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2991. Papyrus 1980

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1980
Title:
Renunciation of Inheritance: the End of the Archives Case (P.Coles 20, TM 10734)
Scope & Content:
Heraclides alias Valerius renounces the half due to him of the inheritance of his father Heraclides, former keeper of the public archives, in order to avoid a debt to the dioikesis his father had incurred. With autograph subscription of Heraclides alias Valerius. The papyrus belongs to the archiv...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
133
Extent:
Fragment of a papyrus roll written on one side along the fibres; broken at the top and with a very few letters missing on the left-hand side. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2992. Papyrus 2017

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2017
Title:
Settlement of a Dispute (SB VI 8988, TM 17841)
Scope & Content:
Settlement through Aquilian stipulation of a dispute over possession of a parcel of a house-property in Apollonopolis between Ioannes, deacon from Apollonopolis, and Philemon and his wife Thekla, resolved in favour of the latter. The share had been previously mortgaged by a certain Thekla, Ioann...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
16 July 647
Extent:
Papyrus roll, complete and well preserved, written on one side; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2993. Papyrus 2018

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2018
Title:
Sale of Part of a House (SB VI 8987, TM 17840)
Scope & Content:
Deed of sale drawn up in Oxyrhynchus, in which Philemon and Thekla purchased part of a house in Apollonopolis from Elisabeth and Iustina, heirs and successors of a certain Thekla, who had mortgaged part of the house as security for a loan. With autograph subscriptions of the witnesses; tachygraph...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
644-645
Extent:
Two fragments of the same document from a papyrus roll, the first containing lines 1-31, the second lines 32-52; written on one side and well preserved, although lacking a few letters on the left-hand side. Mounted on cardboard and housed in two glass frames.

2994. Papyrus 2019

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2019
Title:
Marriage Contract (SB VI 8986, TM 17839)
Scope & Content:
Marriage contract between a certain Heraclides from Apollonopolis and the daughter of Philemon and Thecla from Apollonopolis. Dated to the 31st year of Heraclius and Heraclius Neos Constantinus, Mecheir, 14th indiction. The papyrus belongs to the archive of Philemon and Thecla.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 Jan-24 Feb 641
Extent:

Fragment from a papyrus roll written on one side, lacking the left-hand side; the preserved portion is in good condition. Mounted on cardboard in one glass frame.

2995. Papyrus 2041

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2041
Title:
Acts of Peter (P. Oxy. 6 849; P. Lond. Lit. 221; van Haelst 603; CANT 190.II; TM 64453)
Scope & Content:
Acts of Peter (chapter 25-26 of the long Latin recension in the original Greek)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of 4th century
Extent:
1 leaf of a parchment codex, written on both sides.

2996. Papyrus 2044

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2044
Title:
Petition to a Provincial Governor (P.Oxy. VI 904, TM 35311)
Scope & Content:
Petition to an unnamed provincial governor from someone having the status designation Flavius, who had replaced a certain Philoxenus in the post of riparius, but had not received the promised support in order to carry out his duties. The man is now asking to be released from this office and Phil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half 5th century
Extent:

Long fragment from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres, almost fully preserved with the exception of a gap affecting part of the left hand side of the last three lines. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2997. Papyrus 2052

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2052
Title:
Fragment of Old Latin Genesis (P.Lond.Lit. 200, P.Oxy. VIII 1073, TM 62044, LDAB 3203)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of Old Latin Genesis containing 5:4-13, 29-31, 6:1-2. It preserves some verses not otherwise attested (vv. 3-7; 15-25; 30-31) and it cites a text not always coincident with other witnesses. Some divergences may be attributed to inexact quotation, others to a different recension, perhap...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
end of 5th century
Extent:

Fragment of a vellum leaf from a parchment codex, written on both sides. Each side preserves one column of 25 lines, although the original manuscript was laid out in two columns per side. Housed in one glass case.

2998. Papyrus 2053

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2053
Title:
The Exodus-Revelation Papyrus (P.Lond.Lit. 203, P.Oxy. VIII 1075, TM 62314, LDAB 3477; P.Lond.Lit. 219, P.Oxy. VIII 1079, TM 61636, LDAB 2786, Gregory-Aland P18, van Haelst 559 )
Scope & Content:
Recto: Exodus 11: 26-32 with colophon. Verso: Revelation 1: 4-7.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

Fragment of a roll or codex; writing is on both sides, along the fibres on the recto and across them on the verso; one column is preserved on both sides, the recto containing 23 lines, the verso 17 lines. Framed in a glass case.

2999. Papyrus 2068

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2068
Title:
Sophocles, Ichneutae, fragments (P. Lond. Lit. 67; P. Oxy. IX 1174, P. Oxy. IX 1175 [=Papyrus 2069] fr.46 and P. Oxy. XVII 2081a; TM 62741)
Scope & Content:
Sophocles, Ichneutae, fragments (P. Lond. Lit. 67; P. Oxy. IX 1174, P. Oxy. IX 1175 [=Papyrus 2069] fr.46 and P. Oxy. XVII 2081a; TM 62741). Scholia and corrections added by a second hand. 17 columns more or less complete, along with 39 small fragments. c.450 lines preserved.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of the 2nd century
Extent:

Fragments of a papyrus roll, writing on one side only, preserved in seven cases 17 columns preserved of 26 or 27 lines each.

3000. Papyrus 2098

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2098
Title:
Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1998, TM 1560)
Scope & Content:
Letter to Zenon from Glaucus, reporting on the comestibles delivered to stewards of Apollonius, the chief financial official (dioiketes), comprising gazelles, hares (alive and dead), goose eggs, turtle-doves (alive and dead), bunches of grapes. With original clay seal (TM Seal 974), possibly wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
16 July 250 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, light-brown, complete at the top and bottom, and damaged on the other sides, especially on the right (front); bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 5 lines written across the fibres, complete. Upper and lower margins are extant. The original clay seal is still attached on the right-hand side. On the back, there are a few words written along the fibres at the bottom. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

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