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871. Papyrus 903

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 903
Title:
Application for Registration of Sale of Property (P.Lond. III 903, TM 22705)
Scope & Content:
Thatres, daughter of Inaroys, with the assistance of her husband, notifies the keepers of the public archives of the Hermopolite nome about the sale of some land belonging to her, purchased by Hermaeus, son of Achilleus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
14 August 106
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, riddled with insect-holes; written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 26 lines running along the fibres; margins are extant, the lower being ample; no margin was left to the right. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom at c. 35 mm from the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

872. Papyrus 904

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 904
Title:
Official Documents (P.Lond. III 904, Chrest.Wilck. 202, TM 11807)
Scope & Content:
Portion of an official roll. Column 1, lines 1-6: Letter acknowledging receipt of twenty-four ichneumons, one of which was dead, sent by Claudius Erasus, the strategus of the division of Themistos in the Arsinoite nome. Dated 18 July 104. Column 1, line 7-end: Letter of Areius to the strategus...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
104
Extent:
Portion of a medium-brown papyrus roll, darker by patches, broken off on the left and right and with holes in the preserved portion; bearing writing on one side. The back is blank. On the front, there are two columns written along the fibres, the second being imperfect. The ends of a few lines from a preceding column are visible. Lower and upper margins survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

873. Papyrus 905

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 905
Title:
Tax Receipts and Memorandum or Contract on Property (P.Lond. III 905, TM 29247, 97898)
Scope & Content:
Memorandum or contract concerning some property near Philoteris and Dionysias belonging to a woman named Demetrous, daughter of Charias, who is acting with her husband as a guardian. The text was written in the blank space of the sheet, which preserves two tax receipts dated to 140, written the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete but damaged at the bottom; written on both sides. The front bears 14 lines written along the fibres and 11 further lines written along the fibres, upside down in relation to the other text. All margins are extant. The back bears further lines running along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

874. Papyrus 906

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 906
Title:
Application for Lease of Goldsmith’s Industry (P.Lond. III 906, Chrest.Wilck. 318, TM 11808)
Scope & Content:
Offer from Gaius Longinus Priscus, dismissed from the army, and others to farm the goldsmith’s activity in Euhemeria for a period of four years at an annual rent of 264 silver drachmas.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
128 (?)
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and bottom and imperfect on the left; with some surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 16 lines; vertical folds are still visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

875. Papyrus 907

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 907
Title:
Bank Receipt (P.Lond. III 907, Chrest.Mitt. 337, TM 11809)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of a receipt issued by the bank of Chaeremon and his associates in Dionysias, acknowledging the payment of a sum of money owed by Ptolemaeus son of Mysthas to Thasia daughter of Lucius, assisted by her brother.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
18 January 134
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, medium-dark brown, broken off at the bottom; with some surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 16 lines, the last fragmentary; upper and left margins are extant; no margin was left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

876. Papyrus 908

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 908
Title:
Petition (P.Lond. III 908, Chrest.Mitt. 229, TM 22706)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a petition presumably addressed to the prefect of Egypt from Eudaemonis, daughter of Marcus Ulpius Sarapion alias Serenus, former gymnasiarch of Hermopolis, concerning a dispute over some property. Eudaemonis encloses copies of earlier documentation concerning the dispute, where she h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 139
Extent:

Part of a medium-brown papyrus roll, broken off to the left and lacking part of the top left corner; with a few holes on the left, otherwise well preserved; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 2 columns, the first of 26 lines, all lacking the beginnings and the second of 14 lines, complete. Upper, lower and right margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

877. Papyrus 909(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 909(A-B)
Title:
Sale of a Camel (P.Lond. III 909(a), TM 11810), and Poll-Tax Receipt (P.Lond. III 909(b), TM 11811)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. III 909(a), TM 11810): Sale of a red male camel, still a foal, for 600 drachmas. The seller is Anchorimphis, of the village of Dionysias, and the buyer Ptolemaeus, from the metropolis (Arsinoe). Dated 1 July 136. Lower papyrus (B) (P.Lond. III 909(b), TM 11811): Recei...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
136-144
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Light-to-medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with some surface damage; written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank; on the front, there are 12 lines written along the fibres; all margins are extant.

Lower papyrus (B): Light-to-medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with some surface damage; written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank; on the front, there are 8 lines written along the fibres; all margins are extant.

878. Papyrus 911

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 911
Title:
Copy of a List of Paupers (P.Lond. III 911, TM 22709)
Scope & Content:
A certain Petesorapis, son of Penaus, grandson of Petesorapis, was registered among the destitute people (aporoi).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
5 August 149
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete but damaged by insect holes; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 8 lines, and traces of another line survive; the text is written in the upper half of the sheet and the blank space at the bottom measures 80 mm. All margins are extant. Folding lines are still visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

879. Papyrus 912

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 912
Title:
Tax Receipts (P.Lond. III 912(a-b), TM 22710-22711)
Scope & Content:
Two poll-tax receipts acknowledging the payment of 20 drachmas and 10 obols as surcharges, the Arsinoite privileged rate, made by Harpalus, son of Onesimus and Soeris, grandson of Onesimus. Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. III 912(a), TM 22710): Receipt dated 23 July 149. The accounting is for the sa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
149-154
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets, bearing writing on one side, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Complete; darker along two vertical folds; 6 lines, complete, with all margins extant.

Lower papyrus (B): Complete, with a few insect-holes; 6 lines, with all margins extant; no margin left to the right.

880. Papyrus 913

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 913
Title:
Receipt for Payment of Grain (P.Lond. III 913, TM 11812)
Scope & Content:
Acknowledgment by Prodicus and the other grain collectors (sitologi) of Neilopolis of the payment of 2 artabas of wheat on account of Stotoetis, daughter of Satabous.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 December 150
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, square-shaped, complete but damaged by holes, especially along the folds. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, and the back is blank. There are 7 complete lines, which occupy less than half of the sheet. All margins are extant. A sheet-join runs across the fibres along the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

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