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1531. Papyrus 1978

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1978
Title:
Bank Receipt (P.Fam.Tebt. 8 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 8, TM 10765)
Scope & Content:
Receipt from the bank of Pontion, acknowledging the payment of 1700 silver drachmas to the credit of Ptolemaeus, son of Ptolemaeus, made by Didyme, daughter of Lysimachus, acting with her husband Heraclides.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
103-114
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, darker in places, broken off at the bottom, lacking the lower left corner and damaged on the left; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 27 lines lacking the beginnings; the upper margin survives; no space was left on the right. Vertical folds are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1532. Papyrus 1979

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1979
Title:
Tax receipt (TM 981653)
Scope & Content:
Receipt for payments in kind made to the directors of the granary of Tebtunys (sitologoi) on account of taxes on catoecic land at Tebtunys by Heracleia daughter of Hermes. The other side bears traces of writing, possibly unrelated to the text.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
30 July 133
Extent:
Long, narrow papyrus sheet, probably the height of the source roll, displaying insect holes along the folds. Written on both sides. One one side, 10 lines written along the fibres; on the other side traces of writing, badly abraded. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1533. 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.

1534. Papyrus 1982

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1982
Title:
Sale of a House (SB X 10571, TM 14329)
Scope & Content:
Contract drawn up in Ptolemais Euergetis for the sale of a house bought by Pacysis, a minor with Tanephremmis, his paternal grandmother, as a guardian, from his mother Taharpagathes, daughter of Herieus, with her husband Pacysis son of Satabous as a guardian. Taharpagathes had inherited the house...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
8 August 194
Extent:
Medium-dark brown papyrus, imperfect on the left, complete at the top, bottom and right; with insect-holes and surface damage in places. The front bears 31 lines running along the fibres; upper and lower margins are extant. No margin was left to the right. The back bears two stamp-impressions in red ink, appearing to be plain disks with no writing. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1535. Papyrus 1983

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1983
Title:
Petition to the Nomarch (P.Fam.Tebt. 38 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 38, SB IV 7363, TM 20967)
Scope & Content:
Petition to Callon, nomarch of Antinoopolis, from Lysimachus alias Didymus and Philosarapis, sons of Heraclides, who accuse their brother Philantinous of having pledged their female slave, Martilla, inherited from their mother, to a creditor. The money was enjoyed by Philantinous only. The petiti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12 or 13 September 168
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, complete; with insect-holes especially along the vertical folds and minor abrasion in places; written on both sides. On the front, there are 25 lines running along the fibres; margins are extant. The back was rotated 90 degrees and bears one line written along the fibres at the top left. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1536. Papyrus 1984

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1984
Title:
Mime (P.Lond.Lit. 97, TM 63519, LDAB 4728, MP3 2434)
Scope & Content:
Prose mime on a quarrel, with letters in the margin indicating the characters. The back bears the name of the copyist (Heraclides) and of the library where the manuscript used for copying was held (Praxias’ library).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:
Two fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, darker in places and with insect-holes; written on both sides. On the front, the larger fragment contains a column of 28 lines imperfect at the end. The writing runs along the fibres; upper and lower margins survive. The smaller fragment contains few letters from 11 lines. The column height is 190 mm. On the back, there are two lines written across the fibres, upside down in relation to the text on the front in red ink. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1537. Papyrus 1985

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1985
Title:
Lease of Crops (P.Fam.Tebt. 5 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 5, TM 10757)
Scope & Content:
Lease of crops of beans and turnips, the lessee being Polemon, son of Heuremon, and the lessor Hermes, son of Didymus. The rent is to be paid in kind and money (40 drachmas). Transport-charges are partly on the lessor and partly on the lessee; with subscription of Polemon written by someone else...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 November 98
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, darker in places, lacking the upper left corner and part of the bottom; damaged along the vertical folds; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 23 lines; margins survive; no blank space was left on the right. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1538. Papyrus 1994(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1994(A-B)
Title:
Letters to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1934, TM 2374; P.Lond. VII 2064, Pap.Lugd.Bat. XX 46, TM 1877)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. VII 1934, TM 2374): Letter of Apollonius (finance minister, dioiketes) to Zenon, enclosing the copy of the letter received from Dionysius, financial official (oikonomos), concerning three talents paid on account of Apollonius’s allowance; the address is on the back. Da...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
258-252 BC
Extent:

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

Upper papyrus (A): Light-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on the sides, complete at the top and bottom; with writing on both sides; on the front, there are the central portions of 11 lines written across the fibres; upper and lower margins survive; folding lines are still visible. On the back, there is one word written along the fibres at the bottom, the other way up in relation to the text on the front.

Lower papyrus (B): Right-hand portion of a light-brown papyrus sheet, the left hand portion of which is now in Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale, inventoried as P. gr. 354 and published as P.Strasb. IV 228; with writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are the ends of 4 lines running across the fibres, with upper, lower and right margins.

1539. Papyrus 2000

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2000
Title:
Declaration of Birth (SB XVI 12742, TM 16282)
Scope & Content:
Declaration addressed to the nomarch from Ophelas, son of Nemesion and Tereus, and his wife Hermione, and from his brother Castor, registering the birth of their son, Philantinoos alias Isidorus, twenty-five days old. The declarants refer to the benefits granted by Hadrian for children of Antinoo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
28 September 157
Extent:
Fragmentary papyrus sheet with two detached fragments, medium-dark brown; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Portions of 21 lines remain; the upper margin survives. The detached fragment at the bottom bears a few letters from 5 lines and the lower margin. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1540. Papyrus 2003

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2003
Title:
Receipt for dues on land (TM 981667)
Scope & Content:
Receipt for payments in kind made to the credit of Heron son of Orseus for dues on land, issued by the grain collectors (sitologoi) of the village of Magais or Magdola in the Arsinoite nome.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 July 155
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, lacking the last quarter on the right side with the loss of a few letters, damaged along the vertical fold on the left. Written along the fibres, the back being blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard and is housed in a glass frame.

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