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1. Papyrus 113 (1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 113 (1)
Title:
Record of a Lawsuit (P.Lond. I 113.1, TM 41019)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus 113.1A-Papyrus 113.1B: A sixth-century document concerning a lawsuit between Delmatius alias Valentinus, son of Phoebammon, a soldier of the rank of the standard-bearer, and Aurelius Valentinus, son of Licinianus. Delmatius had sold a fifth part of his inheritance from his father to Vale...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, damaged throughout and written on one side; mounted on cardboard in two glass frames, named Papyrus 113.1A and Papyrus 113.1B. The two fragments on top at the left-hand side of Papyrus 113.1A were acquired from the Bodleian Library in 1896.

2. Papyrus 113 (3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 113 (3)
Title:
Lease of Land (P.Lond. I 113.3, TM 41020)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a sixth-century lease of land from a certain Valentinus to Aurelius Elias, son of Hellas, for an indefinite time; the landowner will receive three-fourths of the produce and five-sixths of the hay, but will have to supply the seed and animals and will be responsible for cutting the hay...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:

Two fragments from a papyrus roll, each of which has been broken in two; broken at the top, bottom, and lacking the left-hand side; written on one side and housed in one glass case.

3. Papyrus 113 (4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 113 (4)
Title:
Lease of Land (P.Lond. I 113.4 + BL I 236, TM 41021)
Scope & Content:
Contract for lease of around 30 arouras of land in the village of Souris, dated to 8 June 595 and similar to 113(3). The lessees are Aurelius Ioannes and Aurelius Castous, both farmers, and the lessor is Phoebammon, a notary (tabularius) in Arsinoe. The landowner will receive three-fourths of th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
8 June 595
Extent:

Fragments from a papyrus roll, written on both sides; the fragments preserving lines 10-13 and the concluding lines of the recto were formerly in the Bodleian Library.

4. Papyrus 113 (5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 113 (5)
Title:
Leases of Houses or Rooms in Arsinoe (P.Lond. I 113.5(a-c), TM 41022-41024)
Scope & Content:
Parts of leases of houses or rooms in Arsinoe. Upper fragment on the left-hand side (P.Lond. I 113.5(a), TM 41022): Beginning of a lease of a house in Arsinoe, the lessor being Flavius Plutammon, from the military unit of the Transtigritani, and the lessee Aurelius Thomas. Dated to 23 March 498...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
498-600
Extent:

Papyrus fragments of varying size, belonging to three different documents and broken at the bottom; written on both sides and housed in one glass case. The lower text consists of two fragments, one of which was formerly in the Bodleian Library.

5. Papyrus 113 (6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 113 (6)
Title:
Leases of Rooms (P.Lond. I 113.6(a-b), TM 41025-41026) and Sale of Hay (P.Lond. I 113.6(c), TM 41027)
Scope & Content:
Left-hand side document (P.Lond. I 113.6(a), Jur.Pap. 39, FIRA III 148, TM 41025): Complete lease of a room in a house in Arsinoe, the lessee being Aurelia Maria, daughter of Aion, and the lessor Aurelia Eudoxia, daughter of Charis, both from Arsinoe. With notarial subscription at the end and en...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
first half of the 7th century
Extent:

Three papyrus strips, all bearing writing on both sides. The first and the second texts are complete, the third is broken at the top. Housed in one glass case.

6. Papyrus 113 (11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 113 (11)
Title:
Contract (P.Lond. I 113.11(a), CPJ III 512, TM 37020) and Petition (P.Lond. I 113.11(b), TM 37021)
Scope & Content:
Upper document (P.Lond. I 113.11(a), CPJ III 512, TM 37020): A contract, fully preserved, between Apollos, son of Antonius, from Ptolemais Arabon in the Arsinoite nome, and a Jew named Abramus, from Arsinoe. Apollos agrees to take sour wine in exchange for sweet wine of the suceeding year. Dated...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th-7th century
Extent:
Two papyrus strips written across the fibres, the upper one fully preserved, the lower one damaged on both sides; the lower bears writing on the other side. Housed in one frame.

7. Papyrus 141

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 141
Title:
Sale of Land (P.Lond. II 141, TM 11626)
Scope & Content:
Contract drawn up in Ptolemais Euergetis, recording the sale of 12 ¾ aruras of oliveyards located near Karanis and Psenharpsenesis, bought by Miccalus, son of Ptolemaeus alias Petheus, from Didymus alias Diodorus and his wife Diodora. With superscription in a different hand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3 June 88
Extent:

Upper portion of a long slip of papyrus, broken off at the bottom and left, and darkened in places; damaged by abrasion and holes, with occasional loss of horizontal fibres at the bottom. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Parts of 10 lines are preserved. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

8. Papyrus 208

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 208
Title:
Miscellenaeous Documents (P.Lond. II 208a ro., TM 11551, P.Lond. II 208a vo. descr., TM 28027; P.Lond. II 208b descr., TM 28028; P.Lond. II 208d descr., TM 19969), and Philosophical Text (P.Lond.Lit. 161, P.Lond. II 208c, TM 63199, LDAB 4323)
Scope & Content:
Top left papyrus (A), (P.Lond. II 208a ro. and P.Lond. II 208a vo. descr.) Recto (TM 11551): Notification of death addressed to Herminus, royal scribe (basilikos grammateus) of the division of Herakleides in the Arsinoite nome from Heron, who reports the death of his brother of the same mother ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century-2nd century
Extent:

Four papyrus sheets that do not belong together, housed in the same glass case.

Top left papyrus (A): dark brown sheet, complete, with surface damage throughout; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front bears 28 lines; all margins are extant. The back bears 24 lines, abraded; all margins are extant.

Top right papyrus (B): Fragment of a sheet, broken off at the bottom and left; with few small insect holes. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The top of a column is preserved; portions of 12 lines survive. The upper margin is extant, no margin was apparently left to the right.

Bottom left papyrus (C): Fragment, broken off at the sides and at the top, damaged by insect holes; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The feet of two columns is preserved, with portions of 5 and 6 lines respectively. The lower margin measures 55 mm and the intercolumn 18 mm.

Bottom right papyrus (D): Fragment of a sheet, damaged at the bottom, left and top right edge; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There is one column of 17 lines, some of which mutilated, preceded by line ends of another column.

9. Papyrus 233

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 233
Title:
Agreement from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 58, P.Lond. II 233, Chrest.Wilck. 44, FIRA III 160, TM 10049)
Scope & Content:
Agreement whereby Aurelius Eulogius, prytanis and president of the senate at Arsinoe, undertakes to repay any expenses Flavius Abinnaeus may incur while he is procuring a certificate of appointment as an exactor (epistula exactoriae) in Eulogius’ name from the imperial administration on the occa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1 February 345
Extent:

Fully preserved papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres. All margins are extant, the right being minimal. The surface is somewhat abraded in places. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

10. Papyrus 237

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 237
Title:
Letter of Agathus to Abinnaeus concerning the Annona (P.Abinn. 26, P.Lond. II 237, TM 10024)
Scope & Content:
A letter to Abinnaeus from Agathus, a military accountant (actuarius), who is being detained in Arsinoe. Agathus asks that a certain Uranius be kept at Dionysias until his return so that he may check the accounts for the collection of the annona. Regulations of the dux as to the annona quotas co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 346
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus sheet, fully preserved, although somewhat damaged at the bottom and slightly defaced in places. Writing is on both sides along the fibres, the back having a two-line docket. The recto has a two-line postscript written across the fibres, perpendicularly to the main text, running from the top to the bottom of the left margin. Vertical folds are visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.