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1501. Papyrus 1802

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1802
Title:
Sale of a House (P.Lond. V 1722, TM 19738)
Scope & Content:
The boatman Iakob and his wife Tsendia sell to the drummer Iakobos for eighteen solidi a three-story house with two rooms on each floor, located in the southern part of the fortress on the Street of the Camp. With subscriptions at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7-15 March 530
Extent:
Papyrus roll, complete, all margins preserved; 60 lines on recto, written across the fibers. Verso blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1502. Papyrus 1803

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1803
Title:
Sale of a Boat (P.Lond. V 1726, TM 15313), and Contract of Sale (P.Lond. V 1735, TM 36931)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus 1803 A (TM 15313): The recruit Patermouthis, perhaps upon his joining the regiment of Syene, sells a large boat which he had bought from Kyros of Upper Apollonopolis for 19 2/3 solidi, roughly the price of a three-story house. All formulas of this sale are identical with those of the hou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of 6th century
Extent:
Papyrus fragments from two documents written on one side across the fibres, with the back being blank; incomplete, broken at top and bottom, left and right margins preserved. On the front, there are 13 lines, a joining fragment is P.Münch. I 4 & 5 Verso; and 29 lines, possibly belonging to a fragment published in P.Lond. V 1851. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1503. Papyrus 1804

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1804
Title:
Fragments of an Account (P.Lond. V 1846, TM 36962)
Scope & Content:
Account relating to a pawnbroker’s business. Few words are readable. At the end of each line an amount of nomismatia is given. The papyrus may belong to Papyrus 1806 and 1809.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of 6th century
Extent:
7 non-contiguous papyrus fragments of various sizes, all incomplete and broken off on all sides ; the writing on the recto is along the fibres; the verso is blank; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame. The papyrus may belong to Papyrus 1806 and 1809.

1504. Papyrus 1805

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1805
Title:
Contract of Loan of Money (P.Lond. V 1719, TM 19734)
Scope & Content:
Paam, a priest, and Paulus owe the sum of five solidi to an unknown man. Paam's share of the debt is four solidi and he undertakes to repay it within the same month (Mecheir), apparently without interest. Paulus promises to repay the debt by the month of Epeiph, five months later, at an interest ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 January-24 February 556
Extent:
Papyrus, incomplete, broken off at left and bottom, margins preserved at top and right; 19 lines on recto, written along the fibres. Verso blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1505. Papyrus 1806

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1806
Title:
Fragments of an Account (P.Lond. V 1847, TM 36963)
Scope & Content:
Account relating to a pawnbroker’s business. Few words are readable.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of 6th century
Extent:
12 non-contiguous papyrus fragments of various sizes, all incomplete, broken off on all sides; the writing on the recto is along the fibres; the verso is blank; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame. The papyrus may belong to Papyrus 1809.

1506. Papyrus 1807

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1807
Title:
Disposition of the Estate of Iakobos through Arbitration (P.Lond. V 1849, P.Münch. I 6, TM 15314)
Scope & Content:
Disposition of the estate of Iakobos through arbitration, undertaken by the scholasticus Marcus, who placed his signature at the end and made a supralinear correction to line 76. Although the widow Tapia claimed that the property at issue was jointly held by herself and her late husband alone, s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7 June 583
Extent:

7 non-contiguous papyrus fragments of various sizes, incomplete, belonging to P.Münch. I 6; written across the fibres by the same hand; verso blank; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1507. Papyrus 1808(A-F)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1808(A-F)
Title:
Fragments of a Contract (P.Lond. V 1850, TM 36965)
Scope & Content:
Six miscellaneous fragments of contracts. Fragments 3-5 in the centre of the frame belong to the same text; fragments 1-2 and 6 contain subscriptions of witnesses from the bottom of papyrus sheets, and probably come from different papyri.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:
6 non-contiguous papyrus fragments of various sizes, incomplete; Fragment 1 is written across the fibres, lower margin survives; fragment 2 is written along the fibres, lower margin preserved; fragments 3-5 are written by the same hand along the fibres, with no margin visible; fragment 6 is written across the fibres, lower margin survives; the verso is blank; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1508. Papyrus 1809

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1809
Title:
Fragments of an Account (P.Lond. V 1848, TM 36964)
Scope & Content:
Account relating to a pawnbroker’s business. Few words are readable. The papyrus may belong to Papyrus 1806.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of 6th century
Extent:
4 non-contiguous papyrus fragments of various sizes, all incomplete, broken off on all sides; the writing on the recto is along the fibres; verso blank; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame. The papyrus may belong to Papyrus 1806.

1509. Papyrus 1810

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1810
Title:
Fragments of Contracts (P.Lond. V 1851 descr., TM 36966-36968)
Scope & Content:
12 miscellaneous fragments of contracts. Fragment 1 may belong to Papyrus 1803B (P.Lond. V 1735); fragment 2 is part of a freight contract; fragment 3 preserves part of the endorsement of a contract. Other fragments not mentioned in publicationsno. 2 on plate: illegibleno. 3 on plate: part of w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of 6th century
Extent:

12 non-contiguous papyrus fragments of various sizes, incomplete. Fragment 1 is written across the fibres, and may be the top of Papyrus 1803B (P.Lond. V 1735). Fragment 2 is written across the fibres and preserves no margins. Fragment 3 is written across the fibres, and preserves no margins. Other fragments not mentioned in the publication: no. 2 on plate written across the fibres, 2 lines, left marginno. 3 on plate written across the fibres, 1 line, right marginno. 5 on plate written across the fibres, 2 lines illegibleno. 7 on plate to the left of no. 6 written along the fibres, narrow strip of papyrus, remains of 8 lines, no marginsno. 8 on plate to the right of no. 6 written across the fibres, 1 line, no marginsno. 9 on plate below no. 6 on left written along the fibres, 8 lines, no marginsno. 10 on plate below no. 6 to the right, written across the fibres, 2 lines no marginsno. 11 on plate last row in the middle, written along the fibres, 3 lines, top margin?no. 12 on plate last row at right, written across the fibres, 2 lines no margins. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1510. Papyrus 1811

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1811
Title:
Fragments of Contracts (P.Lond. V 1852 descr., TM 36969)
Scope & Content:
Seven miscellaneous fragments from various contracts, one perhaps concerning a loan; the first fragment mentions the name Talephantis (see P.Münch. 9.34?).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of 6th century
Extent:
7 non-contiguous papyrus fragments of various sizes, incomplete, written along the fibres; verso blank; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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