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1161. Papyrus 1738

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1738
Title:
Letter to Dioscorus of Aphrodito (P.Lond. V 1682; TM 19700)
Scope & Content:
A letter to Dioscorus of Aphrodito from an unknown sender about a troublesome shepherd who has been troubling Dioscorus’s tenants at the village of Mounkrechis; the writer was accompanying Menas the pagarch. The address is on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
566-567
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, dark brown in places, written against the fibres. Possibly folded from the bottom upwards and then perhaps once from each side towards the middle. The address on the back is written along the fibres. The text is complete.

1162. Papyrus 1739

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1739
Title:
Lease of Land (P.Lond. V 1690, TM 19707)
Scope & Content:
One-year lease of land, the lessee being Aurelius Apollos, son of Dioscorus, village headman (protokometes), and the lessor the monastery of Zmin; with summary on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
30 August 527
Extent:
Two non-contiguous fragments of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, slightly abraded in places and damaged by insect holes; writing runs along the fibres on both sides. On the front, there are 11 lines, with traces of another line at the bottom; upper and side margins survive. On the back there is one line written in the upper part of the sheet. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1163. Papyrus 1740

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1740
Title:
Acknowledgment of Debt (P.Lond. V 1844, TM 36960)
Scope & Content:
Conclusion of an acknowledgment of debt amounting to 24 solidi and undertaken by twelve persons, whose signatures survive; among these is Dioscorus’ father, Aurelius Apollos; there follow the witnesses’ signatures and the notarial subscription. The body of the document is lost.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
early 6th century
Extent:

Dark brown papyrus roll, broken off at the top and left; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears the ends of 21 lines; the lower margin is extant, no margin was left on the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1164. Papyrus 1741

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1741
Title:
Petition from the Archive of Dioscorus (P.Lond. V 1678, TM 19697)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of a petition by the people of Antaiopolis to Callinicus and perhaps Dorotheus, counts and magistri, complaining about abuses perpetrated by soldiers of a former military unit of Antaiopolis. Additional fragments of the petition are Papyrus 01607 and P.Flor. III 295.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
566-568
Extent:
Upper portion of a dark-brown papyrus, additional fragments of which are Papyrus 01607 and a papyrus now in Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, inventoried as 295. The writing runs on one side and the back is blank. The front bears nine lines from the top of a column, written along the fibres. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1165. Papyrus 1742

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1742
Title:
Leases of Land (P.Lond. V 1696, TM 36921; SB XXVI 16529, TM 19715)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. V 1696, TM 36921): Portion of a lease of land, the lessee being a certain Isaac. With his subscription and the notary’s at the bottom. The endorsement on the back is illegible. Verso (SB XXVI 16529, TM 19715): Glued onto the back is a papyrus strip from another document, further ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
500-526
Extent:
Dark-brown papyrus sheet, incomplete, with writing on both sides. On the front, there is a column of 18 lines written along the fibres; the lower and right margins are extant, the left margin partly survives at the bottom. A strip of another dark brown papyrus was glued onto the back of the sheet and preserves the beginnings of 29 lines written along the fibres. Other fragments of this different document are Papyrus 0503 and a papyrus in Berlin, inventoried as 25080. Perpendicularly to this text, there are traces of one line belonging to the document on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1166. Papyrus 1743

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1743
Title:
Conclusion of a Petition (P.Lond. V 1675, TM 19694)
Scope & Content:
Conclusion of a petition to the dux of the Thebaid, the details being lost; it may be the end of Papyrus 1727 (P.Lond. V 1674), a petition written by the inhabitants of Aphrodito against the misdeeds of the pagarchs.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
566-573
Extent:
Lower portion of a papyrus sheet, darker in places and with surface damage; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 8 lines from the foot of a column. The side margins are minimal, the lower is ample. Folding lines are still visible. A sheet-join runs along the width of the papyrus at the beginning of the lower margin. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1167. Papyrus 1744

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1744
Title:
Petition from the Archive of Dioscorus (P.Lond. V 1676, TM 19695)
Scope & Content:
A man petitions the dux against the attempts of Petros to make the petitioner and his wife liable for taxes. The petitioner’s father had become a monk and left him in the care of his maternal uncle Colluthus, who later became his father-in-law, as the petitioner married his daughter. Upon their m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
566-573
Extent:
Dark-brown papyrus, with lighter patches, rubbed in places; written on both sides. The front bears 32 lines written across the fibres; on the back, there are 36 lines written along the fibres, the other way up in relation to the front, with an interlinear addition of one line. Margins are minimal. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1168. Papyrus 1747

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1747
Title:
Letter (P.Lond. V 1840 descr., TM 36957)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a letter, either private or official, possibly from the archive of Dioscorus of Aphrodito. The names of the correspondents are lost.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:

Fragment from a dark-brown papyrus sheet, broken off to the left, imperfect on the right, complete at the top and bottom; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears the central portions of 7 lines; upper and lower margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1169. Papyrus 1752

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1752
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1377, P.Ross.Georg. IV 8, TM 20493)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a letter of governor Qurrah ben Sharik, possibly to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, another portion of which is preserved in a papyrus at the Hermitage Museum. The governor orders the recipient to instruct his people not to sell materials at a higher price than the fixed tariff establ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2 May 710
Extent:
Right-hand portion of a medium-to-dark brown papyrus, additional portions of which are now in St Petersburg, Hermitage Museum inventoried as 13335. The writing runs on one side and the back is blank. The front bears the ends of 13 lines written across the fibres; lower and right margins survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1170. Papyrus 1753

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1753
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1402, TM 19850)
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik, possibly to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, concerning workmen.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
709-714
Extent:
Five fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears the beginnings of 17 lines. The order of the fragments is uncertain. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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