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1682. Papyrus 2071
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2071
- Title:
- Official Letter (P.Oxy. IX 1188, TM 21575)
- Scope & Content:
- Official correspondence concerning the purchase of some formerly ownerless wood by Didymus, son of Heraclides, including: line 1: ‘Kerkeura, tree branches’; lines 2-6: letter of Sarapion, district secretary (topogrammateus) of the Middle Toparchy, to Peteuris, village scribe (komogrammateus) o...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 18 February 13
- Extent:
-
Papyrus sheet, complete and in fair condition, with few insect holes in the lower part and damage along the vertical folds, especially on the left-hand side; written on one side, the back being blank. The front bears 29 lines; margins are extant, with the lower being wide. A sheet-join runs vertically to the right of the centre. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
1683. Papyrus 2072
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2072
- Title:
- Informal Manumission (P.Oxy. IX 1205, C.Pap.Jud. III 473, TM 21591)
- Scope & Content:
- Informal manumission of a house-born slave, Paramone, aged 40, and her two children, aged 10 and 4. The synagogue of the Jews paid 14 talents of silver for the manumission through two intermediaries, one of whom was from Palestine. With subscriptions at the end.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 14 April 291
- Extent:
-
Fragments of varying size of a papyrus sheet, those located in the lower part of the frame being mostly scraps. The larger fragment is damaged by holes, especially along the vertical folds. The text runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank; the lines lack the beginnings. Part of the upper and lower margins survive; the left margin is lost and no margin was left to the right. The fragments are mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
1684. Papyrus 2073
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2073
- Title:
- Adoption of a Child (P.Oxy. IX 1206, Jur.Pap. 10, Sel.Pap. I 10, FIRA III 16, TM 21592)
- Scope & Content:
- An agreement whereby Heracles and his wife Isarion of Oxyrhynchus consent to the adoption of their two-year old son Patermouthis by Aurelius Horion, of Oxyrhynchus. The child shall be the legal heir of Horion and shall not be repudiated or reduced into a state of slavery; Heracles and Isarion sh...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 27 March - 25 April 335
- Extent:
-
Papyrus sheet, damaged by wormholes and larger gaps especially in the folds, and lacking the top left, bottom left and bottom right edges. Writing is on one side along the fibres. Mounted in a glass case.
1685. Papyrus 2074
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2074
- Title:
- Order for Payment of Chaff (P.Oxy. X 1334, TM 21811)
- Scope & Content:
- A fragmentary order issued from the mother of a certain Eutropia to pay chaff to Abraham.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 29 August-27 September 416 or 418
- Extent:
-
Papyrus fragment, broken on the sides and containing the beginnings of four lines written across the fibres. The number in red on the back refers to the publication in P.Oxy. X. Housed in a glass case.
1686. Papyrus 2075
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2075
- Title:
- Order for Payment of Meat (P.Oxy. X 1335, TM 21813)
- Scope & Content:
- An order issued by Ioannes to the butcher Serenus to pay 6 pounds of meat for the comes Diogenes.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 8 March 482
- Extent:
-
Fully preserved papyrus, with writing across the fibres on one side; ink is somewhat faded in places. The number in red on the back refers to the publication in P.Oxy. X. Housed in a glass case.
1687. Papyrus 2076
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2076
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
- SMALL SCRAPS of documents, of the Late Byzantine and Arab periods, taken from Or. MS. 6808. Transferred from the Department of Oriental Printed Books and MSS.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Unspecified
- Extent:
- 1 item
1688. Papyrus 2077(A-E)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2077(A-E)
- Title:
- Miscellaneous Texts (P.Lond.Lit. 215, 212, 246, TM 61900, 61821, 65051)
- Scope & Content:
- Left fragment (A): Parchment strip, bearing a fine decoration, including crocodiles. Blank on the back. Three fragments in the centre (B) (P.Lond.Lit. 215, TM 61900, LDAB 3057): Three fragments from a parchment codex, containing Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians 11,17-19,22-24. Assigned ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Coptic and Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 6th century-7th century
- Extent:
-
Seven fragments of varying size from different parchment codices (three belong together), housed in the same glass frame.
Left fragment (A): Parchment strip with a drawing, blank on the back.
Three fragments in the centre (B): Three fragments of varying size from a codex, written on both sides; the largest fragment preserves portions of 13 lines.
Right fragment (C): Upper portion of a parchment leaf, with writing on both sides, in Greek and Coptic.
Lower left fragment (D): Fragment of a parchment leaf, only bearing a few letters on either side.
Lower right fragment (E): Fragment of a parchment leaf, mostly blank, with only a few letters surviving on either side.
1689. Papyrus 2078
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2078
- Title:
- Private Letter (SB V 7987, TM 18005)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter from Didymus to Adrastus on various private matters; the greetings were added in a different hand.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 84-96
- Extent:
- Right-hand portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, with seven detached scraps from its right-hand side; written on one side, with the back blank. On the front, there are the ends of 15 lines written along the fibres. Upper, right and lower margins survive. Folding lines are still visible. The detached fragments are either blank or bear a few traces of ink. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
1690. Papyrus 2079
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2079
- Title:
- Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1982, SB V 7985, TM 1544)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter of Hermolaus, chief financial official (oikonomos) of the Memphite nome, to Zenon, informing him that he sent an agent to collect croton and asking him to hire draught animals for him. The address is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 7 April 252 BC
- Extent:
-
Papyrus sheet, light-brown, complete, slightly damaged along the folding lines; written on both sides. On the front, there are 6 lines running across the fibres; all margins are extant. On the back, there is one line running along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.