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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Papyrus 1-3136 Name Heraclides, administrator and landowner, 3rd century

1. Papyrus 948

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 948
Title:
Contract of Transport by Boat (P.Lond. III 948 ro., TM 11822), and Letter to Heroninus (P.Lond. III 948 vo., TM 11050)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. III 948 ro., TM 11822): Aurelius Heracles, son of Dioscorus, a ship-captain, undertakes to ship 250 artabas of vegetable seed to the harbour in Oxyrhynchus for Aurelius Areius, a councillor at Arsinoe, at a price of 100 drachmas. Of these, 60 drachmas will be received upon deliver...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
236-257
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with slight damage and dark-stained on the front; written on both sides. The front bears 16 lines written along the fibres; all margins are extant; the back was reused to host another text, complete, consisting of 16 lines running along the fibres. All margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2. Papyrus 962

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 962
Title:
Letter to Heroninus (P.Lond. III 962, TM 11049)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Remains of a document. Verso: Letter from Heraclides to Heroninus with instructions on a sum of money to be collected from the shepherd Atais, to be used for ring-dykes and for salaries.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
250-261
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus sheet, written on both sides. The front bears remains of 6 lines written along the fibres, abraded in places; the back was reused to host another text, complete, consisting of 10 lines running across the fibres. All margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.