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Project / Collection Papyri Collections Archive Reference (shelfmark) Papyrus 1-3136 Name Stotoetis, 1st half of 2nd century

1. Papyrus 303

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 303
Title:
Sale of a Donkey (P.Lond. II 303, Chrest.Mitt. 160, TM 11683)
Scope & Content:
Sale of a white-mouse-coloured donkey purchased for 148 drachmas in the village of Herakleia by Stotoetis, son of Horus, of Soknopaiou Nesos, from Dioscorus, son of Castor. The scribe is Alcimus, who also wrote the subscription on account of Dioscorus, who is illiterate.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
9 August 142
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus sheet, fully preserved although somewhat damaged along the two vertical folds. Slight abrasion affects the end of two lines. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The text consists of one column with 32 lines, complete. The first line is indented and separated by some blank space from the following line. All margins are extant, with barely any blank space left at the bottom and right. A sheet-join runs across the fibres at c. 1-3 mm from the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2. Papyrus 305

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 305
Title:
Receipt (SB XVIII 13257, P.Lond. II 305 descr., TM 14727)
Scope & Content:
A receipt acknowledging that Stotoetis, son of Horus, has paid the tax for the purchase of a donkey (telos onou), male, white and young, which he bought from Horion, son of Sarapion.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1 April 145
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete, bearing writing on one side across the fibres, with the back blank. The surface is slightly damaged in the left portion. There are five complete lines, with a trace of ink at the top. The blank space at the bottom measures 30-34 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

3. Papyrus 309

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 309
Title:
Declaration of Camels (P.Lond. II 309, TM 11688)
Scope & Content:
A declaration addressed to the strategus Archibius and the royal scribe (basilikos grammateus) of the division of Herakleides in the Arsinoite nome from Stotoetis, son Stotoetis, grandson of Stotoetis, of Soknopaiou Nesos. Stotoetis declares that one of his four camels has died and registers thr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
28 January 146
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus sheet, almost complete but damaged by holes throughout, especially along the right edge and the horizontal folding lines. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The texts consists of one column of 23 lines, with only the last lines somewhat mutilated at the end. The surface is abraded in places and two lines are blotted; bottom, left, and upper margins are extant; the right is minimal and is not fully preserved. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

4. Papyrus 313

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 313
Title:
Sale of a Donkey (P.Lond. II 313, TM 11692)
Scope & Content:
Sale of a mouse-coloured female donkey for 64 drachmas in Kerkesoucha, bought by Stotoetis, son of Horus, aged 35, from Pasion, son of Phasis, aged 25. The date and place are provided at the beginning and are written in a hand different from that of the body of the document.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
21 April 148
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete, with only a few small wormholes, located especially in the lower portion of the sheet. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. All margins are extant; at the right no margin was left. The blank space at the bottom measures 84-89 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.