Search

Project / Collection Papyri Collections Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable)

261. Papyrus 414

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 414
Title:
Letter of Aetius to Abinnaeus (P.Abinn. 5, P.Lond. II 414, TM 10040)
Scope & Content:
A letter to Abinnaeus from Aetius, who reports on various matters such as the problems he has had in the collection of contributions. He requests that sacks be dispatched so that he may load the wheat. He then asks Abinnaeus whether he is willing to give barley as a harvest bonus to the workers....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 346
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, fully preserved, although defaced in places. Writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back bearing a postscript and the address. All margins are extant, the right and bottom being minimal. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

262. Papyrus 415

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 415
Title:
Letter of Plutammon to Abinnaeus (P.Abinn. 15, P.Lond. II 415, TM 10017)
Scope & Content:
A fragmentary letter to Abinnaeus from Plutammon, who requests that thirty malefactors of unknown identity from the village of Hermopolis, who allegedly committed an outrage on Plutammon’s grandson, be handed over to the dux.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 346
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, lacking the left-hand half and with a few holes; darker in the upper right edge. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; the right margin and the right-hand part of the upper and lower margins survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

263. Papyrus 416

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 416
Title:
Letter of Sambas to Abinnaeus (P.Abinn. 16, P.Lond. II 417, Chrest.Wilck. 468, TM 10019)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of a letter from Sambas to Abinnaeus, who is being informed that the imperial notary is paying a visit on that day for the enrolment of the recruits.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 346
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom. Writing runs on one side along the fibres, and eight lines are preserved. The surface is abraded in places. Upper and left margins survive, whereas no margin was left to the right. The back is blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

264. Papyrus 417

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 417
Title:
Letter to Abinnaeus on a Deserter (P.Abinn. 32, P.Lond. II 417, Chrest.Wilck. 129, TM 10029)
Scope & Content:
A letter addressed to Abinnaeus from Caor, clergyman of Hermopolis, who urges the recipient to forgive Paulus, a soldier who had deserted, as Caor is not able to pay a visit to Abinnaeus on that day.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 346
Extent:

Fully preserved papyrus sheet, light-brown in its lower half, lacking the lower left edge. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. All margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

265. Papyrus 418

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 418
Title:
Letter of Apa Mios to Abinnaeus (P.Abinn. 7, P.Lond. II 418, TM 10058)
Scope & Content:
A letter to Abinnaeus from Apa Mios, who is requesting a meeting. Mios alludes to some matters, among which is the delivery of some goods in kind, and urges the recipient not to neglect these affairs. One line written in the left margin perpendicularly to the main text contains greetings to Abin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 346
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus sheet, with holes located especially along the vertical and horizontal folds, damaged at the top and bottom. Writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back having a one-line docket. On the front, a line was written in the left margin across the fibres and perpendicularly to the main text. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

266. Papyrus 419

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 419
Title:
Petition from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 54, P.Lond. II 419 descr., SB VIII 9691, TM 10045)
Scope & Content:
A fragmentary petition from Flavius Agathus, who accuses some individuals and complains about a police officer's (eirenarch) negligence due to the fact that his son was among the perpetrators.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
346
Extent:

Fragmentary papyrus sheet, mutilated at the top and left and damaged throughout, with the surface abraded in places and a few holes in the preserved portion. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; parts of thirty-three lines are preserved. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

267. Papyrus 420

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 420
Title:
Petition from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 46, P.Lond. II 420 descr., SB VIII 9689, TM 10036)
Scope & Content:
End of a petition from Aurelius Theodorus, who complains about an act of violence, which left him with scars and ‘half-dead’. The perpetrators think that Theodorus has a debt with them, but he denies. The scribe’s name who wrote on behalf of Theodorus is not preserved.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
22 September 343
Extent:

Lower portion of a light-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and left. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

268. Papyrus 421

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 421
Title:
Receipts (P.Lond. II 421r. descr. TM 91815) and Fragment of a Letter (P.Abinn. 40, P.Lond. II 421v., TM 16867)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Receipts in two columns, dated in 322. Unpublished. Verso (P.Abinn. 40): End of a letter, in which it is requested that someone be compelled to contribute to the mooring fees for a ship and that something be fetched from the village of Taurinou. Details are unclear due to the portion lac...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
322
Extent:

Papyrus sheet made out of two separate fragments roughly joined; the join is visible at c. 67 mm from the left edge of the recto. Both sides bear writing, with the text running along the fibres on the recto and across them on the verso. The recto has remains of two columns in different hands: of the first, only the ends of the lines survive, whereas of the second the beginnings of the lines remain. The verso contains the end of one column. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

269. Papyrus 422

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 422
Title:
Memorandum from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 42, P.Lond. II 422, TM 32679)
Scope & Content:
End of a memorandum from Romanus to Geladius, two military officers, the beginning of which is contained in a Geneva papyrus formerly published as P.Gen I 79. Geladius, who is going to Arsinoe, is reminded to look for a certain Cronius, a barber who had escaped from Lykopolis after having pawned...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
325-375
Extent:

Lower portion of a papyrus sheet, the upper part of which is a Geneva papyrus published as P.Gen. I 79. The two fragments join. Writing is on both sides along the fibres, with the back having one line split between the two fragments. On the front the Geneva papyrus contains twelve lines of a text, the BL fragment has the remaining five lines. The BL papyrus is housed in a glass case.

270. Papyrus 425

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 425
Title:
Acts of a Martyr? (SB XXII 15624, P.Lond. II 425 descr., TM 33206, LDAB 33206)
Scope & Content:
A fragmentary text of unclear nature, perhaps the acts of a martyr. The text mentions fire and burning and a certain Heraclammon and Horion.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus, lacking its left-hand portion, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The upper margin measures 10 mm, the lower 2 mm and the right is minimal. A sheet-join running across the fibres is visible at the right edge. One fragmentary column is preserved. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

Limit your search

more »
more »

  • BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable) 1,845