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551. Papyrus 752

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 752
Title:
Circular on the Appointment of Treasury Officials (P.Oxy. I 58, P.Lond. III 752 descr., Chrest.Wilck. 378, Sel.Pap. II 226, TM 20720)
Scope & Content:
A letter addressed to the strategi of the Heptanomia and Arsinoite nome from a high official known as Africanus (possibly Arbaeus Africanus, governor of Palestine, or Nervaeus or Servaeus). The sender is complaining about the expenses caused by the multiplication of officials related to estates ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
13 September 288
Extent:

A papyrus sheet written on one side, with a few wormholes; overall well preserved, although somewhat damaged at the bottom. Number 58 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy I. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in one glass case.

552. Papyrus 753

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 753
Title:
Appointment of a Delegate (P.Oxy. I 59, P.Lond. III 753 descr., TM 20721)
Scope & Content:
Notification from the senate of Oxyrhyncus through its representant, addressed to the strategus Aurelius Apollonius through his delegate, informing that a certain Theodorus, who had been selected for attending the prefect’s court in Alexandria in place of another man, had claimed exemption as a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
11 February 292
Extent:

Papyrus sheet bearing writing on both sides, the text on the front running along the fibres and that on the back across the fibres; damaged by gaps and wormholes. Housed in one glass case. Number 59 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy I.

553. Papyrus 754(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 754(A-B)
Title:
Documents Concerning a Dispute over Property with Copy (P.Oxy. I 67, P.Lond. III 754 descr., Chrest.Mitt. 56, Jur.Pap. 87, FIRA III 173, TM 20727)
Scope & Content:
Petition addressed to Aurelius Aetius, former magistrate in Oxyrhynchus, with regards to a dispute between Aurelius Ptolemaeus, son of Horion, and two other men from the village of Lile. The dispute concerns some property inherited by Ptolemaeus from his grandmother and occupied by the defendant...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
28 March 338
Extent:

Fragments of two incomplete papyrus sheets, written on one side, one being the copy of the other; mounted on cardboard and housed in two glass cases named Papyrus 754(A) and 754(B). Both sheets display gaps throughout. The numbers in red refer to the publication in P.Oxy I.

554. Papyrus 755

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 755
Title:
Petitions to the Prefect (P.Oxy. I 71, TM 12591, 12592, 704823), and Inventory of Columns (P.Bagnall 43, TM 33771)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Oxy. I 71) Column 1 (TM 12591): Petition to the prefect Clodius Culcianus from Aurelius Demetrius, son of Nilus, former high-priest in Arsinoe, asking for the prefect’s help in order to recover the money he had lent to Aurelius Sotas, who had refused to pay back the loan. Dated 28 Febr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
303-350
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus roll with detached fragment, broken off to the right (front), shredded at the bottom and worm-eaten throughout; written on both sides. The front bears two columns written along the fibres and portions of a third column; on the back, there are 3 columns written across the fibres and portions of another column; one line is written in the right margin parallel to the fibres and perpendicularly to the columns. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

555. Papyrus 756

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 756
Title:
Notification of Death (P.Oxy. I 79 ro., P.Lond. III 756 ro. descr., TM 20739), and Ethopoea of Alexander (P.Oxy. I 79 vo., P.Lond.Lit. 162, P.Lond. III 756 vo. descr., TM 64094, LDAB 5312, MP3 2588)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Oxy. I 79 ro., P.Lond. III 756 ro. descr., TM 20739): Notification of death, numbered at the top, addressed to Iulius, village scribe (komogrammateus) of Sephtha, from Cephalas, who declares the death of his son Panechotes and asks that he may be added to the register of the dead. The o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
late 2nd century-early 3rd century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, with abrasion and few holes; it bears writing on both sides, along the fibres on the front, and across them on the back. The text on the front is incomplete, lacking the end; upper and left margins are extant; no margin was left to the right. The text on the back seems complete and all margins are extant. A line was washed out at the end. Modern annotations are visible on the front, with the number in red referring to the publication in P.Oxy. I. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

556. Papyrus 757-758

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 757-758
Title:
Declaration on Oath by a Tax Collector (P.Oxy. I 81, P.Lond. III 758 descr., TM 20741), Money Account (P.Lond. III 758v. descr., TM 31961) and Declaration on Oath by a Strategus (P.Oxy. I 82, P.Lond. III 758 descr., TM 31341)
Scope & Content:
Upper fragment: Recto (P.Oxy. I 81, P.Lond. III 757 descr., TM 20741): Declaration on oath addressed to Aurelius Dius alias Pertinax, strategus in Oxyrhynchus, from Aurelius Apion, son of Dionysius, before entering upon his duties as a tax collector (praktor argyrikon). Dated in the 2nd year of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
mid 3rd century
Extent:

Two fragments from different documents, the upper one bearing writing on both sides and broken off at the bottom; the ink on the recto is somewhat rubbed off.

The lower fragment lacks both the upper and the lower portions and bears writing on one side only, the text being written along the fibres.

The fragments are housed together in one glass case. Numbers 81 and 82 in red refer to the publication in P.Oxy I.

557. Papyrus 759

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 759
Title:
Receipt from Ironworkers (P.Oxy. I 84, P.Lond. III 759 descr., Chrest.Wilck. 197, Sel.Pap. II 374, TM 20743)
Scope & Content:
Receipt addressed to Valerius Ammonianus alias Gerontius, logistes (curator) of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from the guild of ironworkers, acknowledging the payment of six silver talents from the state bank in Oxyrhynchus, on account of the iron supplied for public works. Dated in the consulship of C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1 November 316
Extent:

Papyrus sheet written on one side along the fibres, the upper layer being somewhat damaged in places. Mounted on cardboard in one glass case. Number 84 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy I.

558. Papyrus 760

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 760
Title:
Declaration of Prices by Guilds (SB XVI 12648, P.Oxy. I 85, P.Lond. III 760 descr., TM 17444)
Scope & Content:
Series of declarations of prices for the goods handled during the month, made by various Oxyrhynchite guilds and addressed to the curator Flavius Eusebius. The declarations had been drawn up in advance, with blank space left for the details to be added; in some cases, the blanks were not filled ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 November 338
Extent:

Two fragments of a papyrus roll, of which an additional portion is housed in the Sackler Library, Oxford, published as P.Oxy. LIV 3772. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Six columns are preserved: the left fragment contains four columns of different lenghths, the first badly mutilated and the fourth somewhat damaged to the right. The right fragment contains portions of two columns, broken off at the bottom. The Oxford fragment might have come in between these two fragments, between the fourth and the fifth column. The fragments are mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

559. Papyrus 761

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 761
Title:
Receipt for Payment of Corn (P.Oxy. I 90, P.Lond. III 761 descr., TM 20749) and Writing Exercise? (P.Oxy. I 90, TM 63528, LDAB 4737, MP3 2747)
Scope & Content:
A receipt acknowledging that Clarus, son of Didymus, former agoranomus (public notary), has deposited 8 artabas and 4 choinices of corn into the public granary on account of the harvest of the past 19th year of Antoninus and Commodus Caesars. Signed by Diogenes, sitologus (official in charge of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
179-180
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, well-cut, written on one side; damaged on its left-hand side. Mounted on cardboard in one glass case. Number 90 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy I.

560. Papyrus 762

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 762
Title:
Order for Payment of Corn (P.Oxy. I 93, P.Lond. III 762 descr., Stud.Pal. VIII 1154, TM 20752)
Scope & Content:
Order from Eutrygius to his assistant Dioscorus to pay two artabas of corn to Gorgonius, player of the hydraulic organ. Dated by two eras, in the 38th and 7th years, Thoth 21 (16 January 362).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
16 January 362
Extent:

A papyrus sheet written on one side along the fibres, complete; mounted on cardboard in one glass case. Number 93 refers to the publication in P.Oxy I.

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