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1881. Papyrus 2554

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2554
Title:
Request for Cancelling a Loan Agreement Upon Repayment of the Debt (SB V 7634, TM 17992)
Scope & Content:
A petition addressed to the councillor Aurelius Ammonius and to Aurelius Heliodorus, keepers of the archives in Oxyrhynchus, from four men, who were lent 4500 drachmas with a general lien on their property. As they now have repaid the debt, for which they provide receipt, they ask that the entry...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
28 August 249
Extent:

An almost fully preserved papyrus sheet, lacking the top right-hand edge and torn in places; a few wormholes are visible. Writing is along the fibres, the back only having one line. Housed in a glass case.

1882. Papyrus 2555

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2555
Title:
Private Letter (SB V 7635, TM 35115)
Scope & Content:
A letter from Argyrius to his master Hierakion, containing an invitation to come over; when he comes, Hierakion is requested to bring, among the other things, a pillow that has been dispatched for Argyrius.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Late 5th century-Early 6th century
Extent:

A fully preserved papyrus sheet, with the exception of a small tear on the top right-hand corner; dark in places; writing is along the fibres on either side, the back having one-line docket. Housed in a glass case.

1883. Papyrus 2556

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2556
Title:
Psalm 2:3-12 (P.Lond.Lit. 204, TM 61958, LDAB 3115)
Scope & Content:
A leaf from a miniature papyrus codex containing Psalm 2:3-12. Recto: Psalm 2:3-7. Verso: Psalm 2:7-12. The detached scrap at the bottom of the frame does not belong here.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

Leaf from a papyrus codex (miniature), imperfect on one side, containing 12 lines on either side; the upper margin measures 10 mm, the lower 15 mm; a scrap from another text, upside down in the frame and now detached from the leaf, had been added (possibly by the finders) to repair the gap in the lower corner of the leaf. Housed in a glass case.

1884. Papyrus 2557

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2557
Title:
Genesis (P.Lond.Lit. 202, TM 61981, LDAB 3140)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary leaf of a codex containing on one side across the fibres Genesis 46:27-32, and on the other, along the fibres, Genesis 47:2-5.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century-4th century
Extent:

Lower portion of a leaf from a papyrus codex, originally having 16 or 17 lines per page. One side preserves 10 lines written across the fibres and parts of the lower and right margins; the other side preserves 9 lines written along the fibres, the lower and left margins. Housed in a glass case.

1885. Papyrus 2558

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2558
Title:
Account or Property List and Love Recipes (P.Lond.Lit. 171, Suppl.Mag. II 83, TM 64091, LDAB 5309)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Account or list of property, unpublished. Verso: Two recipes separated by paragraphoi, one, consisting of excrement of swallow and honey, is possibly concerned with sexual intercourse; the second is an aphrodisiac potion consisting of vegetables and wine to be drunk on an empty stomach.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus fragment, with wormholes throughout. Writing is on either side: the front contains the beginning of 9 lines written along the fibres, with the left margin extant; the text on the back, running across the fibres, is complete, although imperfect in the top left corner. The top margin measures 23 mm, the bottom one 54 mm. Housed in a glass case.

1886. Papyrus 2559

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2559
Title:
Medical Treatise (P.Lond.Lit. 170, TM 63839, LDAB 5053, MP3 2404)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a medical treatise, mentioning the eyes and advising as to the preparation of remedies easy to prepare for everyone, made of yoke mixed with a drug known as ‘antidote of Andron’. P.Mich. inv. 1469 is another fragment of the same treatise and concerns diets and the nourishment to be g...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus roll, preserving portions of 24 lines of a column incomplete at the top and right side; parts of the left and lower margins survive. Another fragment from the same roll is a Michigan papyrus (P.Mich. inv. 1469), which contains portions of 24 lines. The generous format and practised hand suggest that this is a copy by a professional scribe. Writing is on one side along the fibres. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1887. Papyrus 2560

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2560
Title:
Fragment from a Tragedy (P.Lond.Lit. 78, TM 63522, LDAB 4731, MP3 1712)
Scope & Content:
A fragment from an unknown tragedy, perhaps ‘Iphigenia in Aulis’, where a marriage and a sacrifice are mentioned.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Late 2nd century - early 3rd century
Extent:

Papyrus fragment, broken to the right and containing a column of 28 lines, the beginnings of which are preserved. The upper margin survives to 47 mm. Writing is along the fibres and the back is blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1888. Papyrus 2561

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2561
Title:
Shorthand Manual with List of Menander's Play (TM 64311, LDAB 5532, MP3 2760)
Scope & Content:
Leaves from a papyrus codex containing a manual of Greek shorthand covering signs (tetrads) 1-810. Each tachygraphic sign corresponds to a tetrad of words, arranged within themselves in a rough alphabetic order. Some pages are blank. Papyrus 2561(1-2): Signs 1-83; Papyrus 2561(3): Signs 84-120...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century-4th century
Extent:

Fragmentary leaves from a papyrus codex, originally forming a quire of twelve double leaves and one central single leaf. Each page contains two columns. Some of the fragments are blank. Housed in twenty glass frame named Papyrus 2561(1-2), Papyrus 2561(3), Papyrus 2561(4), Papyrus 2561(5), Papyrus 2561(6), Papyrus 2561(7), Papyrus 2561(8), Papyrus 2561(9, 17), Papyrus 2561(10, 16), Papyrus 2561(11, 15), Papyrus 2561(12, 14), Papyrus 2561(13), Papyrus 2561(18), Papyrus 2561(19), Papyrus 2561(20), Papyrus 2561(21), Papyrus 2561(22), Papyrus 2561(23), Papyrus 2561(24), Papyrus 2561(25-27).

1889. Papyrus 2563

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2563
Title:
Record of Legal Proceedings (P.Thomas 25, ChLA III 217, TM 78802)
Scope & Content:
This fragmentary document reports the proceedings of a hearing held by a praeses Arcadiae. Despite its scantiness, the preserved text suggests that a procedure per libellum was followed. The plea, probably lodged by at least two people, mentions a city councilman and probably concerned matters o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
401 or 423
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres in Latin and Greek and broken off at the top and either side; part of the lower margin is preserved. Mounted on cardboard in one glass case.

1890. Papyrus 2564

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2564
Title:
Record of Proceedings (Under publication, TM 942980)
Scope & Content:
This fragmentary text ranks among the latest datable bilingual record of proceedings from Egypt. It dates back to the reign of the emperor Phocas. The case brought before the court probably concerned debts. There is a reference to praepositi sacr(-) (sacri cubiculi?). The names Ṭheọdorus Seren...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
602-609
Extent:
Fragment from a papyrus roll, written along the fibres; the text is arranged on a single column. The layout of the document displays the use of blank spaces. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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