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31. Papyrus 747

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 747
Title:
Draft of a Proclamation to Ephebi (P.Oxy. I 42, P.Lond. III 747 descr., Chrest.Wilck. 154, Sel.Pap. II 238, TM 20703)
Scope & Content:
Draft of a proclamation from Dioscorides, logistes (curator) of the Oxyrhynchite nome, with some corrections, concerning a contest of ephebi (youths) taking place the following day: the youths should do their outmost in the performances. Some blank space is followed by the date in a different ha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
18 January 323
Extent:

An incomplete papyrus sheet written on both sides along the fibres, with only a couple of words on the back, lacking much of its left-hand side. Number 42 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. Housed in one glass case. Presumably a draft.

32. Papyrus 782

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 782
Title:
Fragment of the Gospel of John (Gregory-Aland P5; P. Lond. Lit. 213; P. Oxy. II 208; TM 61630), containing portions of chapters 1 and 20
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a bifolium from a codex containing the Gospel of John (Gregory-Aland P5; P. Lond. Lit. 213; P. Oxy. II 208; TM 61630), containing portions of chapters 1 and 20. On the recto (written along the fibres) are parts of John 1:33-40 (on the left) and John 20:11-17 (on the right). On the ve...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

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

33. Papyrus 851

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 851
Title:
Extracts with Receipts (P.Lond. III 851, TM 22694)
Scope & Content:
Extracts of a register with receipts of payments for rent (in money and fleeces) addressed to Akouis, shepherd and tenant. The issuer is in most cases Hermias alias Apollonius, strategus of Alexandria, who has various managers and assistants. The receipts, written in different hands, date to a p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
216-219
Extent:
Long fragment of a papyrus roll, written on one side and well preserved, containing six columns, the first of which is lacking its left-hand side. Between columns 5-6 some space was left blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

34. Papyrus 920

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 920
Title:
Receipt for Rent (P.Lond. III 920, TM 22716)
Scope & Content:
Receipt given by Horion, son of Onnophris, a priest (stolistes) of Suchus, to Heron for the rent of a garden for one year (26 April 175- 12 April 176). Dated to 12 April 176.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12 April 176
Extent:

Sheet from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres, almost complete with the exception of a few letters missing on the right-hand side. Housed in one glass case and mounted on cardboard.

35. Papyrus 951

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 951
Title:
Contract (P.Lond. III 951r, TM 22742) and Private Letter to a Son-In-Law (P.Lond. III 951v, TM 31964)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. III 951r, TM 22742): End of a contract between a certain Hermias and someone else, presumably concerning property; dated to 249. Verso (P.Lond. III 951v, Chrest.Wilck. 483, TM 31964): Lower part of a private letter to a son-in-law, who is being reproached either by a mother-in-la...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
249-299
Extent:

Fragment from a papyrus roll, broken on top and written on both sides; housed in one glass frame.

36. Papyrus 1000

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1000
Title:
Petition to an Official (P.Lond. III 1000, Chrest.Mitt. 73, TM 22772)
Scope & Content:
Petition from Flavius Georgius, son of Silvanus, to an official whose name is lost, with regards to some debt that the man was trying to recover. Dated to the second indiction, Choiak 2, in the consulship of Flavius Ioannes, and belonging to the archive of the soldiers of the numerus of the Mauri.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
28 November 538
Extent:

Sheet from a papyrus roll, written on one side, nearly complete; the first line is damaged and a very few letters are missing on the left-hand side. Housed in one glass frame and mounted on cardboard. A name containing a Coptic character is in line 13.

37. Papyrus 1159

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1159
Title:
List of Liturgists for the Visit of the Prefect Lucius Valerius Proclus (P.Lond. III 1159, Chr.Wilck.415, TM 22811) and Other Texts
Scope & Content:
Recto: - Columns 1-2: unpublished; Of column 1 only the endings of ten lines are preserved; column 2 contains a document of a certain Paniscus from the division of the City East, Hermopolis, under the emperor Antoninus Pius; a five-day period account follows. - Columns 3-6 (P.Lond. III 1159, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
144-147
Extent:

Fragments of various sizes of a papyrus roll, written on both sides and containing several columns not fully preserved; housed in one glass frame.

38. Papyrus 1164

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1164
Title:
Miscellaneous Documents with Transactions Conducted through the Bank of Anoubion (SB XX 15188, TM 23908, P.Lond. III 1164b-i, k, TM 22813-22821)
Scope & Content:
Tomos synkollesimos ('pasted roll') with ten distinct documents, all concerning various transactions conducted by different people through the bank of Anoubion in Antinoopolis; they all date to 212. Papyrus 1164(1): - Column a (SB XX 15188 = P.Flor. III 318 + P.Lond. III 1164a, TM 23908): Righ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
212
Extent:

Well preserved papyrus fragments of various sizes from a composite roll (tomos synkollesimos) containing ten distinct documents; written on one side along the fibres, mounted on cardboard and housed in three glass frames.

39. Papyrus 1184

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1184
Title:
Treatise on Metres (P.Oxy. II 220, TM 63266, LDAB 4471, MP3 2172) and Scholia on Iliad XXI (P.Oxy. II 221, TM 60508, LDAB 1631, MP3 1205, Allen-Sutton-West h94 + h11)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Oxy. II 220, TM 63266, LDAB 4471, MP3 2172) Incomplete treatise on metrics addressed to a friend, from an anonymous author (a poet?); 14 columns survive, although damaged throughout; additionally, on the right-hand side of the frame are 12 fragments, some of which bear no writing. The ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Fragments of various sizes from a papyrus roll, written on both sides and lacking several parts throughout; before being re-used for the text on the verso, the papyrus was cut so that only the upper parts of the columns on the recto survive.

40. Papyrus 1200

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1200
Title:
Bank Receipt for Tax on Sale (P.Lond. III 1200, TM 5900)
Scope & Content:
Receipt through the bank of Psenchonsis at Diospolis Magna for the payment of the transfer tax for the sale a house on the East bank in the quarter of Chrysopolis, purchased by Senyris, daughter of Thotsymis. With official dockets at the end and original clay seal, apparently showing a figure ad...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 October 209 BC
Extent:

Papyrus roll, complete but with damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are three columns of writing; the first has 1 line, the second 12 lines and the third 3 lines. Margins are extant. The original clay seal is in the left margin. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.