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21. Papyrus 26

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 26
Title:
Record concerning the Twin Sisters of the Serapeum (P.Lond. I 28, UPZ I 22, TM 3419)
Scope & Content:
Record of petitions concerning the twin sisters of the Serapeum, Taous and Taues (Tages), and the allowances of oil due to them; with traces of an earlier text, washed out.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
162 BC
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved. The writing runs on one side, and the back is blank. On the front, there are 11 lines running along the fibres, with traces of an earlier text, erased; margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

22. Papyrus 27

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 27
Title:
Receipt for Allowances due to the Twin Sisters of the Serapeum (P.Lond. I 27, UPZ I 30, TM 3421)
Scope & Content:
Bank receipt for two payments made on account of the allowances of sesame oil of years 18 and 19, in the reign of Ptolemy VI and Cleopatra II, to the twin sisters of the Serapeum, Taous and Tages. Papyrus 31 (UPZ I 29), lines 6-12, is a duplicate of this text.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 December 162 BC
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved. The writing runs on one side, and the back is blank. On the front, there are 7 lines running across the fibres; all margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

23. Papyrus 28

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 28
Title:
Letter from the Archive of the Katochoi of the Serapeum (P.Lond. I 28, UPZ I 73, TM 3464)
Scope & Content:
Letter of Apollonius to Sarapion, with instructions on the grain allowance and informing him that he has given 200 drachmas to Ptolemaeus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of 2nd century BC
Extent:
Long and narrow light-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with some surface damage, lacking the top layer of fibres in the centre and being imperfect along the right edge. The writing runs on one side, and the back is blank. On the front, there are 9 lines running along the fibres and occupying about one third of the sheet; all margins are extant, the lower being ample (about 160 mm). The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

24. Papyrus 29

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 29
Title:
Account (P.Lond. I 29, UPZ I 88, TM 3479)
Scope & Content:
Money account on both sides of the papyrus, from the archive of Ptolemaeus son of Glaucias, 'recluse' (katochos) of the Serapeum in Memphis; with traces of erased lines.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
18 March 160 BC
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved. The writing runs on both sides. On one side, there are 6 lines running along the fibres, with ample blank space between lines 6 and 7, and traces of erased lines at the bottom; all margins are extant. On the other side, there are 8 lines running across the fibres, with ample blank space between lines 4 and 5. The last two lines are written upside down. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

25. Papyrus 30

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 30
Title:
Account (P.Lond. I 30, UPZ I 105, TM 3496)
Scope & Content:
Account recording money payments for grain and especially for water, arranged in boxes. The account for water extends from the 16th of the month Pauni to the 26th of the month Epeiph. The back bears traces of two lines.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
172-152 BC (?)
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with some surface damage throughout. The writing runs on both sides along the fibres. On the front, there are 4 lines, followed by several tables with figures; all margins are extant. The back bears two lines, badly damaged. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame, with an opening for the text on the back.

26. Papyrus 31

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 31
Title:
Receipt for Allowances due to the Twin Sisters of the Serapeum (P.Lond. I 31, UPZ I 29, TM 3420)
Scope & Content:
Demetrius son of Sosius acknowledges receipt of a quantity of sesame oil as allowance of the twin sisters of the Serapeum Taous and Tages. There follows another receipt (lines 6-12) for two payments made on account of the allowances of sesame oil of years 18 and 19 in the reign of Ptolemy VI and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 December 162 BC
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, square-shaped, complete and well preserved. The writing runs on both sides. On the front, there are 13 lines running along the fibres; all margins are extant. On the back, there are two lines written across the fibres at the bottom. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

27. Papyrus 32

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 32
Title:
Official Notice (P.Forshall XLIV, P.Lond. I 32, W.Chr. 24, TM 19999) and Accounts (P.Lond.Copt. 698 descr., TM 86304)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Forshall XLIV, P.Lond. I 32, W.Chr. 24, TM 19999): An official notice containing measures taken against fugitives, possibly sailors; dated to 30 May 698 or less probably 713. Verso (P. Lond. Copt. 698 descr., TM 86304): Greek accounts with Coptic words.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
end of 7th century-8th century
Extent:
Fragment of a light-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the left, top, and right on the recto, and at the left, bottom, and right on the verso. On the recto there is a Greek text written against the fibres, on the verso there is a Greek text with Coptic words (Sahidic with Fayumic influences) running along the fibres. Mounted on paper in a glass case.

28. Papyrus 33

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 33
Title:
Petition of the Twin Sisters of the Serapeum (UPZ I 39, TM 3430), and Private Letter (UPZ I 74, TM 3465)
Scope & Content:
Draft of a petition to the hypodioiketes Sarapion from the twin sisters Taous and Taoues, who ask for his assistance to receive the oil allowance still due to them. A draft of the beginning of a letter from Apollonius to various individuals is written in the right margin, the other way up in re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
161 BC
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete, but torn along the left edge and in the centre; written on one side along the fibres. On the front, there is a column of 35 lines and another small column of 10 lines written the other way up in relation to the first column, with traces of two erased lines; all margins are extant. The back is blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

29. Papyrus 34

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 34
Title:
Report on the Allowances due to the Twins of the Serapeum (P.Lond. I 34, UPZ I 37, TM 3428)
Scope & Content:
Copy of official papers concerning the allowances due to the twin sisters Taous and Tages, and including: minute of Ptolemaeus, enclosing Dorion’s report, with the amount of oil due annually and the statement that nothing has been paid for the 20th year; official dockets; report of Areus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
8 February 161 BC
Extent:

Long and narrow papyrus sheet, complete, with few holes on the left and at the bottom not affecting the writing; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 23 lines, complete; all margins are extant, with the blank at the bottom measuring 140 mm. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom at 30 mm from the left edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

30. Papyrus 35

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 35
Title:
Petition for the Twin Sisters in the Serapeum at Memphis (P.Lond. I 35, UPZ I 53, TM 3444)
Scope & Content:
Petition to the hypodioiketes Sarapion from Ptolemaeus, recluse in the Serapeum of Memphis for eleven years, requesting the payment of the allowance of bread, which had fallen into arrears, to the twin sisters Taous and Tages. Papyrus 24 verso is a copy of the same petition.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
After 10 January 161 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet of light colour, damaged by holes in places, especially along the left edge; written on both sides; the front bears 31 lines written along the fibres; the back has one word written along the fibres in the upper left corner. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame, with an opening on the back showing the writing.

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