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211. Papyrus 256

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 256
Title:
Miscellaneous Documents (P.Lond. II 256 A, C-E, TM 11657, 19973-19975), Epigram on the Battle of Actium (P.Lond.Lit. 62, TM 63120, LDAB 4324, MP3 1853.1) and Rhetorical Exercises (P.Lond.Lit. 138, TM 63121, LDAB 4325, MP3 2515)
Scope & Content:
Documents from a ‘pasted roll’ (tomos synkollesimos) containing five documents: Recto: From left to right: - Detached fragments and beginning of the larger fragment with traces of writing; - Column 1 (preserved on the larger fragment): Receipt for shipment of 1718 and a half artabas of grain...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Papyrus fragments of various sizes from a composite roll, with the larger fragment being made up by joining several sheets of different dimensions, originally distinct; written on both sides, containing several columns in various hands not fully preserved. One sheet in the middle of the roll was arranged in the reverse way to the rest, so that its verso lies with the recto of the rest of the roll.

212. Papyrus 257

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 257
Title:
Scope & Content:
Pap. CCLVII. CENSUS-ROLL, containing list of names, with the father and mother of each individual, his age, and sometimes his occupation. The names are arranged by households, only males being included in the list, and the ages range between 14 and 60. Both beginning and end of the roll are lost...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:
1 item

213. Papyrus 258

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 258
Title:
Scope & Content:
Pap. CCLVIII. CENSUS-ROLL, Of the same nature and in the same hand as the preceding, and consequently presumably of the same date (A.D. 94). The ages vary between 14 and 59. Both beginning and end of the roll are lost, but ten columns are preserved, all more or less damaged by rubbing and mutila...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
0094
Extent:
1 item

214. Papyrus 259

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 259
Title:
Scope & Content:
Pap. CCLIX. CENSUS-ROLL, of the same nature and in the same hand as the two preceding documents. A mention of the 14th year of the emperor Domitian shows that it is a revision of the census for that year. In one part of the document references are made to the returns of the two preceding regular...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:
1 item

215. Papyrus 260

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 260
Title:
Official Register (Stud. Pal. IV, pp. 58-83, TM 14986) and Demotic Accounts (P.Lond. II 260v. descr., TM 90844)
Scope & Content:
Recto Parts of the official returns written by Heraclides, amphodarch of the quarter of Apollonios’ Camp in Arsinoe, of which further portions are to be found in Papyrus 261 and P.Vindob. G 19976. The full text comprises 45 surviving columns with lists of inhabitants of the quarter liable to va...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
ca. 73
Extent:

Two large fragments from a papyrus roll, written on both sides in Greek and Demotic, and housed in two glass frames; on the recto, 13 columns in Greek are preserved, although only a few traces of the last survive. Occasionally we see Demotic text written above the Greek one as well as in the blank space of the recto. The verso bears Demotic writing. The recto of the papyrus contains lines 507-703 of the same document of which further portions are to be found in Papyrus 261 and P.Vindob. G 19976.

216. Papyrus 261

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 261
Title:
Official Register (Stud. Pal. IV, pp. 58-83, TM 14986) and Demotic Accounts (P.Lond. II 261v. descr., TM 90844)
Scope & Content:
Parts of the official returns written by Heraclides, amphodarch of the quarter of Apollonios’ Camp in Arsinoe, of which further portions are to be found in Papyrus 260 and P.Vindob. G 19976. These are lists, drawn up by the same hand, of inhabitants of the quarter liable to various taxes; 45 col...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
ca. 73
Extent:

Fragments of various sizes from a papyrus roll, written on both sides in Greek and Demotic, and housed in two glass frames; imperfect at both ends and damaged throughout; on the recto, 19 columns in Greek are preserved, although only a few traces of the last remain. Occasionally we see Demotic text written above the Greek one as well as added in the blank space of the recto. The verso bears Demotic writing. The recto of the papyrus contains lines 1-278 of the document of which further portions are to be found in Papyrus 260 and in P.Vindob. G. 19976.

217. Papyrus 262

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 262
Title:
Certificate of Sale of a House (P.Dime III 5, P.Lond. II 262, TM 44702)
Scope & Content:
Certificate of sale of a house with veranda and empty plots in Soknopaiou Nesos, purchased by Satabous from the priest Chairemon and his wife. The beginning of the papyrus has the Demotic text with the cession of the house (P.Dime III 5); after a blank space, two Greek lines contain date, place ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
21 November 11
Extent:

Complete, although much damaged by wormholes; from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres.

218. Papyrus 263

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 263
Title:
Scope & Content:
Pap. CCLXIII. ACCOUNTS of expenditure of money during part of the month Phaophi in the 4th year of the emperor Tiberius Cæsar Augustus [= October, A.D. 17]. The beginning and end of the roll are lost, and both top and bottom have suffered by rubbing. There are remains of 50 columns, the last six...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 0017
Extent:
1 item

219. Papyrus 264

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 264
Title:
Demotic Hymn to Sobek (P.Lond. II 264r. descr., TM 130908) and List of Names (P.Lond. II 264v. descr., TM 25618)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. II 264r. descr., TM 130908, LDAB 130908): Five columns, three of which complete, written in Demotic and containing a hymn to Sobek, who is described as a cosmic and solar deity, source of all life; praises are addressed to him. Traces of an underlying Greek text, which was apparen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Fragment from a papyrus roll, written on both sides, bearing Greek writing on the verso and Demotic writing on the recto; traces of an underlying Greek text on the recto, which was washed out, are visible. Overall well preserved, yet incomplete, with holes affecting the writing on both sides; housed in one glass case.

220. Papyrus 265

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 265
Title:
Demotic Text (P.Lond. II 265r descr., TM 63116), Metrological Problems (P.Lond. II 265, TM 25619, LDAB 4320, MP3 2326) and Census Register (P.Lond. II 265v descr., TM 25620)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Column 1 (P.Lond. II 265r descr., TM 63116): Demotic text. Columns 2- 8 (P.Lond. II 265, TM 25619, LDAB 4320, MP3 2326): Mathematical problems with headings, of which seven columns survive, not fully preserved. The text concerns the conversion between six different standards of artabas ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Fragments from a papyrus roll written on both sides and containing several columns, not fully preserved; written in Greek, with one column in Demotic.

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