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41. Papyrus 112

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 112
Title:
Deed of Sale (ChLA III 198 [+ XXII 719 + XXIX 879], P.Ital. II 38–41, TM 114844)
Scope & Content:
Deed of sale made on behalf of a banker named Theodorus issued to a buyer whose name is lost. Theodorus sells half of a house he had obtained from a major of the exarch of Italy, called Eleutherius (616–661 AD). The house is located in Ravenna, near the Padenna river, and is composed of two floo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
616-619
Extent:
Fragment of a papyrus, additional fragments of which are now in the Vatican Library and in Padua University Library (Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche). Written on one side, the back bearing modern annotations; with portion of one column containing 11 lines on the recto. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

42. Papyrus 116(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 116(A-B)
Title:
Tax Receipts (P.Lond. I 116a, Chrest.Wilck. 286, TM 11623; and P.Lond. I 116b, TM 38889)
Scope & Content:
Upper text on papyrus (P.Lond. I 116a, Chrest.Wilck. 286, TM 11623): Receipt for poll tax paid at the order of the amir Abdallah by the carpenter Theodorus. Dated to 14 December 645 or 705? Lower text on parchment (P.Lond. I 116b, TM 38889): Seventh-century receipt for a tax payment made throug...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7th century
Extent:

Two pieces that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

Upper piece (A): Small papyrus piece, complete, with writing on one side across the fibres; the back is blank. The text is complete and consists of six lines. All margins are extant.

Lower piece (B): Rectangular piece of parchment, with writing on one side, the back being blank. The text is complete and consists of three lines. All margins are extant.

43. Papyrus 120 (3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 120 (3)
Title:
Hymn to the Nile, Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed and Psalm (P.Lond.Lit. 239, TM 62209, LDAB 3369, MP3 2479.010)
Scope & Content:
Miniature parchment codex containing a hymn to the Nile with a prayer for the flood, followed by the Niceno-Constantinopolitan creed and Psalm 132 (133). Possibly used as an amulet or portable prayer book.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:

Nine leaves from a miniature parchment codex, darkened in places, otherwise overall well preserved; with writing on both sides except for the first and last leaves, which are written on one side only. Housed in a glass frame.

44. Papyrus 123

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 123
Title:
Magical Text (P.Lond. I 123, PGM (2) II 9, 30, TM 64577, LDAB 5807)
Scope & Content:
Magical text containing an invocation to the Gnostic deity Bainchoch; the first line, then repeated in line 12, is iambic. On the back there is a sketch of two figures: a baboon and a divinity (Horus or Harpocrates?) with hawk head holding an ‘ankh’ in his hand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century-5th century
Extent:

A light-brown papyrus sheet, fully preserved, containing writing on one side across the fibres and a drawing on the other side; mounted in glass.

45. Papyrus 124

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 124
Title:
Magical Spells (P.Lond. I 124, Pap.Graec.Mag.(2) II 10, TM 64532, LDAB 5760)
Scope & Content:
Magical spells serving various purposes: Column 1: Love spell; Column 2, lines 1-5: Spell to restrain anger, with drawing of the metal leaf (lamella) to be inscribed with charakteres and letters. Column 2, line 6-end: Spell of submission of Apollon, with the inscribed metal leaf (lamella) con...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century-5th century
Extent:

Sheet of light-brown papyrus, lacking the left hand-side, damaged along the vertical folds; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. It preserves two columns, the first lacking the beginnings of the lines. Upper, right and lower margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

46. Papyrus 125

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 125
Title:
Account of Expenses (P.Lond. I 125 ro., TM 33213), and Magical Text (P.Lond. I 125 vo., Pap.Graec.Mag. (2) II 11a, TM 64578, LDAB 5808)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. I 125 ro., TM 33213): Account of expenses of an estate, recording payments made to various individuals and stated in artabas of wheat; dated to July 336. Verso (P.Lond. I 125 vo., Pap.Graec.Mag. (2) II 11a, TM 64578, LDAB 5808): Magical text, Apollonius of Tyana’s old serving wom...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

A fragment of a light-brown papyrus roll, bearing writing on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. Damage is located along the vertical folds. The front preserves three columns, the third of which is mutilated; upper and lower margins are extant. The back contains two columns, which are complete; all margins are extant. The intercolumn is irregular. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

47. Papyrus 130

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 130
Title:
Horoscope (P.Lond. I 130, TM 23940)
Scope & Content:
Horoscope, cast for 31 March 81, the third hour of the night, written by Titus Pitenius, with an introductory letter addressing a certain Hermon. Pitenius has calculated the astrological data for the Sun, Moon and five planets basing his computations on the “perpetual tables”; detailed expositio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
after 13 September 81
Extent:

Papyrus roll, with a detached fragment, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in two glass frames named Papyrus 130(1) and Papyrus 130(2).

Papyrus 130(1): 7 columns, of 22-30 lines, each line having an average of 15-18 letters, and another short column of 7 lines in the left-hand margin; with some breaks along the vertical folds, and a couple of small insect holes; abraded in places; upper and lower margins extant.

Papyrus 130(2): with surface damage and mutilated in the right-hand side; one column and two additional lines on the right-hand side.

48. Papyrus 132

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 132
Title:
Isocrates, On the Peace (P.Lond.Lit. 131, TM 61326, LDAB 2470, MP3 1272)
Scope & Content:
Isocrates, On the Peace 13-145, with marginal annotations and end-title. Papyrus 132(1): On the Peace 13-20; Papyrus 132(2): On the Peace 20-32; Papyrus 132(3): On the Peace 32-47; Papyrus 132(4): On the Peace 47-62; Papyrus 132(5): On the Peace 62-79; Papyrus 132(6): On the Peace 79-92; ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
mid 1st century-mid 2nd century
Extent:

Fragments of a papyrus roll, housed in ten glass frames named Papyrus 132(1), Papyrus 132(2), Papyrus 132(3), Papyrus 132(4), Papyrus 132(5), Papyrus 132(6), Papyrus 132(7), Papyrus 132(8), Papyrus 132(9), Papyrus 132(10). All mounted on cardboard, except for Papyrus 132(8), which bears a small trace of ink on the back, at the top. There remain 44 columns running along the fibres, each with an average of 45 lines, measuring around 220 x 70 mm; the first 19 columns are badly mutilated, while the others are abraded and rubbed in places; 4 columns are lost at the beginning of the roll.

Papyrus 132(1): Fragments of varying size, light-brown, with portions of 4 columns, mutilated; with upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(2): Fragments of varying size, darker in places, with portions of 5 columns, mutilated; with upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(3): Fragments of varying size, with portions of 5 columns, mutilated and rubbed in places; with upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(4): Fragments of varying size, with portions of 5 columns, mutilated and rubbed in places; with part of upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(5): Portion of the roll with detached scrap, mid-brown, darker at the top; rubbed in places, otherwise well preserved; with 5 columns, upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(6): Portion of the roll, mid-brown, rubbed in places, otherwise well preserved; with 5 columns, upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(7): Portion of the roll with detached scrap, mid-dark brown; rubbed in places; with 4 columns, upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(8): Portion of the roll with four detached scraps, dark-brown; with 4 columns, upper and lower margins on the front; small trace of ink on the back;

Papyrus 132(9): Portion of the roll, mid-dark brown; rubbed in places; with 4 columns, upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(10): Portion of the roll, mid-dark brown; rubbed in places; with 3 columns, traces of the preceding column and two additional lines on the right; with upper, right and lower margins.

49. Papyrus 134

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 134
Title:
Hyperides, Against Philippides (P.Lond.Lit. 134, TM 61289, LDAB 2431, MP3 1234)
Scope & Content:
Hyperides’s Against Philippides, from the same papyrus roll as Papyrus 133 (Demosthenes, Epistula III), but in a different hand. The beginning is fragmentary.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
mid-2nd century BC
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from the same papyrus roll as Papyrus 133, with blank space of about 300 mm to separate the texts and in a different hand; Papyrus 133 is the continuation; broken off at the beginning, and written on one side along the fibres, with the back blank. Each sheet forming the roll is about 180 mm wide. There remain 9 complete columns, and portions from other columns, very fragmentary; each column measures150 x 43 mm and has 26 to 28 lines, with an average of 17 letters per line; lines begin progressively further to the left (Mass’s Law); the intercolumn measures about 10 mm, the upper margin 35 mm, and the lower c.50 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in two glass frames named Papyrus 134(1), and Papyrus 134(2).

Papyrus 134(1): fragments of varying size;

Papyrus 134(2): few holes and breaks in places, overall well preserved; 9 columns, complete; upper, lower and right margin extant.

50. Papyrus 139

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 139
Title:
Receipt for Rent (P.Lond. II 139a, TM 19949), and Certificate for Five-Day Work (P.Lond. II 139b, TM 11624)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (P.Lond. II 139a, TM 19949): Copy of a receipt issued by Chaeremon to the three farmers who are cultivating his land, acknowledging the payment of the rent for part of the land. Dated to 23 August 48. Lower papyrus (P.Lond. II 139b, TM 11624): Certificate issued to Panephremmis, s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
48-51
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in one glass case.

Upper papyrus (A): Light-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with slight damage along the vertical folding lines; writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The text consists of 12 complete lines; all margins are extant, the right being irregular. The blank space at the bottom measures 73 mm.

Lower papyrus (B): Small papyrus sheet, complete, with slight damage at the bottom. Writing is on one side along the fibres, with the back being blank. There are 7 complete lines, and all margins are extant, the upper being minimal. Vertical folds are visible.

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