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841. Papyrus 965

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 965
Title:
Account (P.Lond. III 965, TM 22752)
Scope & Content:
Account of farm work, recording incomes and expenses stated in drachmas.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
after 260
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, lacking part of the bottom and with insect holes in the preserved portion mostly located along the horizontal folds; the sheet exhibits minor abrasion in its lower half. Writing is on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. There are 14 lines, well preserved; few of them are indented. Upper and side margins are extant; the lower margin is somewhat damaged. In the right edge and along the height of the sheet, there are traces of one line written along the fibres, which was erased. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

842. Papyrus 966

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 966
Title:
Tax Account (P.Lond. III 966, TM 33744)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary account of payments for crown tax, reckoned by weight.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, lacking its left portion and with minor damage along the folds. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are portions of 15 lines, lacking the beginnings. Upper, right and lower margins are preserved, with the lower margin measuring 80 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

843. Papyrus 970

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 970
Title:
Epyllion or Epithalamion? (P.Lond.Lit. 38, P.Lond. III 970 descr., TM 64095, LDAB 5313, MP3 1814)
Scope & Content:
Portions of 31 hexameter verses mentioning Galatea and Apollo; perhaps an epyllion or epithalamion.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:
Fragment of a papyrus sheet, with left, right and top margins preserved, but broken at the bottom and badly abraded in places. One fragmentary column containing portions of 31 hexameter verses survives; writing is on one side along the fibres. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

844. Papyrus 971

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 971
Title:
Report of Legal Proceedings (P.Lond. III 971, Chrest.Mitt. 95, TM 31971)
Scope & Content:
Record of a hearing held before some high official concerning a dispute over the appointment to a liturgy (compulsory public service). The advocate of Sallustia, owner of land in the Hermopolite nome, complains that one of her overseers has been appointed for a tax-collection liturgy; the matter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, darker by patches, complete but torn along the edges and with few holes and minor surface damage throughout. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are 20 lines, well preserved; some of these are indented. Upper and left margins are extant; parts of lower and right margins survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

845. Papyrus 972

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 972
Title:
Order to Pay (P.Lond. III 972, TM 33775)
Scope & Content:
An order from Melas to Elias to pay 5 silver talents to Phibion, tax collector, for rent. With month and day, and signature of Melas.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Papyrus slip, complete, with few small insect holes and minor damage along the horizontal fold. Writing runs across the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are two lines, complete; all margins are extant, the side margins being irregular and minimal. The blank space at the bottom measures 45-50 mm; in the bottom margin to the right a word was penned in a different hand. Horizontal and vertical folds are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

846. Papyrus 973(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 973(A-B)
Title:
Private Letters (P.Lond. III 973(a-b), TM 31972, 33776)
Scope & Content:
Left papyrus (A) (TM 31972): Left-hand portion of a private letter from Flavius Antonius to Antonius Zosimus, mentioning a slave; with traces of the address on the back. Unpublished. Right papyrus (B) (TM 33776): Beginning of a letter from Psenesis to Atouphis, informing him that, because he is...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century-4th century
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments not belonging together, housed in the same glass frame.

Left papyrus (A): Left-hand portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, displaying a few insect-holes in places; written on both sides. The front bears the beginnings of 8 lines running across the fibres; upper, lower and left margins survive. On the back, there are faded traces of 1 line written along the fibres.

Right papyrus (B): Upper portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, displaying a few insect-holes in places; written on both sides. The front bears 12 lines running from the top of a column, running along the fibres, and 1 line written in the left margin, perpendicularly to the rest of the text; upper, right and left margins survive. On the back, there are faded traces of writing.

847. Papyrus 974

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 974
Title:
Surety for Fruit-Buyer (P.Lond. III 974, Chrest.Wilck. 429, TM 22753)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary surety for a man to act as a city contractor for the fruit supply (karpones) of the city of Hermopolis, the name of the guarantor being lost. The second column preserves the same text, but whether it concerns the same fruit-buyer and the same guarantor remains uncertain.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
June 306
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, imperfect at the top, bottom and left; darker along the upper edge; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, portions of two columns survive. The right margin and the intercolumn are extant. A sheet-join is visible at c. x mm from the left. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

848. Papyrus 975

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 975
Title:
Loan (P.Lond. III 975, TM 22754)
Scope & Content:
Aurelia Tamounis, daughter of Silvanus and Sarapias, acknowledges receipt of a loan of 4 artabas and a half of vegetables, to be repaid in the month of Epeiph, from Aurelia Isidora alias Eudaemonis, of Antinoopolis. With subscription of Tamounis at the end, written by Aurelius Horigenes, son of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
15 January 314
Extent:

Papyrus sheet in poor condition, darker to the right, with holes especially located in its left half and abrasion and other surface damage throughout. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 25 lines, some of which lack the beginnings. The margins survive, although they are mutilated in places. A sheet-join runs along the height of the sheet in the right margin. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

849. Papyrus 976

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 976
Title:
Loan of Lentils (P.Lond. III 976, TM 22755)
Scope & Content:
Aurelius Ammennianus and Aurelius Lammon acknowledge receipt of a loan of four and a half artabas of lentils, to be repaid in Pauni and Epeiph. The name of the lender is lost. With subscriptions of the borrowers at the end; that of Lammon was written by Aurelius Hatres as Lammon was illiterate.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
315
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and left; with few small insect holes and minor surface damage in the left edge, but well preserved as to the rest. Writing is on one side along the fibres. 16 lines survive, some of which lack the beginnings; of the first line only few traces remain. The lower margin measures approximately 50 mm; no margin was left to the right; the other margins are lost. There is a sheet-join running across the fibres and along the height of the sheet at c. 10 mm from the left edge. Vertical and horizontal folds are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

850. Papyrus 977

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 977
Title:
Sale of a Slave (P.Lond. III 977, TM 22756)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary sale of a slave by Claudius Theon Timagenes to Flavius Sanctus alias Magnillius, of Antinoopolis.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
330
Extent:

Two larger fragments and four detached scraps from the left-hand side of a papyrus roll, broken off at the bottom, mutilated to the right and damaged by holes throughout; with minor abrasion and other surface damage in places. Writing is on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The beginnings of 41 lines are preserved, with traces of another line. Upper and left margins partly survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

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