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Place Lycopolite nome (Assiut), Egypt

1. Papyrus 422

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 422
Title:
Memorandum from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 42, P.Lond. II 422, TM 32679)
Scope & Content:
End of a memorandum from Romanus to Geladius, two military officers, the beginning of which is contained in a Geneva papyrus formerly published as P.Gen I 79. Geladius, who is going to Arsinoe, is reminded to look for a certain Cronius, a barber who had escaped from Lykopolis after having pawned...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
325-375
Extent:

Lower portion of a papyrus sheet, the upper part of which is a Geneva papyrus published as P.Gen. I 79. The two fragments join. Writing is on both sides along the fibres, with the back having one line split between the two fragments. On the front the Geneva papyrus contains twelve lines of a text, the BL fragment has the remaining five lines. The BL papyrus is housed in a glass case.

2. Papyrus 982

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 982
Title:
Letter of a Recruit (SB XXIV 16282, P.Lond. III 982, TM 33778)
Scope & Content:
Letter to Herminus from Apollos, a new recruit, concerning money matters. Apollos explains how he has spent his share of money for medical treatments, and asks that Herminus deliver his army bounty to Apollos’ mother and wife, whom he has sent to collect it.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
late 4th century
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, pale brown, broken off to the left and with some surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there is one column of 24 lines, with lines 1-22 lacking the beginnings and lines 23-24 written on the right-hand side of the sheet. Upper and lower margins survive and are minimal, and no space was left on the right. A sheet-join runs vertically along the right edge up to line 21. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3. Papyrus 3055

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3055
Title:
Report from Inspectors (P.Oxy. XXVII 2472, TM 17007)
Scope & Content:
Report addressed to Sarapion, strategus of the Lycopolite nome, from Horoleon, Harmiysis and Panesneus, inspectors of a tax possibly on brokerage, in conjuction with the tax-farmers of the previous year. The contributions listed in the account are stated in artabas and come from various villages...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
18 September 119
Extent:

A papyrus sheet written across the fibres, almost fully preserved, with heading letter in the upper margin; a gap affects the end of the last two lines of the text; on the back are two lines written along the fibres. Housed in one glass case.