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1301. Papyrus 1974

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1974
Title:
Order to Supply Barley (P.Lond. VII 2190, SB VI 9600, TM 2460)
Scope & Content:
Letter of Apollonius to Apollonius, ordering him to supply twelve artabas of barley as fodder for the horses to the eight men who had been dispatched from the Hermopolite nome in transit to the camp with the king. With address on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
17 A pril 169 BC
Extent:
Long and narrow papyrus slip, complete and overall well preserved, with holes regularly distributed along the left edge; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 21 lines written along the fibres; margins are extant. Horizontal folds are visible. On the back, there is one line running across the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1302. Papyrus 1975

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1975
Title:
Registration of a Mortgage (SB X 10294, TM 14308)
Scope & Content:
Notice addressed to the keepers of the public archives from Tauetis, daughter of Stotoetis and priestess of the god Socnopaeus, acting with her brother as a guardian, to register a mortgage of 4 ½ aruras of catoecic land located near the village of Apias, which she has received from Apia, for 20...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2 July 157
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the top, and damaged by insect holes throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 24 lines, the first of which is mutilated. Lower and left margins partly survive; no margin was left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1303. Papyrus 1976

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1976
Title:
Sale of a House and Annexed Documents (SB XXII 15472, TM 43198)
Scope & Content:
'Pasted roll' (tomos synkollesimos), gathering three documents pertaining to the sale of a house and appurtenances located in Soknopaiou Nesos, bought at the price of 600 silver drachmas. The seller is Taharpagathes, daughter of Tesenouphis, priestess of Soknopaiou Nesos, acting with her son as ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 November 134
Extent:
‘Pasted roll’ (tomos synkollesimos), made of three papyrus sheets pasted together, with detached scrap on the left; the writing runs on one side. On the front, there are 3 columns of varying length written along the fibres; the first lacks the left-hand side, the others are complete. Two sheet-joins run vertically, and folding lines are still visible. The back bears no writing, but there are traces of red ink. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1304. Papyrus 1977

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1977
Title:
Agreement on a Pledge (P.Fam.Tebt. 40 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 40, SB IV 7364, TM 10752)
Scope & Content:
Copy of the agreement between Philantinous alias Nilammon and his brother Lysimachus concerning Martilla, the female slave that Philantinous had pledged to a creditor (see Papyrus 1983). Philantinous agrees to produce a copy of the hypothecation to prove that he had pledged only one-third of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
173-174
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, incomplete, broken off at the bottom and left, and badly riddled with insect holes; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, portions of 20 lines survive, lacking the beginnings. The column breaks off at the bottom. Vertical folds are still visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1305. Papyrus 1978

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1978
Title:
Bank Receipt (P.Fam.Tebt. 8 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 8, TM 10765)
Scope & Content:
Receipt from the bank of Pontion, acknowledging the payment of 1700 silver drachmas to the credit of Ptolemaeus, son of Ptolemaeus, made by Didyme, daughter of Lysimachus, acting with her husband Heraclides.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
103-114
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, darker in places, broken off at the bottom, lacking the lower left corner and damaged on the left; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 27 lines lacking the beginnings; the upper margin survives; no space was left on the right. Vertical folds are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1306. Papyrus 1982

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1982
Title:
Sale of a House (SB X 10571, TM 14329)
Scope & Content:
Contract drawn up in Ptolemais Euergetis for the sale of a house bought by Pacysis, a minor with Tanephremmis, his paternal grandmother, as a guardian, from his mother Taharpagathes, daughter of Herieus, with her husband Pacysis son of Satabous as a guardian. Taharpagathes had inherited the house...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
8 August 194
Extent:
Medium-dark brown papyrus, imperfect on the left, complete at the top, bottom and right; with insect-holes and surface damage in places. The front bears 31 lines running along the fibres; upper and lower margins are extant. No margin was left to the right. The back bears two stamp-impressions in red ink, appearing to be plain disks with no writing. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1307. Papyrus 1983

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1983
Title:
Petition to the Nomarch (P.Fam.Tebt. 38 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 38, SB IV 7363, TM 20967)
Scope & Content:
Petition to Callon, nomarch of Antinoopolis, from Lysimachus alias Didymus and Philosarapis, sons of Heraclides, who accuse their brother Philantinous of having pledged their female slave, Martilla, inherited from their mother, to a creditor. The money was enjoyed by Philantinous only. The petiti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12 or 13 September 168
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, complete; with insect-holes especially along the vertical folds and minor abrasion in places; written on both sides. On the front, there are 25 lines running along the fibres; margins are extant. The back was rotated 90 degrees and bears one line written along the fibres at the top left. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1308. Papyrus 1984

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1984
Title:
Mime (P.Lond.Lit. 97, TM 63519, LDAB 4728, MP3 2434)
Scope & Content:
Prose mime on a quarrel, with letters in the margin indicating the characters. The back bears the name of the copyist (Heraclides) and of the library where the manuscript used for copying was held (Praxias’ library).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:
Two fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, darker in places and with insect-holes; written on both sides. On the front, the larger fragment contains a column of 28 lines imperfect at the end. The writing runs along the fibres; upper and lower margins survive. The smaller fragment contains few letters from 11 lines. The column height is 190 mm. On the back, there are two lines written across the fibres, upside down in relation to the text on the front in red ink. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1309. Papyrus 1985

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1985
Title:
Lease of Crops (P.Fam.Tebt. 5 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 5, TM 10757)
Scope & Content:
Lease of crops of beans and turnips, the lessee being Polemon, son of Heuremon, and the lessor Hermes, son of Didymus. The rent is to be paid in kind and money (40 drachmas). Transport-charges are partly on the lessor and partly on the lessee; with subscription of Polemon written by someone else...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 November 98
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, darker in places, lacking the upper left corner and part of the bottom; damaged along the vertical folds; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 23 lines; margins survive; no blank space was left on the right. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1310. Papyrus 1994(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1994(A-B)
Title:
Letters to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1934, TM 2374; P.Lond. VII 2064, Pap.Lugd.Bat. XX 46, TM 1877)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. VII 1934, TM 2374): Letter of Apollonius (finance minister, dioiketes) to Zenon, enclosing the copy of the letter received from Dionysius, financial official (oikonomos), concerning three talents paid on account of Apollonius’s allowance; the address is on the back. Da...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
258-252 BC
Extent:

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

Upper papyrus (A): Light-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on the sides, complete at the top and bottom; with writing on both sides; on the front, there are the central portions of 11 lines written across the fibres; upper and lower margins survive; folding lines are still visible. On the back, there is one word written along the fibres at the bottom, the other way up in relation to the text on the front.

Lower papyrus (B): Right-hand portion of a light-brown papyrus sheet, the left hand portion of which is now in Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale, inventoried as P. gr. 354 and published as P.Strasb. IV 228; with writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are the ends of 4 lines running across the fibres, with upper, lower and right margins.

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