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1051. Papyrus 1575

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1575
Title:
Document (Unpublished) and Letter of a School-Boy (SB III 6262, TM 31055)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Document, mostly illegible (Unpublished). At the bottom, written upside down in relation to the text, there is the address of the text on the verso. Verso (SB III 6262, TM 31055): Letter of Thonis addressed to his father Arion. The boy inquires why Arion has not replied to any of his ear...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:
Sheet of papyrus cut out from a larger piece, bearing writing on both sides. The text on the front runs along the fibres and is almost illegible because of the dark stains and the salts deposited on the surface. Only the upper margin survives. The text on the verso is complete; some words were erased and corrected. The surface is occasionally damaged; horizontal folding lines are visible. All margins are extant, the side margins being minimal. The papyrus is mounted in a glass case.

1052. Papyrus 1586(A-C)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1586(A-C)
Title:
Tax Receipts and Certificate for Five-Day Work (TM 14291, 43199, 43215)
Scope & Content:
Upper fragment (A) (SB XXII 15707, TM 43215): Receipt issued by the sitologi of Nilopolis for the payment of six artabas of wheat made to the account of Apynchis, son of Apynchis, of Soknopaiou Nesos, for public taxes. Dated 19 August 194. Middle fragment (B) (SB VIII 9864, TM 14291): Certifica...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
107-194
Extent:

Three papyrus sheets that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Upper fragment (A): Light-brown papyrus sheet, complete, written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 5 lines written along the fibres. All margins are extant, the lower being irregular.

Middle fragment (B): Medium-brown papyrus sheet, imperfect at the bottom and with some surface damage; written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 9 lines written along the fibres. Upper and right margins are extant; no margin on the left.

Lower fragment (C): Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and with some surface damage; written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 12 lines written along the fibres, and traces of another line at the bottom. Upper and left margins are extant; no margin was left to the right.

1053. Papyrus 1588 (A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1588 (A-B)
Title:
Miscellaneous Documents (TM 702617)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (TM 702617): Composite receipt for poll-tax (syntaximon) and other taxes shared by the community paid in eleven instalments over a period of about one year. The tax payer is Pausiris son of Panephrymis. A number was added in the top margin. Dated October 151-October 152. Lower...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Medium-brown papyrus sheet, with surface damage in places; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears 16 lines; margins are extant. A sheet-join runs from about 2-4 mm from the right edge. The back is blank.

Lower papyrus (B): Lower portion of a papyrus sheet, complete on the sides and at the bottom; with some surface damage; written on both sides. The front bears 15 lines from the bottom of a column, written along the fibres; on the back there is one word written across the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front.

1054. Papyrus 1589

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1589
Title:
Petition (SB XX 14469, TM 23749)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of a petition addressed to the strategus of the Hermopolite nome from Aurelius Hermes alias Pinutis, gymnasiarch and councillor of Hermopolis, selected by the council as member of an embassy following the tetrarchs. Presumably dated between June 302 and November 303.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
302-303
Extent:
Upper portion of a medium-to-dark-brown papyrus, complete at the top and sides, but damaged by holes and abrasion; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 11 lines written along the fibres; left and upper margins are extant; no margin was left on the right. Folding lines are still visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1055. Papyrus 1590(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1590(A-B)
Title:
Miscellaneous Documents, including receipt for rent on sheep (TM 702618)
Scope & Content:
Left papyrus (A) (TM 702618): Receipt for 220 drachmas paid for the rent on sheep owned by the state, paid by one Apynchis to the tax collectors of Soknopaiou Nesos. Dated 14 June 199. Right papyrus (B): Fragmentary agreement, unpublished; the back bears another document.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, housed in a glass frame.

Left papyrus (A): Complete slip, light-brown, written on one side along the fibres. The front bears 6 complete lines; all margins are extant. The backis blank.

Right papyrus (B): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the bottom; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back.

1056. Papyrus 1594

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1594
Title:
Notification of Death (ZPE 208 (218) 177-80, no. 2, TM 765547)
Scope & Content:
Apollos, possibly from Dionysias, notifies the royal scribe of the Arsinoite nome, meris of Themistos, of the death of his sister’s husband, registered in Philoteris, and asks that he may be added to the list of deceased. An order to the village scribe follows.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
11 December 117
Extent:

Long and narrow papyrus sheet, medium-brown, damaged by abrasion and insect holes; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 24 lines written along the fibres; of the last line, only scant traces survive. Margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1057. Papyrus 1600

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1600
Title:
Applications for Privileged Civic Status (SB IV 7440, TM 18049-18050), and Proceedings
Scope & Content:
Recto, column 1 (TM 18049): Application submitted by Hermaeus alias Pathotes, son of Anubion alias Aelurion and Tetais, who requests that his son Hermogenes, who turned 13, be added to the list of citizens with privileged status; with imperial oath. Dated 16 August 133. Column 2 (TM 18050): Fra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Papyrus made of two joined sheets, lacking the lower right portion (front) and with surface damage in places; written on both sides. The front bears two columns written along the fibres, almost complete, and remains of another column to the right. A sheet-join runs vertically after the first column. On the back, there are parts of 2 columns written across the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1058. Papyrus 1602(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1602(A-B)
Title:
Lease of Palm Grove (ZPE 208 (218) 173-5, no. 1, TM 765546), and Loan on Mortgage (P.Tebt. II 390 + BL I 428, Chrest.Mitt. 251, TM 13546)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyus (A) (TM 765546): Beginning of an offer to lease one and a half aruras of palm grove located in Ibion Eikosipentarouron for four years at a rent of 180 drachmas, two palm trees bearing fruit and one artaba of dates. Dated in 91. Lower papyrus (B) (TM 13546): Beginning of an acknowle...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
91-167
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Broken off at the bottom and left; damaged by insect holes; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 17 lines lacking the beginnings. The upper margin is extant, no margin was left to the right.

Lower papyrus (B): Upper portion of the same papyrus as a fragment now in the Bancroft Library, Berkeley; broken off at the bottom and left, damaged by insect holes; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of 13 lines from the top of a column, lacking the beginnings. The text was crossed out. The upper margin is extant; no margin was left to the right.

1059. Papyrus 1607

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1607
Title:
Petition to a Strategus (P.Lond. V 1651, TM 19675)
Scope & Content:
Petition to Aurelius Hermias, leading councillor of Hermopolis and strategus, from Aurelius Dios, son of Apollon, complaining that his wife Hermione had abandoned him taking valuable objects and documents with her. Dios asks that the woman be kept in custody until the civil governor (praeses) arr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 April 363
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, complete but severely damaged by insect holes throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 24 lines, some of which are mutilated. Margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1060. Papyrus 1608

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1608
Title:
Private Letter (P.Lond. V 1659, TM 33190)
Scope & Content:
Letter concerning items of clothing, such as mantles and tunics. The names of the correspondents are lost; with closing greetings in the left margin.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Fragmentray papyrus sheet, broken off at the top, with holes and surface damage in places; written on one side, with the back blank. The front bears 15 lines, the first of which is very mutilated, written along the fibres; an additional line was written across the fibres in the left margin. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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