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1321. Papyrus 2045

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2045
Title:
Lease of Land (P.Oxy. VI 913, TM 20377)
Scope & Content:
Lease of 9 aruras of land located in Phthochis, the lessor being the daughter of a certain Daniel, and the lessees Aurelius Harmiysis and Aurelia Taor. The rent is half of the produce, the land is to be sown with whatever crops the lessees may choose, and the taxes are to be paid by the lessor. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
16 October 443
Extent:

Three fragments of varying size from a papyrus sheet, lacking the upper left portion, and damaged by insect holes and abrasion. The front bears 26 lines, some of which lack the beginning. Upper, right and lower margins are extant; the left margin survives opposite lines 13-26. There are modern annotations on the back. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1322. Papyrus 2046

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2046
Title:
Acknowledgment of Debt (P.Oxy. VI 914, TM 20378)
Scope & Content:
Aurelius Apphous, of Oxyrhynchus, acknowledges a debt of 2 solidi that he owes to Aurelius Serenus, on account of various dyes he bought from him. Apphous’s property has been mortgaged. With consular date at the beginning and docket on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
30 January 486
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and left (front) and with breaks along the folds and few holes. Writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back having a one-line docket. The front bears 19 lines, all lacking the beginnings, with a loss of 3-6 letters, with the exception of line 2, which is complete and indented. Of line 19 only the top of few letters remain. The number in red on the back refers to the publication in P.Oxy. VI. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1323. Papyrus 2047

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2047
Title:
Genesis 2, 3 (P.Oxy. VII 1007, P.Lond.Lit. 199, TM 61956, LDAB 3113)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a leaf of a parchment codex, presumably containing the whole book of the Genesis. Whether it has a Jewish (cf. Tetragrammaton: double yod with horizontal stroke through it) or Christian origin has been debated. Recto Column 1: Genesis 2:7-9. Column 2: Genesis 2:16-18. Verso Colu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of 3rd century
Extent:

Fragment of a leaf from a parchment codex, with writing on both sides. Each side bears portions of two columns; each column would have had 25 lines, for a height of 165 mm. The intecolumn survives. The fragment is housed in a glass frame.

1324. Papyrus 2049

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2049
Title:
Copy of a Letter about Six Recruits (P.Oxy. VII 1022, ChLA III 215, TM 78569)
Scope & Content:
This is the copy of the letter issued by Gaius Minucius Italus, prefect of Egypt, to Celsianus, commander of the cohors III Ituraerorum, about the enrollment of six recruits in the cohort. For each soldier tria nomina, age, and distinctive physical details are recorded. The senior clerk (cornicu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
after 24 February 103
Extent:
Light-brown papyrus sheet, rectangular in form. The document, consisting of 31 complete lines, is written on the recto, along the fibres. The verso is blank. Left (13 mm), and bottom (79 mm) margins survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1325. Papyrus 2050

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2050
Title:
Lease of a Hall of a House (P.Oxy. VII 1037, TM 20332)
Scope & Content:
A lease of a hall (exhedra) of a house located in Oxyrhynchus, in the quarter of the Shoemakers’ Market, the lessor being Aurelius Philoxenus and the lessee Aurelius Hierax. The rent for the hall and its appurtenances is 2,400 myriads of denarii and the lessor is entitled to claim the property b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
11 August 444
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, with holes throughout, broken off at the bottom, damaged to the left and lacking the right edges too. Writing is on both sides along the fibres, the back having one line. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1326. Papyrus 2051

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2051
Title:
Letter of Diogenes to Dionysius (P.Oxy. VII 1061, TM 20350)
Scope & Content:
A letter from Diogenes to Dionysius concerning the assessment of some unirrigated land and the payments due on it, which the recipient and his brother Apollonius, village secretary, are asked to oversee. Diogenes had already written to Dionysius on the matter without results, and consequently ha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
22 BC
Extent:

Fully preserved papyrus sheet, with a few holes. All margins are extant, the right being minimal: the left measures 30 mm, the upper 20-25 mm and the lower 10 mm. Writing is on both sides along the fibres, the back having a two-line docket. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1327. Papyrus 2054

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2054
Title:
Cercidas, Meliambi (P.Oxy. VIII 1082, P.Lond.Lit. 59, TM 59437, LDAB 536, MP3 237)
Scope & Content:
Cercidas’ Meliambi, with end-title (Papyrus 2054(2), fragment 4), and marginal annotations (including variants).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Seventy-seven fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, mounted on cardboard in three glass frames named Papyrus 2054(1), Papyrus 2054(2), and Papyrus 2054(3). The fragments are numbered from 1 to 69, and from 1* to 9*. The text runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank, with portions of 14 columns and additional small fragments. Each column has 21-23 lines on average. The black is blank.

1328. Papyrus 2055

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2055
Title:
Commentary on Iliad II (P.Oxy VIII 1086, P.Lond.Lit. 176, TM 61148, LDAB 2287, MP3 1173), and Medical Text (P.Oxy VIII 1088, P.Lond.Lit. 168, TM 63118, LDAB 2409, MP3 2409)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Oxy VIII 1086, P.Lond.Lit. 176, TM 61148): Commentary on Iliad II.751-827, product of the Aristarchean school; quoting Odyssey XI 164-203, Alcaeus (48 Lobel), Aristarchus, Pindar (fr. 92 Schroeder), Praxiphanes; assigned to the 1st century BC. Verso (P.Oxy VIII 1088, P.Lond.Lit. 168, T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century BC-1st century
Extent:

Portion of a papyrus roll, medium-brown, with detached scraps; fair condition, with minor surface damage in places; written on both sides. The text on the front runs along the fibres and is broken off on the sides; portions of three columns survive, with 40 lines to the column; the second column is complete and measures 155 x 205 mm; margins are very narrow. A sheet-join is visible left of centre. On the back, there are three columns, overall well preserved and almost complete, running across the fibres and written the other way up in relation to the text on the front; traces of a fourth column are visible. The first column is preceded by ample blank space; intercolumn and part of the upper and lower margins survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1329. Papyrus 2056

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2056
Title:
Bacchylides, Dithyramb XVII, with title tag (P.Oxy VIII 1091, P.Lond.Lit. 47, TM 59341, LDAB 440, MP3 177)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a roll containing Bacchylides’s Dithyramb XVII 47−78 (largest fragment) and XVII 91−92 (detached fragment); with parchment title-tag (sillybos) still in its original position reading ‘Dithyrambs of Bacchylides’, written over another original title, still visible, which referred to the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:
Portion of a papyrus roll, with detached fragment, light-coloured, overall well-preserved; written on one side, the back being blank. The front bears portions of one column and the upper margin; the detached fragment contains traces of two lines from the foot of a column, and the lower margin. At a later stage, a parchment tag was attached onto the verso, at the top of the roll, with two lines on the outer side. The tag is a palimpsest, as remnants of three earlier lines are visible. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1330. Papyrus 2057

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2057
Title:
Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei 60–5, 68–71; In Verrem 2.1.1–4, 7–9; 2.2, 12; Pro Caelio 26–49, 51–5 (P.Oxy. VIII 1097, P.Oxy. X 1251, P.Lond.Lit. 143, TM 59458)
Scope & Content:
The fragmentary papyrus codex contains a collection of Cicero’s speeches: the surviving fragments match with De Imperio Cn. Pompei 60–5, 68–71; In Verrem 2.1.1–4, 7–9; 2.2, 12; Pro Caelio 26–49, 51–5. The uniqueness of the codex resides both in its content and text (Klotz 1914; P.Oxy. VIII: 153–...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
late 4th century-early 5th century
Extent:
Fragments from a papyrus codex, additional fragments of which are now in Cologne, Papyrussammlung (inv. P. 2554). The text is arranged in a layout not particularly elegant. Each page of the original codex measured 300 x 230 mm, with a written space 170 mm wide and a variable height of c. 230 mm. The number of lines per page (65–9) is remarkable and unparalleled. Two of the preserved speeches are separated by an explicit/incipit, partly preserved. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

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