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1311. Papyrus 2000

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2000
Title:
Declaration of Birth (SB XVI 12742, TM 16282)
Scope & Content:
Declaration addressed to the nomarch from Ophelas, son of Nemesion and Tereus, and his wife Hermione, and from his brother Castor, registering the birth of their son, Philantinoos alias Isidorus, twenty-five days old. The declarants refer to the benefits granted by Hadrian for children of Antinoo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
28 September 157
Extent:
Fragmentary papyrus sheet with two detached fragments, medium-dark brown; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Portions of 21 lines remain; the upper margin survives. The detached fragment at the bottom bears a few letters from 5 lines and the lower margin. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1312. Papyrus 2010

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2010
Title:
Inventory of Minor’s Personal Estate (P.Fam.Tebt. 49 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 49, TM 20971)
Scope & Content:
Philosarapis, appointed as guardian (epitropos) of Iulius alias Herodes, takes inventory of the minor’s personal estate before some witnesses. Among the belongings are items of clothing, a chest, a glass ball, cushions, cooking utensils. With subscription of Philosarapis and of the witnesses.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
205 (?)
Extent:
Two larger fragments and five detached scraps from a light-brown papyrus, with holes throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The upper fragment contains the top two columns of 11 and 10 lines respectively; the fragment on the right, which is the largest, bears parts of two columns of 10 and 15 lines, broken off at the top and bottom. The scraps preserve a few letters from few lines. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1313. Papyrus 2013

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2013
Title:
Appointment of a Representative (P.Fam.Tebt. 41 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 41, TM 20968)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary appointment of a representative, who is to perform his own and Lysimachus alias Didymus’s duties as a 'night-strategus' (nyktostrategos) in Antinoopolis; with date and subscriptions at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
8 March 176
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, incomplete, broken off at the top and left, with insect holes in the centre of the preserved portion and surface damaged throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front there are portions of 19 lines, all lacking the beginnings; part of the lower margin survives; no margin was left to the right. A sheet-join runs vertically in the middle of the sheet. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1314. Papyrus 2015

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2015
Title:
Tax Receipt (P.Fam.Tebt. 35 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 35, TM 20964)
Scope & Content:
Receipt issued by the collectors of money taxes (praktores argyrikon) to Heracleia, daughter of Hermes, acknowledging money payments made on account of the naubion-tax (paid for the maintenance of dykes and canals in the land owned by the tax-payer) on catoeci for two years; written after 23 Augu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 154
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, square-shaped, with a few darker patches; incomplete at the bottom; displaying abrasion in places and damage along the vertical folds; written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 9 lines written in the upper half of the sheet. Margins survive, the lower measuring c.60 mm; no blank space was left on the right. Vertical folds are still visible; a sheet-join runs vertically along the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1315. Papyrus 2020

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2020
Title:
Testamentum Vetus (Theodotion), Daniel (P.Lond.Lit. 211, TM 62329, LDAB 3493)
Scope & Content:
Parchment fragment containing Theodotion’s version of Daniel I:17-18. A few variants occur.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of the 4th century
Extent:

Fragment of a parchment roll or codex, reused for the binding of Or. 7594. Writing is on one side only. 8 lines from a column survive; they are almost complete, lacking 1-3 letters to the left and occasionally 1-2 letters to the right. The fragment is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1316. Papyrus 2037

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2037
Title:
Hymn in Honour of Patriarch Severus (P.Lond.Lit. 237, TM 65199, LDAB 6441), Evening Hymn (P.Lond.Lit. 244, TM 65200, LDAB 6442), Homer, Iliad IX (P.Lond.Lit. 18, TM 60830, LDAB 1958, MP3 836) Pseudo-Eusebius, Sermo 17 (P.Lond.Lit. 245, TM 62677, LDAB 3865, MP3 2638), Anaphora of St. Mark and Prayer of Thanksgiving (P.Lond.Lit. 232, TM 65198, LDAB 6440)
Scope & Content:
A (P.Lond.Lit. 237, TM 65199, LDAB 6441): Metrical hymn in honour of Patriarch Severus of Antioch (5-6th c.). The preserved part mentions the singers of the hymn as praising Severus. 8th century. B (P.Lond.Lit. 244, TM 65200, LDAB 6442): Fragment of an evening hymn known since the 4th century a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century-8th century
Extent:

The frame contains five fragments: two come from a papyrus sheet, one from a papyrus codex, one from parchment codex and another from a parchment sheet or rotulus.

A: Fragment of a papyrus sheet, writing on one side only across the fibres, mounted in glass. Complete on the left and right margin, incomplete on the top and the bottom.

b: Fragment of a papyrus sheet. Incomplete on all sides. Two fragmentary lines written along the fibres.

c: Fragment of a papyrus codex. Written in black ink along the fibres on the front and across them on the back.

d: Fragment of a parchment codex written on both sides with a brownish ink.

E-F: Two joined fragments of a parchment sheet or rotulus, complete only at the bottom. Written on both sides in black ink.

1317. Papyrus 2038

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2038
Title:
Fragment of an Official Document (SB IV 7380, TM 36233)
Scope & Content:
A fragment of a document issued by Flavius(?) Aineias, praeses of the Lower Thebaid.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 316
Extent:

Papyrus fragment, broken on all sides. Writing runs on the front along the fibres, the back having one trace. A few letters of 5 lines are preserved on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1318. Papyrus 2040

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2040
Title:
Julius Africanus’ Cesti (P.Oxy. III 412, P.Lond.Lit. 174, TM 61406, LDAB 2550, MP3 53), and Will of Hermogenes (P.Oxy. VI 907, TM 20370)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Oxy. III 412, P.Lond.Lit. 174, TM 61406, LDAB 2550, MP3 53): Two columns numbered as 35 and 36 at the top, containing the ending of Book 18 of Sextus Julius Africanus’ Cesti, quoting passages of the Odyssey and Iliad and discussing the authenticity of some verses containing a spell. Wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
225-276
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus roll, which was re-used for the text on the verso. Writing runs along the fibres on the recto and across them on the verso. Vertical folds are visible.

The recto preserves two columns of different length, the first, mutilated to the left, with 43 lines, the second, complete, with 28 lines. The columns were numbered on top as 35 and 36. The intercolumn measures 20-27 mm, the lower margin 43 mm, the upper 24 mm, and the right 25 mm.

The back has one column written upside down in relation to the text on the front, with long lines mutilated to the right. The upper, left and lower margins measure 20, 20, 60 mm respectively. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. VI.

The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1319. Papyrus 2042

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2042
Title:
Copy of a Birth Declaration (P.Oxy. VI 894, Chrest.Wilck. 213, CPL 158; ChLA III + XLVIII 214, TM 20356)
Scope & Content:
The document is a copy of a birth declaration of a legitimate Roman child, whose name is almost completely lost (line 6: ]num). As the piece was found in Oxyrhynchus and the declaration (professio) took place at the prefect’s office in Alexandria, we can surmise that this is the copy given to th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
195-196
Extent:

Fragment from a papyrus sheet, complete on the right and broken off on all other sides. Written on both sides: on the front, there are lines written along the fibres in one column, on the back, there are traces of Latin writing, perhaps figures. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1320. Papyrus 2043

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2043
Title:
Petition to a Defensor (P.Oxy. VI 902, TM 20368)
Scope & Content:
Petition to Flavius Isaac, public advocate (ekdikos, defensor) of Cynopolis, from Aurelius Macarius, irrigator and cultivator on the estate of Phoebammon, complaining about the way he has been treated by Phoebammon’s brother Theodorus, who administered the estate after Phoebammon’s death. Not on...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 November 464
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete but damaged by holes, especially in the left half; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There is one wide column of 19 lines, with blank space between lines 18 and 19. Margins are extant, the right being irregular and the upper lacking part of the horizontal fibres. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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