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1. Papyrus 719

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 719
Title:
Receipt for Payment (P.Grenf. II 80, P.Lond. III 719 descr., TM 22635)
Scope & Content:
Receipt issued by Aurelius Victor and Aurelius Colluthus acknowledging that Aurelius Senouthes has paid the wages for a substitute who would replace him as an oarsman of the governor’s boat. With Victor and Colluthus’ subscription at the end and docket on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
14 August 402
Extent:

Dark-brown papyrus sheet, with breaks along the vertical folds, lacking the top left edge and with white residue on the surface. Writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back bearing one line; on the front there is one column of 23 lines; margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

2. Papyrus 720

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 720
Title:
Receipt for Payment (P.Grenf. II 81, P.Lond. III 720 descr., TM 22636)
Scope & Content:
Receipt issued by Aurelius Victor and Aurelius Colluthus acknowledging that Aurelius Senuthes has paid the wages for a substitute who would replace him as an oarsman of the governor’s boat. With Victor and Colluthus’ subscription at the end and docket on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 May 403
Extent:

Dark-brown papyrus sheet, with white residue on its surface, mutilated especially in the lower half; writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back bearing one line; on the front there are 23 lines, many of which are damaged. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

3. Papyrus 721

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 721
Title:
Receipt for Payment (P.Grenf. II 81a, P.Lond. III 721 descr., TM 22637)
Scope & Content:
Receipt issued by Aurelius Apion, chief pilot, acknowledging that Aurelius Senuthes has paid the wages for a substitute who would replace him as an oarsman of the governor’s boat. With Apion’s subscription at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 October 403
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, darkened in places, lacking part of the bottom, with few holes and white residue on the surface. On the front there is one column of 19 lines, the last being quite effaced. Side and upper margins are extant, the lower margin is damaged. A sheet-join running along the height of the sheet is visible in the right edge. The writing on the back is effaced. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

4. Papyrus 722

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 722
Title:
Official Letter (P.Grenf. II 82, P.Lond. III 722 descr., TM 22638)
Scope & Content:
Victor and Colluthus, serving on the gubernatorial boat, write to another Victor and others, complaining about the fact that they had imposed a compulsory service on Aurelius Senuthes, and urging them to release him. Senuthes was in fact expected to perform another service, inherited from his fa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 400
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, darkened in places, lacking the bottom left corner and with few holes, but well preserved as to the rest. White residue is visible on the back.

Writing runs on both sides: on the front there is one column of 29 lines written along the fibres. Margins are extant and minimal, with the exception of the left margin, which measures x mm. A sheet-join running along the height of the sheet is visible in the right edge. On the back there was one column written across the fibres, which was erased, and two lines written along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

5. Papyrus 870

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 870
Title:
Loan of Money (P.Lond. III 870 ro., TM 33772), and Account (P.Lond. III 870 vo. descr., TM 33773)
Scope & Content:
A man from Panopolis, whose name is damaged, acknowledges receipt of a loan of a sum of money on the security of part of a half share of a house, whose boundaries are described. On the back there are remains of an account for the month of Payni (unpublished).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off to the right, imperfect at the top and bottom, and with some surface damage; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 18 lines lacking the ends; the left margin is extant and measures 20-35 mm, and portions of the upper and lower margins survive. On the back, there are portions of various lines written across the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front; there are reddish marks throughout. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

6. Papyrus 1763

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1763
Title:
Court Proceedings (P.Lond. V 1825 descr., ChLA III 210, TM 19773)
Scope & Content:
Courts proceedings, presumably related to a debt, mentioning a workshop and possibly sailors from Panopolis.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
352
Extent:

Fragment of a brown papyrus roll, of lighter colour on the left-hand side, darker on the right; written on the recto: one column, 8 lines; the upper margin (1 cm) is preserved, the other ones are broken; verso blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

7. Papyrus 2785

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2785
Title:
Acta Isidori (CPJ II 156(b), TM 58946, LDAB 41, MP3 2221)
Scope & Content:
Portion of the Acta Isidori, containing minutes of the trial of Isidorus, gymnasiarch of Alexandria, before the emperor Claudius.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of 3rd century
Extent:

Fragment of a medium- to dark-brown papyrus roll, partially complete at the top, broken off on the other sides; written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank. The front bears portions of two columns; of the first, only the ends of the lines survive, of the second, only the beginnings. Part of the upper margin survives. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.