of payments made for various purposes and arranged in sections, with several subdivisions, headed by names of persons; at the end of each section the amounts, calculated in talents and drachms, are summarised; columns 27-30: previously containing acc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Accounts from a papyrus roll, written on both sides: on the recto are 26 columns, besides four which were washed out to receive a Demotic text. The verso, unpublished, is the continuation of the recto, with further accounts arranged in 31 columns, of which the first 6 are so defaced as to be illegible.

The papyrus is currently mounted in a glass frame.

2920. Papyrus 364

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 364
Title:
List of Priests (SB XVIII 13117, TM 25352)
Scope & Content:
Six fragments of a list of priests from Soknopaiou Nesos. The names of the priests, arranged on the basis of their φυλή, are followed, when preserved, by patronymic, papponymic, matronymic, age. In fr. F priests of different φυλαί aged twenty are listed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Mid 2nd century
Extent:

Six fragments from a papyrus roll mounted in one frame, written on one side along the fibres.

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