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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Papyrus 1-3136 Name Akouis, shepherd, 213-219

1. Papyrus 848

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 848
Title:
Portion of a Document (P.Lond. III 848 ro. descr., TM 29242), and Order to Deliver Fleeces (P.Lond. III 848 vo., TM 22693)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. III 848 ro. descr., TM 29242): Portion of a document (perhaps a return) including several names, with mention of the record-office (mnemoneion) and of year 19, month Hadrianos (= Choiak). Unpublished. Verso (P.Lond. III 848 vo., TM 22693): Order from Ischyrion to Kouis (Akouis) t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-early 3rd century
Extent:
Portion of a medium-brown papyrus, with insect holes in places, especially along the horizontal fold; written on both sides. The front bears portions of 12 lines running along the fibres, lacking beginnings and ends; traces of another line are visible at the top. The papyrus was later cut to host the text on the back, which consists of one column of 6 lines written across the fibres in the upper part of the sheet. Margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2. Papyrus 851

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 851
Title:
Extracts with Receipts (P.Lond. III 851, TM 22694)
Scope & Content:
Extracts of a register with receipts of payments for rent (in money and fleeces) addressed to Akouis, shepherd and tenant. The issuer is in most cases Hermias alias Apollonius, strategus of Alexandria, who has various managers and assistants. The receipts, written in different hands, date to a p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
216-219
Extent:
Long fragment of a papyrus roll, written on one side and well preserved, containing six columns, the first of which is lacking its left-hand side. Between columns 5-6 some space was left blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3. Papyrus 855

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 855
Title:
Tax Receipt (P.Lond. III 855(a), TM 11803), and Private Letter (P.Sarap. 86, TM 17108)
Scope & Content:
Left papyrus (A) (P.Lond. III 855(a), TM 11803): Extract from the records of the collectors of grain taxes of the village of Apias, acknowledging payments in wheat and lentils made by the shepherd Apkouis (Akouis), son of Polion. Written in red ink and dated around 216. Right papyrus (B) (P.Sar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
90-216
Extent:

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

Left papyrus (A): Medium-brown sheet, complete, damaged by abrasion and some insect holes; bearing writing on one side along the fibres. The front bears 9 lines; margins are extant. The back is blank.

Right papyrus (B): Medium-brown fragment, complete at the top, imperfect on the right and broken off on the other sides; bearing writing on one side along the fibres. The ends of 16 lines survive, with the upper margin. The back is blank. Another fragment of the same papyrus, which preserves the first letters of this column and the preceding column, is now in Heidelberg, Institut für Papyrologie, inventoried as P. G 87.