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1811. Papyrus 3028

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3028
Title:
Contract (P.Hib. II 264, TM 5220)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary contract in Demotic, followed by the Greek docket registering the deed. The Demotic text is unpublished.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1 January 248 BC
Extent:

Three larger fragments and some scraps, extracted from mummy cartonnage; written on one side along the fibres, with plaster residue in places. The fragments are mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1812. Papyrus 3030

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3030
Title:
Tax Account (P.Hib. II 266, TM 5222)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary account of taxes, including the tax on wool and the artisans’ tax, probably arranged by day of the month.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
around 250 BC
Extent:

Three fragments of varying size from a papyrus extracted from mummy cartonnage, written on one side along the fibres. The largest fragment bears portions of 16 lines, with blank space between lines 10 and 11; the other fragments preserve a few letters from a few lines. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1813. Papyrus 3031

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3031
Title:
Fragments from a Tax-Register (P.Hib. II 267, TM 5222)
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a tax-register, listing various individuals who made purchases. Most of the fragments are unpublished.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 230 BC
Extent:

Five papyrus fragments recovered from mummy cartonnage, possibly from the same roll, with surface damage; written on one side along the fibres. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1814. Papyrus 3034

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3034
Title:
Private accounts (P.Hib. II 270, TM 5225)
Scope & Content:
Portion of private accounts, with reference to ‘sambyke’ (stringed instrument)-players and some item of calf-skin, and mentioning days in the months of Mecheir, Phamenoth and Pharmouthi. The back bears further accounts, not visible.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
260-240 BC
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus with detached scrap, recovered from mummy cartonnage; written on both sides. The front bears 5 lines written along the fibres, the back 12 lines written across the fibres, not visible as the papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1815. Papyrus 3035

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3035
Title:
Private account (P.Hib. II 271, TM 5226)
Scope & Content:
Fragments recovered from mummy cartonnage containing private accounts, presumably of a household, arranged by date and recording amounts of money spent for various items, such as wine, wheat, pigeons, fruit, vegetables, wreaths etc. Only the upper left fragment has been published.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 230 BC
Extent:

Four larger fragments and two detached scraps from a papyrus roll, recovered from mummy cartonnage; dark-brown, except those covered with plaster residue; writing runs along the fibres on the front; the best-preserved fragment bears 11 lines from the foot of a column. The fragments are mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1816. Papyrus 3037

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3037
Title:
Hercules on Oeta (P.Oxy. XXVII 2454, TM 63523, LDAB 4732, MP3 1711, TrGF II 653)
Scope & Content:
A fragmentary monologue in iambic trimetres by Heracles during his last moments of life on mount Oeta. He compares his present wretchedness with his glorious past, recounting his deeds: the Nemean lion, Hydra, Antaeus, Alcyones and giants, Erymanthian boar, Thracias mares of Diomedes, Cerberus, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Fragmentary sheet from a papyrus roll written on one side along the fibres, containing portion of two columns of 30 lines each; of column 1 the ends of the lines survive, of column 2 only the beginnings. The lower margin survives to 3 cm. Housed in one glass case.

1817. Papyrus 3038

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3038
Title:
Hypotheses of Euripides’ Plays (P.Oxy. XXVII 2455, TM 59820, LDAB 925, MP3 453)
Scope & Content:
Portions of a papyrus roll containing narrative summaries (hypotheses) of Euripides’ plays, including the first line and summaries of the plays in alphabetical order of their titles from the letter 'mu' to 'chi'. The plays are Medea, Melanippe Sophe, Oedipus, Orestes, Peliades, Sciron, Stheneboe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of 2nd century
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a medium-brown papyrus roll, housed in six glass frames named Papyrus 3038(1), Papyrus 3038(2), Papyrus 3038(3), Papyrus 3038(4), Papyrus 3038(5), Papyrus 3038(6); written on one side along the fibres; the back is blank. There are about 35 lines per column; the average column width is 90 mm; the intercolumn measures about 25 mm. Additional fragments from the same roll are now in Oxford, Sackler Library, inventoried as 102/195(e), and Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale, inventoried as P. gr. 2676 a.

1818. Papyrus 3039

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3039
Title:
Tax Register and List of Euripides’s Plays (P.Oxy. XXVII 2456, TM 59821, LDAB 926)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a tax register on the front, and list of eighteen plays of Euripides, arranged in alphabetical order (first letter only); the titles preserved begin with the letters sigma to chi; assigned to the second century.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus fragment, with writing on all sides. On the front, there are portions of one column written along the fibres; on the back, there is one column, running across the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1819. Papyrus 3040

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3040
Title:
Tax Register and Hypotheses of Euripides’ Plays (P.Oxy. XXVII 2457, TM 111103, 59822, LDAB 927)
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 111103): Portion of a late first century tax register, unpublished. Verso (TM 59822, LDAB 927, MP3 454): Hypotheses of some of Euripides’s plays. The surviving portion preserves the summaries of Alcestis and Aeolus; another fragment now in Oxford, inventoried as 42 5B 78/J(3-4) b and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Late 1st century-early 2nd century
Extent:

Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus roll, complete at the bottom and broken off on the other sides; written on both sides. The front bears parts from the foot of a column and traces of another column, written along the fibres; the lower margin is extant. On the back, there are portions of one column written across the fibres. The lower margin is extant. Another fragment of the same roll is now in Oxford, at the Sackler Library, inventoried as 42 5B 78/J(3-4)b. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1820. Papyrus 3041

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3041
Title:
Euripides, Cresphontes (P.Oxy. XXVII 2458, TM 59861, LDAB 967)
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a papyrus roll with Euripides’ Cresphontes with stage directions; possibly an actor’s copy of the script. This scene comes from the prologue of the play and part of the parodos, when Cresphontes returns to Messene to avenge his murdered father.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:
Six fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, numbered 1-6 in the frame; with writing along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Fragment 1 bears the tops of three consecutive columns and part of the upper margin, measuring up to 10 mm; fragment 2 carries the remains of one column and part of the lower margin; fragment 3 a few letters from 7 lines; fragment 4 remains of 6 lines; fragment 5 a few letters from 2 lines; fragment 6 bears portions of 1 column. Letters are 2-3 mm high on average. The fragments are housed in a glass frame.

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