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1. Papyrus 46

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 46
Title:
Handbook of Magic (P. Lond. I. 46, PGM V, TM 64368)
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-1v: Oracle of Sarapis f. 1v: Direct vision (Clairvoyance) Spell ff. 1v-2r: [Spell to Catch a Thief] ff. 2r-3r: Stele of Ieu the Hieroglyphists ff. 3-3v: Another Way to Catch a Thief ff. 3v-7v: Hermes's Ring
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:
7 pages of a papyrus codex, writing on both sides; written in one column containing an average of 37 lines on a page. Housed in seven glass frames.

2. Papyrus 77

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 77
Title:
The Will of Abraham, Bishop of Hermonthis (P. Lond. I. 77; TM 39851)
Scope & Content:
The Will of Abraham, Bishop of Hermonthis, or Harment, anchoret of the Memnonium [Djeme, near Thebes], son of Sabinus and Rebecca, bequeathing the cell of St. Phoebammon and all his property to Victor, priest and monk. Attested by the Bishop; by the scribe, Joseph son of John, who wrote the docu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
600-625
Extent:
1 sheet, writing on one side only, mounted in glass.

3. Papyrus 98

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 98
Title:
Greek and Old Coptic Horoscope (P.Lond. I. 98; P.Copt. 366, TM 23938), and Hyperides' Funeral Oration over Leosthenes (P.Lond.Lit. 133, TM 61282)
Scope & Content:
Recto: lines 1-115 - Greek horoscope for the year 95CE lines 116-18 - The Old Coptic Horoscope Verso: The Funeral Oration of Hyperides over Leosthenes (TLG 0030.006)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
95-199
Extent:

15 fragments of a roll, written on both sides, framed and glazed.

4. Papyrus 108

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 108
Title:
Hyperides, Orations Against Demosthenes and in Defense of Lycophron (P.Lond.Lit. 132, TM 61281, LDAB 2423, MP3 1233)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus 108 is now in 13 frames labelled from Papyrus 108 (1) - Papyrus 108 (13), each of which houses one or more numbered fragments. Contents of the separate frames are described against the edition of Jensen (Jensen, Hyperidis, (1917)). Papyrus 108 (1) Fragment 1 = Hyperides: In Demosthene...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
75-125
Extent:

39 fragments of a papyrus roll now mounted in 13 glass cases. Other portions of the same roll are now Papyrus 115 (1-2) and Cambridge, St John's College Aa 5.1; Paris, Louvre 1169 and Rossale School (Fragmenta Tancockiana).

5. Papyrus 114

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 114
Title:
The Bankes Homer (P. Lond. Lit. 28)
Scope & Content:
The Bankes Homer, consisting of Iliad 24.127-804 (P. Lond. Lit. 28; TM 60500), with a colophon at the end: Ἰλίαδος Ω. Imperfect, lacking the first 126 lines of Iliad 24 (and possibly also all of Iliad 23). Includes, in the margins, the names of characters to indicate passages of direct speech, a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

1 papyrus roll, writing on one side only, mounted in glass.

6. Papyrus 115

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 115
Title:
Hyperides’ Pro Lycophrone and Pro Euxenippo (P.Lond.Lit. 132, TM 61281, LDAB 2423, MP3 1233)
Scope & Content:
48 columns from the same papyrus roll as Papyrus 108, of which this papyrus is the continuation; the layout and arrangement of the columns is very regular; kollêsis joins are visible throughout, and there are alignment dots; punctuation is marked by spacing and sometimes by using paragraphoi as ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
75-125
Extent:

Fragments of various sizes from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres and preserving 48 columns; the papyrus, housed in three glass frames and mounted on cardboard, is part of the same roll as Papyrus 108. When complete, the roll must have been over 7 metres long. Further fragments are to be found in the papyrus of Cambridge, St John’s College Aa 5.1 Ardenianus, and in P.Louvre inv. 7169.

7. Papyrus 119

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 119
Title:
Register of Contributors for Tax on Land (Geometria) (P. Lond. I 119, TM 20001)
Scope & Content:
Official register of contributors for the geometria, a tax on land, arranged according to districts and alphabetical order. Each entry would have contained the name of the individual, details concerning the property, the tax rate.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
143-144
Extent:

Fragments from a long papyrus roll written on one side along the fibres. Most of the columns that survive are mutilated, but where it is preserved the writing is in good condition. A further portion of the text is to be found in Papyrus 109A (= SB XIV 11704). The fragments are mounted on cardboard in two glass frames; an additional glass frame contains unpublished fragments.

8. Papyrus 122

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 122
Title:
Collection of Magical Spells (P. Lond. I. 122.; PGM VIII; TM 59324)
Scope & Content:
col. 1-2: Binding love spell of Astrapsoukos col. 2-3: Request for a Dream Oracle to Besas.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Fragment of a roll, written on one side only, mounted in perplex, housed in a paper case.

9. Papyrus 131

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 131
Title:
Aristotle's Constitution of the Athenians (P.Lond.Lit. 108) and Other Texts: Scholia on Callimachus’ Aetia (P.Lond. Lit. 181), Farm Accounts (SB VIII 9699, P.Lond. I 131*), Commentary on Demosthenes’ In Midiam (P. Lond. Lit. 179)
Scope & Content:
Recto: - Papyrus 131 (1): Scholia on Callimachus’ Aetia (P. Lond. Lit. 181, TM 59363, LDAB 462, MP3 197). Three columns at the beginning of the roll, the first and the third with only a few lines, of fragments of scholia on Callimachus's Aetia (Σ Lond. = frr. 1d, 2a, and 2e Harder), copied in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
78-c 100
Extent:

Four papyrus rolls, one of which was divided into two pieces, now separately framed; written on both sides, with two texts being upside down in relation to the other texts written on the same side.

10. Papyrus 133

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 133
Title:
Demosthenes, Epistula III (P.Lond.Lit. 130, TM 61289, LDAB 2431, MP3 337)
Scope & Content:
Demosthenes’ Epistula III.1-38, addressed to the council and assembly and concerning the children on Lycurgus, from the same papyrus roll as Papyrus 134 (Hyperides, Against Philippides), but in a different hand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century BC
Extent:
Continuation of the same roll as Papyrus 134, with blank space of about 300 mm to separate the texts and in a different hand; each sheet of the roll has a width of 185 mm; broken off to the right, with three columns missing from the text; well preserved, with slight abrasion in few places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 12 columns, sloping to the right, each measuring 170 x 58 mm and having between 29 and 36 lines; the intercolumn measures 12 mm on average; the upper margin measures between 29 and 38 mm, the lower between 33 and 40 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.