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032-002104451 Name Apollos, 6th century

1. Papyrus 1740

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1740
Title:
Acknowledgment of Debt (P.Lond. V 1844, TM 36960)
Scope & Content:
Conclusion of an acknowledgment of debt amounting to 24 solidi and undertaken by twelve persons, whose signatures survive; among these is Dioscorus’ father, Aurelius Apollos; there follow the witnesses’ signatures and the notarial subscription. The body of the document is lost.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
early 6th century
Extent:

Dark brown papyrus roll, broken off at the top and left; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears the ends of 21 lines; the lower margin is extant, no margin was left on the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2. Papyrus 1772

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1772
Title:
Tax Receipt (P.Lond. V 1666, TM 19686)
Scope & Content:
Receipt acknowledging the payment of 12 carats and 3/4 made by Apollos, son of Dioscorus, on account of village taxes for the village of Phthla and for certain monks, issued by the pagarchs through their assistant Matoi. Dated to 514-515, 529-530, 544-545, or 559-560.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:
Papyrus slip, imperfect on the right and with surface damage throughout; written on one side, the back being blank. The front bears 5 lines running across the fibres, damaged at the end; upper, left and lower margins are minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3. Papyrus 1784

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1784
Title:
Tax Receipt (P.Lond. V 1665, TM 19681)
Scope & Content:
Receipt acknowledging the payment of 3 carats and 1/6 made by Apollos, son of Dioscorus, through Phoebammon on account of village taxes for the village of Phthla, issued by the pagarchs through their assistant Victor.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
557-558 (?)
Extent:
Two fragments of a papyrus slip, not contiguous, with a loss of at least 6 letters between the fragments; damaged at the top and sides and with surface damage; written on one side, the back being blank. The front bears 3 lines written along the fibres, incomplete. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

4. Papyrus 2838

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2838
Title:
Tax Receipts (SB XX 15015, TM 23846)
Scope & Content:
Two receipts acknowledging payments made by Apollos, son of Dioscorus, through Phoebammon and Menas, on account of the village taxes for the village of Phthla, issued by the pagarch Iulianus through the assistant Pninnos. Lines 1-4: First receipt. Line 5-end: Second receipt.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
29 August 550
Extent:
Papyrus slip, damaged by insect holes and abrasion; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. There are portions of 9 lines. Margins survive, the upper and left measuring c. 10 mm, and the lower and right being minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

5. Papyrus 2841

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2841
Title:
Tax Receipts (SB XX 15013, TM 23845)
Scope & Content:
Two receipts acknowledging two payments made by Apollos, son of Dioscorus, through Phoebammon, son of Triadelphus, on account of the village taxes for the village of Phthla, issued by the pagarch Iulianus through the assistant Pninnos. Lines 1-3: First receipt. Line 4-end: Second receipt.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
28 August 552
Extent:
Papyrus slip, damaged by insect holes and abrasion; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. There are portions of 7 lines. Margins survive, although they are damaged in places. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

6. Papyrus 1742

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1742
Title:
Leases of Land (P.Lond. V 1696, TM 36921; SB XXVI 16529, TM 19715)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. V 1696, TM 36921): Portion of a lease of land, the lessee being a certain Isaac. With his subscription and the notary’s at the bottom. The endorsement on the back is illegible. Verso (SB XXVI 16529, TM 19715): Glued onto the back is a papyrus strip from another document, further ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
500-526
Extent:
Dark-brown papyrus sheet, incomplete, with writing on both sides. On the front, there is a column of 18 lines written along the fibres; the lower and right margins are extant, the left margin partly survives at the bottom. A strip of another dark brown papyrus was glued onto the back of the sheet and preserves the beginnings of 29 lines written along the fibres. Other fragments of this different document are Papyrus 0503 and a papyrus in Berlin, inventoried as 25080. Perpendicularly to this text, there are traces of one line belonging to the document on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.