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1681. Papyrus 2766

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2766
Title:
Document from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2137, TM 1697)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a document of uncertain nature and content, perhaps a petition or a letter, with reference to witnesses and draft animals.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
263-229 BC
Extent:
Fragment of a dark-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the top, right and left, complete at the bottom. On the front, there are portions of 14 lines running across the fibres and lacking beginnings and ends; the lower margin survives. On the back, there are traces of ink, perhaps off-sets. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1682. Papyrus 2768

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2768
Title:
Account and Medical Treatise on Ophthalmology (TM 69027, LDAB 10298, MP3 2344.01)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Account of artabas of wheat, written over an erased text (Unpublished). Verso: Medical treatise concerning eye diseases, comprising different sections and including disturbances of eyelid motility, vascular alterations and eyelid thickening. Only column 2 has been published.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century BC
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus roll, written on both sides, along the fibres on one side and across them on the other. The central part of the fragment is lost; small holes affect the preserved portion as well. On the front there are 13 lines arranged in one column, written over some previous writing which was erased. The back contains the top of three columns: the first and second lack the beginnings of the lines and the third lacks the endings. The surface is abraded in places.

The papyrus is mounted in a glass case.

1683. Papyrus 2785

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2785
Title:
Acta Isidori (CPJ II 156(b), TM 58946, LDAB 41, MP3 2221)
Scope & Content:
Portion of the Acta Isidori, containing minutes of the trial of Isidorus, gymnasiarch of Alexandria, before the emperor Claudius.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of 3rd century
Extent:

Fragment of a medium- to dark-brown papyrus roll, partially complete at the top, broken off on the other sides; written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank. The front bears portions of two columns; of the first, only the ends of the lines survive, of the second, only the beginnings. Part of the upper margin survives. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1684. Papyrus 2823

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2823
Title:
Three orations of Dio Chrysostomus (TM 59679), and Menander, Georgus (TM 61561)
Scope & Content:
Fragments from different texts: Fragments 1-9 (TM 59679, LDAB 781): Fragments from a papyrus codex containing three works by Dio Chrysostomus, including his two discourses ‘On slavery and freedom’ (Orations XIV and XV), and an otherwise unknown work. Fragment 1: Or. XV.28-32; Or. XIV.1-4; Fra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from different papyrus codices, housed in one glass frame.

Fragments 1-9: Nine fragments of varying size from a dark-brown papyrus codex, possibly from at least five different leaves; written on both sides. The largest fragment contains one column written on either side and the lower margin.

Papyrus 2823(A): Four fragments from a dark-brown papyrus codex, written on both sides.

Papyrus 2823(B): Five small fragments from a papyrus, two of which bear writing on both sides, the others on one side only; one is blank.

1685. Papyrus 2832(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2832(2)
Title:
Donation (SB XX 15020, TM 23847)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary donation from Phib, son of Phoebammon; with imperial oath and subscriptions of Phib and of the notary Aphous.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
527-565
Extent:
Four fragments of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, bearing writing on one side along the fibres; the back is blank. There survive 35 lines, almost complete on the right, but lacking the beginnings, with c. 30 letters missing. Parts of the upper, right and lower fragments survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1686. Papyrus 2835

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2835
Title:
Receipt concerning a Debt (SB XX 15018, TM 38531)
Scope & Content:
Ioannes acknowldeges to have received from five village headmen (protokometai) of the village of Aphrodito a document concerning a sum of money, which he will return once the outstanding sum will be paid to him. With subscription of the notary Pilatus, son of Apollos, who is the witness.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, lacking part of its left-hand half and damaged on the right too; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. There are 13 lines, some of which are mutilated. Upper and lower margins survive to c.10 mm. Left and right margins are damaged. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1687. Papyrus 2837

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2837
Title:
Receipt of Wheat (SB XX 15107, TM 38530)
Scope & Content:
Receipt from the church of the village of Euphrosynos through the assistant Matoi acknowledging the payment of 12 artabas of wheat made by Menas, son of Phoebammon, for three indictions.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:
Papyrus slip, dark-brown, complete but damaged by holes and abrasion, and somewhat torn at the top; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. There are 4 lines and traces of another line at the bottom. The left margin measures 15-25 mm; no margin was left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1688. Papyrus 2838

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2838
Title:
Tax Receipts (SB XX 15015, TM 23846)
Scope & Content:
Two receipts acknowledging payments made by Apollos, son of Dioscorus, through Phoebammon and Menas, on account of the village taxes for the village of Phthla, issued by the pagarch Iulianus through the assistant Pninnos. Lines 1-4: First receipt. Line 5-end: Second receipt.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
29 August 550
Extent:
Papyrus slip, damaged by insect holes and abrasion; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. There are portions of 9 lines. Margins survive, the upper and left measuring c. 10 mm, and the lower and right being minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1689. Papyrus 2839

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2839
Title:
Fragment of a Receipt (SB XX 15014, TM 38528)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary receipt from the pagarchs, acknowledging a payment of four artabas of wheat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:
Fragment of a papyrus slip, very mutilated, with writing on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. There are portions of 4 lines. Side margins are extant, upper and lower margins partly survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1690. Papyrus 2840

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2840
Title:
List of Goods (SB XX 15019, TM 39694)
Scope & Content:
A fragmentary list of goods sent through various people to a not better specified city in the month of Pharmouthi of an unknown year. The goods listed are wine, garum and honey.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
early 7th century
Extent:

Papyrus fragment, broken at the bottom and right and with a scrap in the top right. Darker patches are located in the upper portion. The upper margin survives to 15 mm. The fragment preserves the beginnings of 12 lines written along the fibres, the back being blank. Mounted on cardboard and housed in a glass case.

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