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121. Papyrus 2674

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2674
Title:
Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1937, TM 2375)
Scope & Content:
Letter to Zenon from Nikon, agent in the Memphite nome of Apollonios, chief minister of finances (dioiketes), asking the recipient to reply about the unsold emmer wheat and barley, about which he had repeatedly written, and reporting on the current prices of these products. PSI V 493 preserves th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1 April 257 BC
Extent:
Right-hand portion of a papyrus slip another portion of which is in Florence, published as PSI V 492; medium-brown, overall well preserved, with minor damage along the horizontal folds; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 6 lines written across the fibres, with lines 1-5 lacking the beginnings, which are preserved in the fragment in Florence; upper, lower and right margins are extant. The original clay seal is still preserved. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame with a small opening for the seal.

122. Papyrus 2682

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2682
Title:
Letter of Introduction from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1946, TM 2380)
Scope & Content:
Letter to Nicanor from Hierocles introducing the bearer of the letter, Apollodorus, who is sailing to Herakleopolis. Hierocles asks Nicanor to make further introductions and offer any assistance that may be needed. The address on the back reads ‘to Zenon’, as it was accidentally swapped with that...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 6 May 257 BC
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off to the right; P. Zaki Aly 15b is another small fragment of the same papyrus; written on both sides. On the front, there are 9 lines running across the fibres, with lines 1-8 being imperfect at the end; upper, lower and left margins are extant. A sheet-join runs horizontally along the lower edge. On the back, there are two words written along the fibres, upside down in relation to the text on the front, one in the left-hand edge and one in the middle. Horizontal folds are still visible. Fragments of the original seal survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

123. Papyrus 2751

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2751
Title:
Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1983, TM 1545)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary letter from Sosicrates to Zenon, with address on the back and original clay seal (TM Seal 973) displaying a youthful male head facing right.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
March-April 252 BC
Extent:
Two fragments from a medium-brown papyrus lacking the central portion; with some damage, especially along the folds; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are portions of 7 lines running along the fibres and lacking the middle portion; upper, left and lower margins are wide; on the back, there is the beginning of a word running along the fibres in the centre of the sheet. The original clay seal still survives. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

124. Papyrus 2756

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2756
Title:
Accounts from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1974, TM 1537, and P.Zen.Dem. 121, TM 2318)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a papyrus roll additional fragments of which are now at Columbia Univeristy and at the Istituto Papirologico ‘G. Vitelli’, Florence. Recto (TM 1537): Greek account for bricks supplied for building works at Philadelpheia under the superintendence of Zenon over various months. Verso ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
254 BC
Extent:

Portion of a medium-brown papyrus roll with two detached scraps, additional fragments of which are now at Columbia University, New York, inventoried as P. 5, and at the Istituto Papirologico ‘G. Vitelli’, Florence, under the inventory 3038. The writing is on both sides. On the front, there are two columns written along the fibres, broken off at the top; lower and right margins are extant; one line is written in the right margin, being the endorsement of the text on the back. Two sheet-joins are visible. The Columbia portion preserves another column which precedes those of the BL papyrus and the beginnings of lines 16-25 of the first column of the BL portion. The portion in Florence is still unpublished. On the back, there are several columns in Demotic, written against the fibres upside down in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

125. Papyrus 2921

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2921
Title:
Didymus the Blind, Commentary on Psalms 33, 34 and 36 (TM 59674, LDAB 776)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a papyrus codex containing Didymus the Blind’s Commentary on Psalms 20-44 (Tura Codex V), recording his lectures on the Psalms, which consist of questions and answers, with detailed comments on words and phrases. The codex is a palimpsest, and traces of the underlying text, written at...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
420-527
Extent:
Seven leaves (three bifolia, one folio) of a papyrus codex (Codex V of the Tura papyri), housed in four glass frames, named Papyrus 2921(A), Papyrus 2921(B), Papyrus 2921(C), and Papyrus 2921(D). The original codex was made of at least 22 quires, each comprising four or five bifolia, having a total of more than 170 leaves; each page has one column of 29-34 lines. Further leaves from this codex are held by the Papyrussammlung of the Institut für Altertumskunde of the University of Cologne, the Bibliotheca Bodmeriana (Genève), the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, and the Brigham Young University. The codex is a palimpsest, and traces of the under-text are visible in places.

126. Papyrus 3077

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3077
Title:
Menander, The Hated Man (Thrasonydes or Misoumenos, lines 101-466) (P. Oxy. XXXIII 2656; MP3 1303.7 + 2312.1; TM 61562)
Scope & Content:
Fragments from Menander's Hated man (Misoumenos or Thrasonydes) preserving lines 101-466.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:
Fragments of 4 bifolios of a papyrus codex, mounted in glass cases.

127. Papyrus 3124

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3124
Title:
Bilingual Latin-Arabic Private Letter (TM 397934)
Scope & Content:
A private letter in Latin and Arabic languages, written in Latin alphabet, in which a certain Sati writes to an acquaintance named Iohanne, asking for news about Iohanne’s health and some economical matters concerning merchandise and trading of linen. A third man, named Custantin, is mentioned. T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Latin
Date Range:
7th century-9th century
Extent:

One papyrus sheet, fully preserved, with damages presumably due to folding; written on both sides, with 22 lines across the fibres on the recto, and 2 lines along the fibres on the verso. In the first six lines of the recto, the language used is Latin, but then it switches to Arabic, still written in Latin alphabet (rest of recto and verso). Mounted in one glass frame.