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111. Papyrus 2340

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2340
Title:
Receipt for Money Payment from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1957, TM 1520)
Scope & Content:
Nechthembes son of Horus acknowledges that he has received a sum of money as wages for twenty labourers he appears to have been employing for the levelling of a vineyard. The receipt is in duplicate form, with the British Library fragment being the inner text, originally rolled up and sealed; the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1 February 256 BC
Extent:
Fragment of light-to-medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the top, broken off at the bottom and damaged on the sides; another fragment preserving part of the lower portion of the same papyrus is in Michigan University, under the inventory P. 3151. The papyrus bears writing on one side, the back being blank. On the British Library fragment, there are 6 lines running along the fibres; line 6 lacks the beginning; the upper margin is minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

112. Papyrus 2344

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2344
Title:
Contract for Land Clearance (P.Cair.Zen. II 59182, TM 828)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a contract before six witnesses in duplicate form, whereby some labourers acknowledge receipt of money from Zenon as a payment for the clearing of brushwood land. The labourers have the right to occupy and defend the land, and they should return it clean within twenty-one days. Shoul...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4 October 255 BC
Extent:

Fragment of the same papyrus as two other fragments in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, inventoried as CG 59182; light-brown, complete at the top and bottom; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 12 lines written across the fibres, lacking beginning and ends. Upper and lower margins are extant. The original clay seal is still preserved. On the back, there are a few words written along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

113. Papyrus 2345

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2345
Title:
Receipt for Wages (P.Lond. VII 1959, TM 1522)
Scope & Content:
Receipt in duplicate form for the payment of five drachmas to Hermippus for the planting of castor-oil plants. With original seal (TM Seal 910). Lines 1-3: Inner text, originally sealed. Line 4-end: Outer text.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
14 March 256 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, light-medium brown, complete; bearing writing on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front there are 7 lines, complete. Margins are extant, the upper, left and right being minimal. The original clay seal is still preserved. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

114. Papyrus 2351

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2351
Title:
Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2057, TM 1619)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a letter from Philinus to Zenon, informing him that he has dispatched five shields of the finest quality and asking him to write to Heraclides about what Zenon would like to have. A papyrus in Columbia University, New York, published as P.Col.Zen. II 114 d, preserves part of the right...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
263-229 BC
Extent:
Left-hand fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, the right-hand portion of which is in Columbia University, New York; broken off at the bottom and right, and complete at the top and left; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are the beginnings of 8 lines running along the fibres; upper and left margins are extant; a sheet-join runs vertically at c. 25 mm from the left-hand edge. The fragment in Columbia University preserves the ends of lines 1-6. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

115. Papyrus 2435

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2435
Title:
Abstracts of Contracts (P.Oxy. XIV 1648, TM 29012), and Acta Appiani (P.Oxy. I 33, P.Lond.Lit. 119, Chrest.Wilck. 20, TM 58945, LDAB 40)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Oxy. XIV 1648, TM 29012): Late-second-century register containing abstracts of contracts and other transactions concerning the property of a family, deposited in the archives of Oxyrhynchus. The transactions include sale of slaves, house-property and land, tax-receipts, a loan, division...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Late 2nd century- 1st half of 3rd century
Extent:

Portion of a papyrus roll another fragment of which is in the Beinecke Library, Yale; with some surface damage throughout; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are portions of four columns running along the fibres, the last being fragmentary. The papyrus was then cut to size and pasted onto other discarded papyrus to host the text on the other side. On the back there are five columns of 14-15 lines each, written across the fibres; the Yale fragment preserves the rest of the first column and the two preceding columns. The modern annotation in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. I. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

116. Papyrus 2484

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2484
Title:
Fragment of the Gospel of John (Gregory-Aland P5; P. Lond. Lit. 213; P. Oxy. XV 1781; TM 61630), containing part of chapter 16
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a sheet from a codex containing the Gospel of John (Gregory-Aland P5; P. Lond. Lit. 213; P. Oxy. XV 1781; TM 61630), containing part of chapter 16. On the recto (written along the fibres) are parts of John 16:14-22. On the verso (written across the fibres) are parts of John 16:22-30....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

1 fragment of a leaf from a papyrus codex, writing on both sides, mounted in glass

117. Papyrus 2486

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2486
Title:
Song of Songs with Aristides's Apology (P. Lond. Lit. 209; Rahfls 952; van Haelst 269; TM 62307 and P. Lond. Lit. 223; van Haelst 624.)
Scope & Content:
This is an outer bifolium of a quire of possibly 5 sheets, therefore the frame for 1r contains 1r on the right and 10(?)v on the left and, correspondingly, the frame for 1v, contains 1v on the left and 10(?)r on the right. f. 1r-v: Song of Songs 5:12 - 6:10. f. 10(?)r-v: Aristides: Apology (XV...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Early 4th century
Extent:

1 sheet (bifolium) forming two leaves of a papyrus codex, written on both sides, framed in a glass case.

118. Papyrus 2553

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2553
Title:
Letter of Recommendation from Proclus to Asclepiades (TM 10546)
Scope & Content:
Left portion of a letter, the right portion of which is P.Col. VIII 211, in which Proclus recommends to Asclepiades, dioiketes, the bearer of the letter, Isidorus, a cultivator from Psophtis in the Memphite nome. Isidorus had a dispute with Tryphon, strategus of the Arsinoite nome, concerning a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
16 February 6
Extent:

Left-hand portion of a papyrus sheet, the right-hand part of which is at the Columbia University, published as P.Col. VIII 211. Writing is on one side along the fibres; top, left and bottom margin of the BL fragment extant. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

119. Papyrus 2559

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2559
Title:
Medical Treatise (P.Lond.Lit. 170, TM 63839, LDAB 5053, MP3 2404)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a medical treatise, mentioning the eyes and advising as to the preparation of remedies easy to prepare for everyone, made of yoke mixed with a drug known as ‘antidote of Andron’. P.Mich. inv. 1469 is another fragment of the same treatise and concerns diets and the nourishment to be g...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus roll, preserving portions of 24 lines of a column incomplete at the top and right side; parts of the left and lower margins survive. Another fragment from the same roll is a Michigan papyrus (P.Mich. inv. 1469), which contains portions of 24 lines. The generous format and practised hand suggest that this is a copy by a professional scribe. Writing is on one side along the fibres. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

120. Papyrus 2672

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2672
Title:
Complaint to the Village Scribe (P.Lond. VII 1981, TM 2502)
Scope & Content:
A body of 150 agricultural workers of Ammonias write to Colluthes, village scribe (komogrammateus), to inform him that they are being wronged by three judges, Nestus, Torrimas and Zenon, and claim to have been evicted from their lands. The farmers seek compensation. With original seal (TM Seal 9...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12 February 252 BC
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus, with severe surface damage throughout, especially along a vertical strip on the left. On the front, there are 21 lines written along the fibres, some of which are damaged. On the back, there are traces of ink that probably are smudges or set-offs. The original clay seal is still preserved, with no device being visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.