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Place Memphis, Al Jīzah, Egypt

1. Papyrus 44

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 44
Title:
Petition about an Assault (P.Lond. I 44, UPZ I 8, TM 3399)
Scope & Content:
Petition addressed to the strategus Dionysius from Ptolemaeus, son of Glaucias, 'secluded' (katochos) in the Serapeum in Memphis, complaining that some men had tried to enter the sanctuary and attack him, as he was a Greek. They robbed and beated Diphilus, another recluse. Ptolemaeus asks that t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
After 8 November 161 BC
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. There is one column of 35 lines, and further writing in the side margins: in the left margin, the text is upside down, in the right margin it runs along the right edge perpendicularly to the main column. Margins are extant, the right and lower being minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2. Papyrus 47

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 47
Title:
Magical Handbook (PGM I 6, P.Lond. I 47, TM 60673, LDAB 1798, MP3 1867)
Scope & Content:
Portion of the same magical handbook as P.Berol. inv. 5026, with an invocation to Apollo. The handbook continues with recipes for obtaining oracles and hymns. Homer’s Iliad I 37-41 is quoted; with marginal notes. On the back are portions of three lines from another text.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:
Four fragments from the same papyrus roll as P.Berol. inv. 5026, light-brown; written on both sides. On the front, there is one column of 47 lines along the fibres, with lines 1-23 lacking the beginnings; this column precedes the ones on the Berlin papyrus. Lines are uneven and of different length; the left margin is wide. Portions of 3 lines written along the fibres are visible on the back. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame, with a small opening on the back to show the writing.

3. Papyrus 845(A-C)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 845(A-C)
Title:
Tax Receipts (P.Lond. III 845(a-b), P.Lond. III 845(c) descr., TM 22691-22692, 11798)
Scope & Content:
A (P.Lond. III 845(a), TM 22691): Receipt for poll-tax. The name of the taxpayer is damaged. Dated to 17 June 177. B (P.Lond. III 845(b), TM 22692) Lines 1-4: Receipt acknowledging the payment of 20 drachmas made by Pollion son of Sarapion to Dorion, collector of money taxes (praktor argyriko...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
177-189
Extent:

Three papyrus sheets with writing on one side, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

A: Broken off to the left, with a darker patch; 9 lines written along the fibres and lacking the beginnings; upper and lower margins extant, no margin was left to the right.

B: Almost complete, but damaged by holes; 6 lines written across the fibres; margins survive, the right being imperfect.

C: Damaged at the top, left and bottom; 7 lines written along the fibres and lacking the beginnings. Parts of the upper and left margins survive; no margin was left to the right.

4. Papyrus 2332

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2332
Title:
Copy of a Will (P.Lond. VII 2015, TM 1577)
Scope & Content:
Opening of the copy of a will drawn up in Memphis, with dating clause and physical description of the testator, a military settler (cleruch) whose name is lost, aged 65. To whom he bequeaths his plot of land remains unknown.The content of the smaller fragment is uncertain as little remains.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
28 June 242 BC
Extent:
Two papyrus fragments of varying size, dark-brown, with writing on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame. The left fragment preserves portions of 12 lines from the top of a column; upper and part of the left margins survive. The right fragment is broken off on all sides and bears portions of 7 lines.

5. Photo 667/4(256)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 667/4(256)
Title:
Sphinx of Memphis. Photographer: Parsons, Arthur Edward Broadbent
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Dec 1943
Extent:
1 item