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Place Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza), Egypt Digitised Content Platform BL Digitised Manuscripts (2024-)

1. Papyrus 1265

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1265
Title:
Customs-House Receipts (P.Lond. III 1265(a-f), TM 11775-11780)
Scope & Content:
Customs-house receipts, acknowledging payments made by individuals passing the gate of Soknopaiou Nesos and, in one case, of Philadelpheia. Upper left papyrus (P.Lond. III 1265(a), TM 11775): Receipt acknowledging the payment of customs-dues made by Satabous. Dated 1 February 83. With seal disp...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
83-177
Extent:

Six small papyrus sheets, written on one side, the back being blank; housed in the same glass frame.

Upper left papyrus (A): With surface damage; 6 lines running along the fibres; margins minimal with the exception of the lower; with original clay seal at the bottom.

Second papyrus from left (B): With surface damage; 6 lines running along the fibres; margins minimal with the exception of the lower; with original clay seal at the bottom.

Upper right papyrus (C): Imperfect on the right and with surface damage; 8 lines running along the fibres and lacking the ends; upper, lower and left margins are extant.

Lower left papyrus (D): Riddled with holes and abraded; 9 lines running along the fibres; margins are extant and minimal.

Second papyrus from left (E): Complete but badly abraded; 7 lines running along the fibres; margins are extant.

Lower left papyrus (F): Complete, with surface damage in places; 7 lines running along the fibres; margins minimal with the exception of the lower.

2. Papyrus 2098

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2098
Title:
Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1998, TM 1560)
Scope & Content:
Letter to Zenon from Glaucus, reporting on the comestibles delivered to stewards of Apollonius, the chief financial official (dioiketes), comprising gazelles, hares (alive and dead), goose eggs, turtle-doves (alive and dead), bunches of grapes. With original clay seal (TM Seal 974), possibly wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
16 July 250 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, light-brown, complete at the top and bottom, and damaged on the other sides, especially on the right (front); bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 5 lines written across the fibres, complete. Upper and lower margins are extant. The original clay seal is still attached on the right-hand side. On the back, there are a few words written along the fibres at the bottom. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

3. Papyrus 2248

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2248
Title:
Tax Register (P.Lond. VI 1912r. descr., TM 91987) and Letter from the Emperor Claudius to the Alexandrians (P.Lond. VI 1912v., TM 16850)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. VI 1912r. descr., TM 91987): Unpublished tax register from Philadelpheia from 37/38, belonging to the tax archive of Nemesion, son of Zoilus, tax collector. Verso (P.Lond. VI 1912v., CPJ II 153, Sel.Pap. II 212, TM 16850): Column 1: Ends of lines from a register; Column 2: Edic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
37-41
Extent:

Long, yet imperfect roll, lacking the beginning, but well preserved as to the rest; written on both sides and housed in one glass case.

4. Papyrus 2326

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2326
Title:
Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1931, P.Zen.Pestm. 32, C.Zen.Palestine 10, TM 1863)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a letter from Heliodorus to Zenon asking him to take delivery of a large amount of wheat and barley at Ptolemais, the Palestinian port of Acre, following Apollonius’ instructions. The back bears the address. Other fragments of the same letter are in Cairo (P.Cair. I 59017, containing ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
9 February 258 BC
Extent:
Central portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, three additional fragments of which are in Cairo and Columbia University, New York; complete at the top and bottom; with some damage along the folds; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 8 lines running across the fibres, lacking beginnings and ends; upper and lower margins are extant. A sheet-join runs at c. 80 mm from the top. The fragment in Cairo (P.Cair.Zen. I 59017) preserves the ends of lines 5-8; one fragment at Columbia University (P.Col. IV 115g) preserves the beginnings of lines 3-8; the other fragment at Columbia University (P.Col. IV 61) preserves the beginnings of lines 1-2. On the back, there is one word written along the fibres at the bottom, upside down in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

5. Papyrus 2340

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2340
Title:
Receipt for Money Payment from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1957, TM 1520)
Scope & Content:
Nechthembes son of Horus acknowledges that he has received a sum of money as wages for twenty labourers he appears to have been employing for the levelling of a vineyard. The receipt is in duplicate form, with the British Library fragment being the inner text, originally rolled up and sealed; the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1 February 256 BC
Extent:
Fragment of light-to-medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the top, broken off at the bottom and damaged on the sides; another fragment preserving part of the lower portion of the same papyrus is in Michigan University, under the inventory P. 3151. The papyrus bears writing on one side, the back being blank. On the British Library fragment, there are 6 lines running along the fibres; line 6 lacks the beginning; the upper margin is minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

6. Papyrus 2344

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2344
Title:
Contract for Land Clearance (P.Cair.Zen. II 59182, TM 828)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a contract before six witnesses in duplicate form, whereby some labourers acknowledge receipt of money from Zenon as a payment for the clearing of brushwood land. The labourers have the right to occupy and defend the land, and they should return it clean within twenty-one days. Shoul...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4 October 255 BC
Extent:

Fragment of the same papyrus as two other fragments in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, inventoried as CG 59182; light-brown, complete at the top and bottom; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 12 lines written across the fibres, lacking beginning and ends. Upper and lower margins are extant. The original clay seal is still preserved. On the back, there are a few words written along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

7. Papyrus 2345

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2345
Title:
Receipt for Wages (P.Lond. VII 1959, TM 1522)
Scope & Content:
Receipt in duplicate form for the payment of five drachmas to Hermippus for the planting of castor-oil plants. With original seal (TM Seal 910). Lines 1-3: Inner text, originally sealed. Line 4-end: Outer text.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
14 March 256 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, light-medium brown, complete; bearing writing on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front there are 7 lines, complete. Margins are extant, the upper, left and right being minimal. The original clay seal is still preserved. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

8. Papyrus 2351

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2351
Title:
Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2057, TM 1619)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a letter from Philinus to Zenon, informing him that he has dispatched five shields of the finest quality and asking him to write to Heraclides about what Zenon would like to have. A papyrus in Columbia University, New York, published as P.Col.Zen. II 114 d, preserves part of the right...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
263-229 BC
Extent:
Left-hand fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, the right-hand portion of which is in Columbia University, New York; broken off at the bottom and right, and complete at the top and left; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are the beginnings of 8 lines running along the fibres; upper and left margins are extant; a sheet-join runs vertically at c. 25 mm from the left-hand edge. The fragment in Columbia University preserves the ends of lines 1-6. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

9. Papyrus 2553

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2553
Title:
Letter of Recommendation from Proclus to Asclepiades (TM 10546)
Scope & Content:
Left portion of a letter, the right portion of which is P.Col. VIII 211, in which Proclus recommends to Asclepiades, dioiketes, the bearer of the letter, Isidorus, a cultivator from Psophtis in the Memphite nome. Isidorus had a dispute with Tryphon, strategus of the Arsinoite nome, concerning a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
16 February 6
Extent:

Left-hand portion of a papyrus sheet, the right-hand part of which is at the Columbia University, published as P.Col. VIII 211. Writing is on one side along the fibres; top, left and bottom margin of the BL fragment extant. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

10. Papyrus 2672

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2672
Title:
Complaint to the Village Scribe (P.Lond. VII 1981, TM 2502)
Scope & Content:
A body of 150 agricultural workers of Ammonias write to Colluthes, village scribe (komogrammateus), to inform him that they are being wronged by three judges, Nestus, Torrimas and Zenon, and claim to have been evicted from their lands. The farmers seek compensation. With original seal (TM Seal 9...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12 February 252 BC
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus, with severe surface damage throughout, especially along a vertical strip on the left. On the front, there are 21 lines written along the fibres, some of which are damaged. On the back, there are traces of ink that probably are smudges or set-offs. The original clay seal is still preserved, with no device being visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.