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1411. Papyrus 1775

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1775
Title:
Scope & Content:
(a) FRAGMENT of a register. Late 2nd cent. On the verso a 3rd cent. account, in two HANDS 5¼ in. x 4¼ in. (b) FRAGMENT of a register.. 2nd cent. On the verso, written in rough uncials, a portion of a narrative, perhaps a report of legal proceedings. 3rd cent. 4 in. x 3¼ in.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:
1 item

1412. Papyrus 1776

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1776
Title:
Receipt for Rent (P.Lond. V 1702, TM 19720)
Scope & Content:
Flavius Colluthus acknowledges that he has received the rent from Apollos (father of Dioscorus), through his son Menas, on account of a plot of land he is renting. With subscription of Colluthus written by Aurelius Apollos, son of Joseph, who acted on his behalf. Dated to 527-528 or 542-543.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
527-528 or 542-543
Extent:
Papyrus slip, torn at the bottom, with insect holes and abrasion throughout and darker portions; written on one side, the back being blank. There are 7 lines running across the fibres; margins are minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1413. Papyrus 1778

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1778
Title:
Account and History of Alexander (P.Lond.Lit. 115, TM 63117, LDAB 4321, MP3 2200)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Fragment of an account, unpublished. Verso: Fragment of a prose literary work on Alexander the Great, mentioning his general Craterus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Fragment from a medium-brown papyrus, complete at the bottom and right (front); written on both sides. The front contains portions of 4 lines from the foot of a column, written along the fibres. The back bears 7 imperfect lines from the foot of a column written across the fibres; the lower margin is extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1414. Papyrus 1779

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1779
Title:
Letter to the Village Headman (protokometes) Apollos from an Official of Menas, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. V 1684, TM 19702)
Scope & Content:
A letter from one of the officials of Menas, the chief administrator of a city (pagarch), addressed to the village headman (protokometes) Apollos. Reference is made to a certain Demosthenes, described as most glorious (endoxotatos).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
29 August 566-567
Extent:
Broad sheet of papyrus, folded from the bottom upwards and possibly from each side towards the middle. Incomplete at the bottom-right side, where two small fragments, which do not directly join the major one, are still preserved. Written across the fibres, with a docket on the verso written along the fibers occupying. Mounted in glass.

1415. Papyrus 1780

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1780
Title:
Sale on Credit (P.Lond. V 1775, TM 36943)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary acknowledgment addressed to Aurelius Stephanus, of Hermopolis, for the loan of 8 solidi minus 48 carats on account of a purchase; the person making the statement (apparently a woman) undertakes to pay 2 solidi less 12 carats out of the sum.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, darkened at the top and bottom, with a vertical break, small insect holes in places and surface damage. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; portions of 12 lines remain, lacking beginnings and ends. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1416. Papyrus 1781

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1781
Title:
Lease of Land (P.Lond. V 1688, TM 19705)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary lease of land under water in Aphrodito for the period of one year; the names of the parties are mutilated, but the lessor may be Apollos, father of the notary and poet Dioscorus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
25 December 523
Extent:
Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and left, abraded throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of 10 lines, lacking the beginnings; upper and right margins survive, the right being irregular and minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1417. Papyrus 1782(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1782(A-B)
Title:
Petition (P.Lond. V 1911 descr., TM 33202), and Receipt for Rent (P.Lond. V 1785, TM 38862)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. V 1911 descr., TM 33202): Beginning of a petition of the early fourth century from Aurelia Sarra, of Herakleopolis, to Aurelius Dorotheus and Aurelius Turbon, exactores of the city. Details are lost. Lower papyrus (B) (P.Lond. V 1785, TM 38862): Seventh-century receip...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century-7th century
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Upper portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, with some surface damage; written on one side. The front bears 5 lines from the top of a column running along the fibres, with traces of a further line at the bottom. The back is blank.

Lower papyrus (B): Light-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with little damage along the right edge; written on one side. The front bears 6 lines running across the fibres, written in the upper half of the sheet; the lower half is blank. Margins are extant. The back is blank. Folding lines are still visible; there are traces of the original seal, which has not survived.

1418. Papyrus 1783

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1783
Title:
Letter (P.Lond. V 1685, TM 36920), and Account of Expenses (P.Lond. V 1672, TM 36917)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. V 1685, TM 36920): Letter from one official to another, with the order not to demand more than six solidi in the name of Eustochia, daughter of Ioannes, for public taxes. The address is on the back. Verso (P.Lond. V 1672, TM 36917): Account of expenses, including payments for a t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:
Medium-to-dark-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with writing on both sides. On the front, there are 7 lines written across the fibres; all margins are extant. On the back, there are 12 lines written across the fibres, faded in places. The papyrus is housed in the same glass frame.

1419. Papyrus 1784

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1784
Title:
Tax Receipt (P.Lond. V 1665, TM 19681)
Scope & Content:
Receipt acknowledging the payment of 3 carats and 1/6 made by Apollos, son of Dioscorus, through Phoebammon on account of village taxes for the village of Phthla, issued by the pagarchs through their assistant Victor.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
557-558 (?)
Extent:
Two fragments of a papyrus slip, not contiguous, with a loss of at least 6 letters between the fragments; damaged at the top and sides and with surface damage; written on one side, the back being blank. The front bears 3 lines written along the fibres, incomplete. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1420. Papyrus 1785

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1785
Title:
Receipt for Repayment of Money (P.Lond. V 1717, TM 19733) and Metrological Tables and Problems (P.Lond. V 1718, TM 65048, LDAB 6289, MP3 354)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Receipt for the repayment of a debt of money, given by a woman whose name is lost, accompanied by two people, Calotychus, son of Stephanus, and Theodosia, daughter of Ioannes; with subscriptions at the end. The document was written in Antinoopolis. The fragments preserve the left-hand sid...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half 6th century
Extent:

Three fragments of a papyrus roll of various sizes, housed in two glass frames; written on both sides and preserving further portions of the texts contained in Papyrus 1667.

- 1785 (1) Ro: the lower fragment, wrongly placed at the bottom, contains the beginning of the first six lines of the document; after one line in lacuna, the top fragment contains the beginning of the following 7 lines, with only a few traces for line 7;

- 1785 (2) Ro: beginning of the remaining lines of the document. The ending of the lines is to be found in Papyrus 1667, but the mid strip of the papyrus is missing. The text on the recto is also broken at the top and bottom.

- 1785 (1) Vo: the fragment on the right-hand side, misplaced in the frame, contains lines 1-7 of column 1; the fragment on the left-hand side contains the endings of those lines of column 1 and the beginning of the first seven lines of column 2;

- 1785 (2) Vo: endings of the first lines of column 2 and the first lines of columns 3-6. The continuation of columns 1-4 is to be found in Papyrus 1667, but the mid portions of the columns between Papyrus 1785 and 1667 are lost.

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