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271. Papyrus 1063

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1063
Title:
Tax Receipts (P.Lond. III 1063, TM 38271-38272)
Scope & Content:
Two tax receipts written on the same sheet, recording payments made in the village of Sinape. The first receipt in column 1 is unpublished.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with some damage; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears two columns of 6 and 7 lines respectively, and all margins are extant. The back is blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

272. Papyrus 1107

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1107
Title:
Tax Register (P.Lond. III 1107, TM 31975)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a fiscal roll, numbered at the top, recording payments made by various Arsinoite villages on account of taxes, including the tax for the harbour of Memphis. On the back there is effaced writing with figures (unpublished).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:
Fragment of a light-brown papyrus roll, damaged by insect holes throughout and broken off on the sides. On the front there is one column, scant traces of a preceding column, and the beginnings of the lines of the following column; upper and lower margins survive. On the back, there are traces of columns running against the fibres, abraded. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

273. Papyrus 1234

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1234
Title:
Tax Receipt (P.Lond. III 1234, TM 22852)
Scope & Content:
Receipt acknowledging that Harpochration, son of Morus and Hieras, has paid 20 drachmas on account of the poll tax.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
170
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, square-shaped, lacking the left bottom edge and with surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 6 lines, the last of which are abraded. All margins are extant, but the bottom is mutilated. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

274. Papyrus 1239

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1239
Title:
Tax Receipts (P.Lond. III 1239, TM 22854)
Scope & Content:
Register of receipts acknowledging the amounts of wheat paid by various individuals in the Hermopolite nome over a period of three years; with endorsement and further lines on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
280-281
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, mutilated at the top and bottom and with insect holes throughout; some abrasion affects the left-hand edge. Both sides bear writing: on the front, there are 26 lines written along the fibres. The left margin partly survives, and no margin was left to the right. On the back there are portions of 5 lines written across the fibres in the lower part of the sheet, upside down in relation to the text on the front. Additionally, there are 2 lines running from top to bottom along the left edge. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

275. Papyrus 1640

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1640
Title:
Tax Receipt (P.Lond. V 1750, TM 38853)
Scope & Content:
Receipt for various payments made by the inhabitants of the village of Pkemo on account of the poll tax (andrismos) in the first indiction. Dated to 642/3 or 657/8.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7th century
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete but damaged by holes and rubbed; bearing writing on one side; the back is blank. On the front, there are 8 lines written along the fibres; margins are minimal. A sheet-join runs horizontally in the centre. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

276. Papyrus 1652

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1652
Title:
Fragmentary Document (P.Lond. V 1899, TM 19789)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of a document of uncertain character, with dating and clause and mention of Kyriakos son of Kollouthes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
18 July 600
Extent:
Upper right corner of a papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres; the front bears the ends of 10 lines; upper and right margins are minimal. The back is blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

277. Papyrus 2437

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2437
Title:
Military Requisitions (P.Oxy. X 1253, TM 33634)
Scope & Content:
An official report to inform a prefect whose name is lost as to some requisitions that had been made at Oxyrhynchus by military officers on account of travelling expenses. These were mostly money payments, but in one case rugs were supplied.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Almost fully-preserved papyrus sheet, broken at the bottom and damaged in the upper portion, especially in the left-hand edge. Vertical folds are visible. The text runs along the fibres and the back is blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

278. Papyrus 2482

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2482
Title:
Fragmentary Lists (P.Oxy. XIV 1744, TM 22000)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Portion of a survey-list on palm and garden-land belonging to the State, of which rents are recorded. Payments are made through loaves, pigs, dates, olives and money. Possibly dated to 287-8. Verso: Beginnings of lines of another list of similar character, the sections being marked by tw...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
287-288?
Extent:

A papyrus fragment, displaying some wormholes throughout; on the recto there are portions from the middle of a column written along the fibres; the verso bears the beginnings of some lines of another column, written across the fibres in a different hand, the ink being quite faded and rubbed in places. Housed in a glass case.

279. Papyrus 3023

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3023
Title:
Private Letter (P.Hib. II 259, TM 5217)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary letter dealing with contributions for a shared meal (eranos), of which the author acknowledges receipt; the names of the correspondents are damaged. The date is at the end. On the back, there are remains of the cartonnage painted decoration with part of a face.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2 October 235 BC
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus sheet, extracted from mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue and damaged in places; written on one side across the fibres. On the front, there are 8 lines. The back bears remains of the painted decoration, with part of a face. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

280. Papyrus 3035

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3035
Title:
Private account (P.Hib. II 271, TM 5226)
Scope & Content:
Fragments recovered from mummy cartonnage containing private accounts, presumably of a household, arranged by date and recording amounts of money spent for various items, such as wine, wheat, pigeons, fruit, vegetables, wreaths etc. Only the upper left fragment has been published.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 230 BC
Extent:

Four larger fragments and two detached scraps from a papyrus roll, recovered from mummy cartonnage; dark-brown, except those covered with plaster residue; writing runs along the fibres on the front; the best-preserved fragment bears 11 lines from the foot of a column. The fragments are mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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