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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Papyrus 1-3136 Place Tanis, meris of Herakleides, Arsinoite nome, Egypt Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable)

1. Papyrus 2331

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2331
Title:
Letter to Eucles (P.Lond. VII 2047, TM 1609)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary letter to Eucles, Zenon’s colleague, from a shepherd, advising him that everything said by Hermolaus, the chief financial official (oikonomos) of the Memphite nome, about him is false.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
247-243 BC
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and damaged by insect-holes throughout; written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 6 lines from the top of a column running along the fibres; of the sixth line, only a scant trace remains; upper and left margins are extant; no margin was left on the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2. Papyrus 2514

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2514
Title:
Tax Receipt (P.Diog. 40, TM 10709)
Scope & Content:
Receipt for two payments of four and eight drachmas respectively on account of the tax on settlers’ land (arithmetikon katoikon), made by Isas, son of Ion.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 November 216
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved; with writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 13 lines written along the fibres; all margins are extant and ample, with exception of the right, which is minimal. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

3. Papyrus 2532

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2532
Title:
List of Payments in Kind (P.Diog. 44, TM 10711)
Scope & Content:
Register listing payments of wheat, arranged by days; the entries include the names of the individuals, the place (Tanis and Philadelpheia), the type of land (public or catoecic) and the artabas of wheat. The totals for each day follow. Papyrus 2541 is from the same roll.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
before 216-217
Extent:

Five fragments of varying size from the same papyrus roll as Papyrus 2541, written on one side along the fibres, with the back blank. The larger fragment (A), broken off to the left and right and with holes and abrasion, contains portions of 4 columns; of the first, only the ends of few lines remain. The other fragments preserve portions of few lines. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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