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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Papyrus 1-3136 Place Egypt, Africa Digitised Content Platform BL Digitised Manuscripts (2024-)

1. Papyrus 108

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 108
Title:
Hyperides, Orations Against Demosthenes and in Defense of Lycophron (P.Lond.Lit. 132, TM 61281, LDAB 2423, MP3 1233)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus 108 is now in 13 frames labelled from Papyrus 108 (1) - Papyrus 108 (13), each of which houses one or more numbered fragments. Contents of the separate frames are described against the edition of Jensen (Jensen, Hyperidis, (1917)). Papyrus 108 (1) Fragment 1 = Hyperides: In Demosthene...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
75-125
Extent:

39 fragments of a papyrus roll now mounted in 13 glass cases. Other portions of the same roll are now Papyrus 115 (1-2) and Cambridge, St John's College Aa 5.1; Paris, Louvre 1169 and Rossale School (Fragmenta Tancockiana).

2. Papyrus 920

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 920
Title:
Receipt for Rent (P.Lond. III 920, TM 22716)
Scope & Content:
Receipt given by Horion, son of Onnophris, a priest (stolistes) of Suchus, to Heron for the rent of a garden for one year (26 April 175- 12 April 176). Dated to 12 April 176.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12 April 176
Extent:

Sheet from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres, almost complete with the exception of a few letters missing on the right-hand side. Housed in one glass case and mounted on cardboard.

3. Papyrus 951

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 951
Title:
Contract (P.Lond. III 951r, TM 22742) and Private Letter to a Son-In-Law (P.Lond. III 951v, TM 31964)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. III 951r, TM 22742): End of a contract between a certain Hermias and someone else, presumably concerning property; dated to 249. Verso (P.Lond. III 951v, Chrest.Wilck. 483, TM 31964): Lower part of a private letter to a son-in-law, who is being reproached either by a mother-in-la...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
249-299
Extent:

Fragment from a papyrus roll, broken on top and written on both sides; housed in one glass frame.

4. Papyrus 3124

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3124
Title:
Bilingual Latin-Arabic Private Letter (TM 397934)
Scope & Content:
A private letter in Latin and Arabic languages, written in Latin alphabet, in which a certain Sati writes to an acquaintance named Iohanne, asking for news about Iohanne’s health and some economical matters concerning merchandise and trading of linen. A third man, named Custantin, is mentioned. T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Latin
Date Range:
7th century-9th century
Extent:

One papyrus sheet, fully preserved, with damages presumably due to folding; written on both sides, with 22 lines across the fibres on the recto, and 2 lines along the fibres on the verso. In the first six lines of the recto, the language used is Latin, but then it switches to Arabic, still written in Latin alphabet (rest of recto and verso). Mounted in one glass frame.

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