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521. Papyrus 715

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 715
Title:
Receipt for Payment of Wages of a Wet-Nurse (P.Nekr. 40, P.Grenf. II 75, P.Lond. III 715 descr., TM 22631)
Scope & Content:
Tapaous, funerary-worker (nekrotaphe) of the city of Mothis, acknowledges that she has received from Casianus, funerary-worker (nekrotaphos) of Kysis, maintenance, clothing allowance and twenty talents as payment for a quarter of her service as a wet-nurse. Aurelius Philosarapis wrote on her beh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6 January 308
Extent:

Fragmentary sheet of papyrus, damaged especially along the vertical folds and darker by patches. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The left margin measures 10 mm, the upper 5 mm, and the blank space at the bottom 60 mm; the right margin is minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

522. Papyrus 716

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 716
Title:
Deed of Divorce (P.Nekr. 34, P.Grenf. II 76, Chrest.Mitt. 295, P.Lond. III 716 descr., TM 22632)
Scope & Content:
Deed of divorce by mutual consent between Aurelius Soulis and Senpsais, both funerary workers, due to some evil spirit. The parties acknowledge that all possessions have been returned: Soulis has received back all of the marriage gifts and Senpsais, who is free to remarry, has been returned the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
305-306
Extent:

Incomplete papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and lacking part of the right edge, with a loss of 2-7 letters. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The surface is abraded in places. Upper and left margins measure 15 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

523. Papyrus 717

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 717
Title:
Letter about Funeral Expenses (P.Nekr. 18, P.Grenf. II 77, Chrest.Wilck. 498, P.Lond. III 717 descr., TM 22633)
Scope & Content:
A letter to Sarapion and Silvanus from Melas, who complains about their behaviour and claims some funerary expenses: instead of collecting the body of their brother Phibion, taken there by a funerary worker (nekrotaphos), and of paying for the funeral expenses, they just took the possessions of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
260-275
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, damaged throughout, especially in the left half; writing is on both sides along the fibres, the back bearing the docket; on the front, three lines were written perpendicularly to the main text, from top to bottom of the left margin. Vertical and horizontal folds are visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

524. Papyrus 718

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 718
Title:
Petition to the Praeses (P.Nekr. 38, P.Grenf. II 78, Chrest.Mitt. 63, TM 22634)
Scope & Content:
A petition to Satrius Arrianus from Syrus, son of Petechon, funerary worker (nekrotaphos), who reports that his wife Tseke and their children, although they are freeborn, have been imprisoned by another family of funerary workers. When he tried to free them, Syrus was beaten. He now asks that hi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
February-March 307
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres; one of this remain unplaced and is in a different hand. Further fragments of the same sheet are housed in the Sackler Library, Oxford, and contain the beginnings of lines 14-16, 20-21 and 23-36. The margins are 20 mm at the left, 15 at the top, 55 at the bottom, and less than 5 at the right. The back is blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

525. Papyrus 719

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 719
Title:
Receipt for Payment (P.Grenf. II 80, P.Lond. III 719 descr., TM 22635)
Scope & Content:
Receipt issued by Aurelius Victor and Aurelius Colluthus acknowledging that Aurelius Senouthes has paid the wages for a substitute who would replace him as an oarsman of the governor’s boat. With Victor and Colluthus’ subscription at the end and docket on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
14 August 402
Extent:

Dark-brown papyrus sheet, with breaks along the vertical folds, lacking the top left edge and with white residue on the surface. Writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back bearing one line; on the front there is one column of 23 lines; margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

526. Papyrus 720

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 720
Title:
Receipt for Payment (P.Grenf. II 81, P.Lond. III 720 descr., TM 22636)
Scope & Content:
Receipt issued by Aurelius Victor and Aurelius Colluthus acknowledging that Aurelius Senuthes has paid the wages for a substitute who would replace him as an oarsman of the governor’s boat. With Victor and Colluthus’ subscription at the end and docket on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 May 403
Extent:

Dark-brown papyrus sheet, with white residue on its surface, mutilated especially in the lower half; writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back bearing one line; on the front there are 23 lines, many of which are damaged. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

527. Papyrus 721

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 721
Title:
Receipt for Payment (P.Grenf. II 81a, P.Lond. III 721 descr., TM 22637)
Scope & Content:
Receipt issued by Aurelius Apion, chief pilot, acknowledging that Aurelius Senuthes has paid the wages for a substitute who would replace him as an oarsman of the governor’s boat. With Apion’s subscription at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 October 403
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, darkened in places, lacking part of the bottom, with few holes and white residue on the surface. On the front there is one column of 19 lines, the last being quite effaced. Side and upper margins are extant, the lower margin is damaged. A sheet-join running along the height of the sheet is visible in the right edge. The writing on the back is effaced. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

528. Papyrus 722

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 722
Title:
Official Letter (P.Grenf. II 82, P.Lond. III 722 descr., TM 22638)
Scope & Content:
Victor and Colluthus, serving on the gubernatorial boat, write to another Victor and others, complaining about the fact that they had imposed a compulsory service on Aurelius Senuthes, and urging them to release him. Senuthes was in fact expected to perform another service, inherited from his fa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 400
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, darkened in places, lacking the bottom left corner and with few holes, but well preserved as to the rest. White residue is visible on the back.

Writing runs on both sides: on the front there is one column of 29 lines written along the fibres. Margins are extant and minimal, with the exception of the left margin, which measures x mm. A sheet-join running along the height of the sheet is visible in the right edge. On the back there was one column written across the fibres, which was erased, and two lines written along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

529. Papyrus 724

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 724
Title:
Fragment of a Contract (P.Grenf. II 85, P.Lond. III 724 descr., TM 41304)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of a contract, of which the dating clause and the opening of the deed survive. One of the parties was a woman named Aurelia Mannous, of Arsinoe.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
21 June 536
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and right, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The beginnings of 5 lines from the top of a column remain; left and upper margins survive in the preserved portion. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

530. Papyrus 725

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 725
Title:
Loan of Wheat (P.Grenf. II 86, P.Lond. III 725 descr., TM 22639)
Scope & Content:
Acknowledgment of a loan of 6 ¼ artabas of wheat, borrowed by the farmer Aurelius Phoebammon, son of Ioannes. With docket on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
15 December 596
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, with few holes, but otherwise well preserved; written on both sides along the fibres, the back bearing one line, mutilated at the end. On the front there are 20 lines, the last being mutilated. The surviving margins are minimal. A sheet-join runs along the height of the sheet at c. 10-14 from the left edge. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

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