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Container Reference (shelfmark) Papyrus 1-3136

1461. Papyrus 1827

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1827
Title:
Homer, Iliad VIII (P.Hib. I 21, P.Lond.Lit. 16, TM 61237, LDAB 2377, MP3 819)
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a papyrus roll extracted from mummy cartonnage and containing parts of Homer’s Iliad VIII, with several plus-verses. Additional fragments of the same roll are Papyrus 689A and P.Heid. inv. 1261 (preserving Iliad VIII 190-202). A: Iliad VIII 17-22; B: Iliad VIII 24-8; C: Iliad VII...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
Fourteen fragments (labelled A-O) of varying size from a papyrus roll, additional portions of which are Papyrus 689A and a fragment in Heidelberg, inventoried as 1261. The fragments were extracted from mummy cartonnage and display plaster residue; they are written on one side along the fibres, and their back is blank. They are all broken on all sides, and most of them preserve a few letters from a few lines, with fragment D bearing portions of two columns. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1462. Papyrus 1828

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1828
Title:
Judicial Summonses (P.Hib. I 30, Chrest.Mitt. 20, TM 8183)
Scope & Content:
Copies of summonses presented in civil cases by the plaintiff(s), presumably part of the same document, concerning the recovery of debts. (A): Fragment of the summons served to Nicanor concerning a debt of 330 drachmas. (D): Summons served to Perdiccas concerning a debt of 1050 drachmas; the p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
282-274
Extent:

Four fragments of varying size, numbered A-D in the frame, presumably from the same papyrus sheet, reused as mummy cartonnage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank, and mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

A: With remains of 5 lines from the top of a column;

B: With remains of 5 lines and an interlinear addition;

C: With few traces of 2 lines;

D: Lower right portion of a column, broken off at the top and left, with 14 lines; the lower margin is preserved, and no margin was left to the right.

1463. Papyrus 1829

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1829
Title:
Letter from the Archive of the Policeman Ptolemaeus (P.Hib. I 51, TM 8202)
Scope & Content:
Letter of Demophon to Ptolemaeus, enclosing the letter that Apollodotus had sent to him concerning the collection of dues and the purchase of Syrian cloths at the price indicated. On the back there is the address and traces of the mummy decoration.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2 April 245 BC
Extent:

Papyrus slip reused as mummy cartonnage, complete but with holes and surface damage in places; written on both sides. On the front there are 7 lines against the fibres; the margins survive. The modern annotation in red refers to the publication in P.Hib. I. The back bears one line, written along the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front, and covered with plaster residue. Remains of the mummy decoration are visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1464. Papyrus 1830

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1830
Title:
Letter about the Payment of Cloth-Workers (P.Hib. I 67, Chrest.Wilck. 306, TM 8217)
Scope & Content:
Asclepiades, banker of the district, instructs Cleitarchus, banker of the toparchy, to pay the weavers at Ankyropolis. With Asclepiades’ subscription at the end
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
8 January 228 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, dark-brown in the upper and lower portions, and with plaster residue and surface damage in places; lacking the upper left corner and the lower right corner. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. One column of 35 lines remains, with line 33 being fully lost. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1465. Papyrus 1831

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1831
Title:
Export of Wine (P.Hib. I 80, Chrest.Wilck. 290, TM 8229)
Scope & Content:
Two notices by Epichares to Chaeremon concerning the export of wine. In the second notice (lines 6-12) Epichares reports that Horus, son of Teos, is exporting two jars of wine from a village in the Herakleopolite nome to Hiera Nesus, and that the tax of one twenty-fourth has not been paid yet. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
24 August 251 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, with plaster and red paint residue, and darker surface at the top (front); mutilated especially to the right; written on both sides. On the front there are 14 lines running across the fibres, the last two of which are in Demotic; there is a blank between lines 5 and 6. Lower, left and upper margins survive. The back bears one line parallel to the fibres, written the other way up in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1466. Papyrus 1832

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1832
Title:
Demotic Text and Official Correspondence (P.Hib. I 82, TM 8231)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Demotic text, unpublished. Verso: Collection of letters addressed to Asclepiades, perhaps the financial official (oikonomos), from various men. The text is covered with plaster. Column 1, lines 1-11: Letter from a sender whose name is lost, asking Asclepiades to see that a letter is del...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
31 January 238 BC
Extent:

Fragments of a papyrus roll reused as mummy cartonnage; the preserved portion is damaged by holes; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The text on the front is Demotic; the two columns on the back are in Greek, but are covered with plaster. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1467. Papyrus 1833(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1833(A-B)
Title:
Sale of Wheat (P.Hib. I 84(a), Chrest.Mitt. 131, TM 2817), and Date (P.Hib. I 84(b), TM 8293)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (P.Hib. I 84a, TM 2817): Contract for the sale of 30 artabas of wheat from Epimenes, Athenian, to Timocles, Chalcidian. Epimenes has received the payment, and shall deliver the corn out of the new crops. The back bears the names of the witnesses and of the parties. Lower papyr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
285-284 BC
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments extracted from the same mummy cartonnage, housed in one glass frame. The modern annotations in red on the back refer to the publication in P.Hib. I.

Upper fragment (A): Sheet, broken off at the bottom, damaged by holes in the preserved portion and with plaster residue; written on both sides. The text on the front runs along the fibres; there are 28 lines; on the back there are remains of 2 lines against the fibres.

Lower fragment (B): Upper left portion of a sheet, with the beginning of one line, written along the fibres.

1468. Papyrus 1834

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1834
Title:
Loan of Seed-Corn (P.Hib. I 85, Chrest.Wilck. 103, TM 2818)
Scope & Content:
The priest Pasis acknowledges that he has received from Paris, agent of the nomarch Harimouthes, wheat, barley and olyra (emmer wheat), for a total value of 90 artabas of wheat, as seed for the royal holding he is renting. He undertakes to return the seed he has received and deliver the rent at ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
22 September-21 October 261 BC
Extent:

Long and narrow dark-brown papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue and surface damage, and torn at the top; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There is one column 28 lines, the last two being in Demotic. Side margins are minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1469. Papyrus 1835

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1835
Title:
Lease of Land (P.Hib. I 90, CPJ I 127e, TM 2820)
Scope & Content:
Diodorus has leased part of his land located in the Oxyrhynchite nome to Eucrates for the period of one year at a rent of four artabas of olyra (emmer wheat) in addition to part of the produce. The lease was drawn up at Tholthis, in the Oxyrhynchite nome, at the presence of witnesses. Remains of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
8 February-8 March 222 BC
Extent:

Fragment of a dark-brown papyrus sheet, of lighter colour to the left, reused as mummy cartonnage; damaged by holes throughout. Writing is along the fibres on the front, with portions of 24 lines. The upper margin is not preserved, the lower is damaged and the side margins are minimal. The back bears remains of the mummy decoration.

1470. Papyrus 1836

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1836
Title:
Contract for Sureties (P.Hib. I 91, TM 2821)
Scope & Content:
Mnason and Hegemon undertake to be the sureties for the defendant Timocles, son of Simos, and to deliver him at Herakleopolis before the strategus for the trial. A certain Apollonius demands 300 drachmas with an interest of 100 drachmas from Timocles, which the sureties will have to pay along wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4 May 264 BC
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, reused as mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue. The sheet breaks off at the bottom and is damaged by holes throughout. The front bears 22 lines written along the fibres; on the back there are traces of effaced writing and of the mummy decoration, along with a modern annotation. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

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