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71. Papyrus 1442

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1442
Title:
Papryus codex, imperfect, containing tax register from early Arab Egypt (P. Lond. IV 1419)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus codex, imperfect, containing tax register (with entries from Α-Σ) from early Arab Egypt (P. Lond. IV 1419). Primarily in Greek, though most place-names are in Coptic. The original binding and the protocol are preserved. Additional leaves from this codex, containg entries from Φ-Ω, are pre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
716-717
Extent:
33 folios, and a number of fragments, now mounted in glass frames.

72. Papyrus 1521

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1521
Title:
Scope & Content:
FRAGMENTS of Epicurus, --------, bk. xi., from Herculaneum [Hercul. Pap. 1042]; in seven frames. Presented by H.M. King Edward VII. Herculaneum: Papyri from. Papyri: Greek. Literary and theological: 3rd cent.B.C.-5th cent. A.D. Epicurus: Fragments of: 1st cent.B.C.-1st cent. A.D.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

73. Papyrus 1531

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1531
Title:
Gospel of Thomas fragment (in Greek), and Survey List (P.Lond.Lit. 222, P. Oxy. IV 654, TM 62840)
Scope & Content:
On the verso is a fragment of the Gospel of Thomas (in Greek), corresponding to sections 1-7 (imperfect) of the Coptic Gospel of Thomas (P. Lond. Lit. 222, P. Oxy. IV 654, TM 62840). The recto contains a portion of a survey list of land, which has not been published.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
end of the 2nd century-3rd century
Extent:

Fragment of a roll or sheet, mounted in glass.

74. Papyrus 1558

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1558
Title:
Official Letter of the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius on Wages for Sailors (P.Lond. IV 1374, TM 19830)
Scope & Content:
Letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, instructing him to collect and dispatch seven solidi as wages for seven sailors from his administrative district who had gone to Syria for the raiding expedition (cursus) and had stayed there. The original clay seal feat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1 May 710
Extent:

Papyrus roll, medium-dark brown, lacking the upper right-hand corner; with holes and minor surface damage along the folds; written on both sides. The front bears 13 lines written across the fibres and fairly spaced; lines 1-7 lack the ends. Upper, left and lower margins are extant; the right, which is minimal and irregular, survives from line 8. At the bottom the original clay seal survives. On the back, two faded lines run along the fibres at the top, written upside down in relation to each other. A small papyrus strip was glued diagonally on the right-hand side. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

75. Papyrus 1559

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1559
Title:
Official Letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1363, TM 19821)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, ordering him to send taxes of the churches in his district to the treasury. He also instructs him to draw up a register of the quota collected from each church and to send a list arranged by person. With origi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4 September 710
Extent:
Lower portion of a medium-brown papyrus, broken off at the top and left and with surface damage and holes in places; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of 12 lines lacking the beginnings, fairly spaced; at the bottom, there is the original clay seal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

76. Papyrus 1560

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1560
Title:
Fragment of an Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1385, TM 19839)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a letter presumably from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik, of which parts of five lines survive. The letter may have concerned the problem of fugitives and seems to suggest a requisition of some type, perhaps related to this matter. At the bottom, a brown clay seal figuring a star and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 709
Extent:

Small fragment from a papyrus roll, written on one side across the fibres and preserving parts of 5 Greek lines in addition to the original seal at the bottom; mounted on cardboard in one glass case.

77. Papyrus 1605(a-c)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1605(a-c)
Title:
Encomium (?) (P.Lond.Lit. 141, P.Lond. V 1816a descr., TM 64087, LDAB 5305, MP3 2541), Epic Verses (P.Lond.Lit. 37, P.Lond. V 1816b descr., TM 63516, LDAB 4725, MP3 1813), Mythographus Homericus (P.Lond.Lit. 142, P.Oxy. LVI 3830, P.Lond. V 1816c descr.,TM 61608, LDAB 2757, MP3 1185.3) and Unpublished Document (P.Lond. V 1816a descr., TM 64087)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus 1605a (P.Lond.Lit. 141, P.Lond. V 1816a descr., TM 64087, LDAB 5305, MP3 2541): On the recto is an unpublished document of uncertain nature (maybe a contract?). The verso contains probably an encomium (see line 30). Assigned to the third century. Papyrus 1605b (P.Lond.Lit. 37, P.Lond. V...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd-3rd century
Extent:

Three papyrus fragments, mounted in a glass case:

Left fragment = Papyrus 1605a: Strip of papyrus written on both sides. On the upper part of the recto, along the fibres, are small portions of 8 lines of a document, followed by blank space. On the verso, across the fibres, are parts of 34 lines in a different hand. The text in lines 1-14 is damaged and mostly illegible.

Upper right fragment = Papyrus 1605b: Fragment probably of a papyrus roll with remains of 13 lines written on the verso across the fibres. Only the upper margin is preserved. There are three acute accents. The recto is blank, except for two characters, a tau or pi on the upper right edge of the papyrus and a L-shaped sign below on the left.

Lower right fragment = Papyrus 1605c: Small fragment of a papyrus roll broken on all sides and containing remains of 10 lines written on the recto along the fibres. The back is blank and no margins are preserved. Further fragments from the same roll are contained in an Oxyrhynchus papyrus published as P.Oxy. LVI 3830.

78. Papyrus 1667

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1667
Title:
Receipt for Repayment of Money (P.Lond. V 1717, TM 19733) and Metrological Tables and Problems by Dioscorus (P.Lond. V 1718, TM 65048, LDAB 6289, MP3 354)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Receipt for the repayment of a debt of money, given by a woman whose name is lost, accompanied by two people, Calotychus, son of Stephanus, and Theodosia, daughter of Ioannes; with subscriptions at the end. The document was written in Antinoopolis. The papyrus preserves the right-hand sid...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half 6th century
Extent:

Long fragment of a papyrus roll, written on both sides. The recto contains parts of the right-hand side of a document, the left-hand side of which is to be found in the three fragments forming Papyrus 1785. The mid strip of the papyrus between 1785 and 1667 is missing. The text is also broken off at the top and bottom. The text on the verso is written across the fibres and contains the lower parts of four columns; the upper parts are to be found in Papyrus 1785. The mid portion of the columns between Papyrus 1785 and 1667 is lost.

79. Papyrus 1728

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1728
Title:
Arbitration (P.Lond. V 1709, TM 19726) and Anthology with Miscellaneous Poems (P.Aphrod.Lit. IV 47, 37, 35, TM 59715, LDAB 819, MP3 351.01)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Arbitration over inheritance written in Coptic and concerning the same family as the one of P.Cair.Masp. 67006. The papyrus may well be part of the same roll as Papyrus 1745, with a lacuna between them. The plaintiffs, Victorine and Phoebammon, children of the deacon Ioannes, complain ab...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
ca. 566-568
Extent:

Fragment of a dark papyrus, which is the first part of the same roll of which Papyrus 1745 is the latter portion; a gap is between them. Better preserved than Papyrus 1745; written on both sides.

80. Papyrus 1745

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1745
Title:
Arbitration (P.Lond. V 1709, TM 19726) and Anthology with Miscellaneous Poems (P.Aphrod.Lit. IV 36, 13, 25, 31, TM 59715, LDAB 819, MP3 351.01)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Arbitration over inheritance written in Coptic and concerning the same family as the one of P.Cair.Masp. 67006. The papyrus may well be part of the same roll as Papyrus 1728, with a lacuna between them. The plaintiffs, Victorine and Phoebammon, children of the deacon Ioannes, complain ab...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 566-568
Extent:

Fragments of various sizes from the same papyrus roll as Papyrus 1728, of which Papyrus 1728 is the first part and Papyrus 1745 the latter part; a gap is between them; written on both sides and in poor condition.