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Project / Collection Papyri Collections Archive Reference (shelfmark) Papyrus 1-3136 Place Phebichis, Koites toparchy, Herakleopolite nome, Egypt

1. Papyrus 1838

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1838
Title:
Receipt for Beer-Tax (P.Hib. I 106, TM 4416)
Scope & Content:
Receipt in the form of a double document acknowledging the money paid by Harendotes for Taembes into the collecting office of the Koites toparchy at Phebicis, on account of the beer tax. With Dorion’s subscription and Demotic subscription at the end. Traces of the mummy decoration are visible on...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
21 January 245 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, mutilated at the top and bottom, and with surface damage in the preserved portion. The back is covered with plaster, and shows the remains of the mummy decoration. The front bears 10 lines written across the fibres, the last of which is in Demotic. The modern annotation in red refers to the publication in P.Hib. I. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2. Papyrus 2944

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2944
Title:
Loan of Money (P.Hib. I 88, TM 2819)
Scope & Content:
Fragment from mummy cartonnage of a loan of 160 silver drachmas, given by Sostratus to a man whose name is damaged. Penalty applies should the borrower fail to pay the loan back within the agreed time.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
August-September 263 BC
Extent:
Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, broken off on the left and at the bottom. On the front, there are the ends of 14 lines written along the fibres; on the back, there are traces of lines which may be offsets from another papyrus which was part of the same cartonnage and plaster residues. The modern annotation in red refers to the publication in P.Hib. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

3. Papyrus 2981

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2981
Title:
Receipt for Rent (P.Hib. II 209, TM 2833)
Scope & Content:
Lysicrates, decurion of the troop of Zoilus, acknowledges receipt of 750 artabas of olyra and some fodder as a rent of his holding paid by Demetrius, son of Ptolemaeus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
June-July 263 BC
Extent:
Upper portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet with five detached scraps at the bottom, reused as mummy cartonnage; written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of 12 lines written along the fibres, overall complete, and 12 additional lines, of which only traces survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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