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Project / Collection Greek Manuscripts Place Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt

1. Egerton Papyrus 37

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton Papyrus 37
Title:
List of Fugitives (TM 397916)
Scope & Content:
List of five persons who had fled from the Oxyrhynchite village of Tanais to three other Oxyrhynchite localities, perhaps because of financial reasons; the list was probably drawn up in a state office, possibly by the administrators of Tanais or those of the administrative part (skelos) that incl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek
Date Range:
2nd half of 7th century
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved; bearing writing on one side. The back is blank. On the front, there are 8 complete lines written along the fibres; all margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2. Papyrus 875

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 875
Title:
Receipt for Barley (SB XXII 15491, TM 35716) and Letter (P.Lond. III 875b descr., TM 38235)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (SB XXII 15491, TM 35716): Fifth-century receipt for one hundred and fifty artabas of barley to feed pigs, received by two persons from the landowner through an agent. The text has been cancelled. Lower papyrus (B) (P.Lond. III 875b descr., TM 38235): Fragment of a letter, wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
5th century-6th century
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Papyrus slip, complete but riddled with insect holes; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears 4 lines, crossed out. The back is blank.

Lower papyrus (B): Papyrus sheet lacking the upper left corner and riddled with holes; written on both sides. The front bears 8 lines running across the fibres, most of which lack the beginnings. Margins are minimal. The back contains the beginnings of 2 lines running along the fibres.

3. Papyrus 1621

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1621
Title:
Account (P.Lond. V 1808, TM 38865)
Scope & Content:
Statement issued by Apollos to the river-worker (potamites) Stephanus and others concerning payments in money (gold and bronze) and kind; with total at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7th century
Extent:

Papyrus slip, broken off on the sides; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. There are 7 lines, lacking two or three letters at the beginning and the end; the upper margin is preserved; folding lines are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

4. Papyrus 1622

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1622
Title:
Sale of Wine for Future Delivery (P.Lond. V 1764, TM 36938)
Scope & Content:
Conclusion of a contract for the advanced sale of wine by a number of persons in partnership; the names of the parties are lost. Written by the notary Papnuthius; with notarial subscription in Latin characters at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
late 6th century-early 7th century
Extent:
Medium-dark brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the top, complete on the other sides; bearing writing on one side. The back is blank. On the front, there are 12 lines from the foot of a column written along the fibres; lower, right and left margins are minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Papyrus 1840

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1840
Title:
Loan of Seed-Corn (P.Hib. I 150 descr., TM 2830)
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:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
22 September-21 October 261 BC
Extent:

Dark-brown papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, broken off at the bottom, with plaster residue and surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 21 lines, some of which badly damaged. Upper and side margins are minimal. The modern annotation in red refers to the publication in P.Hib. I. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

9. Papyrus 2173

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2173
Title:
Private Letter (APF 63 (2017), pp. 156-166, no. 4, TM 704795)
Scope & Content:
Letter from Ainas to Phaselos, concerning legal and business matters. The barley they brought to an oasis seems to have been wrongly appropriated, and Ainas struggled for three years to recover it. He asks Phaselos to file a petition for redress to the dux. With address on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, medium-brown, complete and well preserved, with few holes and minor surface damage in places; written on both sides along the fibres. On the front, there are 27 lines, with some blank space between lines 26 and 27. Margins are minimal; a sheet-join runs from top to bottom at c. 15 mm from the right edge. On the back there is one line and at the top a thick line of ink serving as a seal. The sheet was folded in half from top to bottom, then inwards from both sides. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

10. Papyrus 2229

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2229
Title:
Deed of Surety for an Enapographos (P.Pintaudi 19, TM 170012)
Scope & Content:
Bartholomaeus, son of Menas and Eudoxia, provides surety for Bartholomaeus son of Sountoous and Iulitata, whose profession is unclear, on condition that he lives in his settlement with his family with good conduct. If he is sought, Bartholomaeus son of Menas will bring him forward or else will pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Late 6th century-Early 7th century
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and bottom; with insect-holes in places; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 27 lines written along the fibres; of the first 3, only a few traces remain. A sheet-join runs vertically at c. 15-18 mm from the right edge. On the back, there are 2 lines running along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.