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31. Papyrus 51(A)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 51(A)
Title:
Fragment of a Petition (UPZ II 152, P.Lond. I 51(a), TM 3553)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a petition to the King from the priests (pastophoroi) of the god Amenophis, who are apparently being wronged by a police officer (phylakites); reference to rent is made; with further writing on the left margin and on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
Left-hand portion of medium-brown papyrus sheet, bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there survives the left-hand portion of one column of text, running along the fibres; the upper and left margins are generous; at the bottom of the left margin there are the beginnings of 9 lines, which may not belong to the same text. A sheet-join runs along the left edge. On the back, there are portions of 6 lines running across the fibres. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame, with a small opening for the text on the back.

32. Papyrus 75

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 75
Title:
Account (SB I 5316, TM 26063)
Scope & Content:
Account with names and quantities of unknown items.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century-2nd century
Extent:
1 Papyrus, incomplete, broken off at left, bottom and right, margins preserved at top; 12 lines on recto, written along the fibres, verso blank, housed in a glass frame.

33. Papyrus 99

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 99
Title:
Accounts (P.Lond. I 99 + BL I pp. 228-229, TM 33212)
Scope & Content:
Accounts arranged in columns damaged throughout, listing places in the Memphite nome and people with sums stated in artabas; an eight year of an unnamed emperor is mentioned at the beginning (possibly 370-371). On the recto, at the end of columns 1-2 a different hand, which is to be found on the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, with broken columns both on recto and verso, written along and across the fibres respectively; on the back is also a line written along the fibres. Additional fragments of varying size are housed in a separate frame, named Papyrus 99*.

34. Papyrus 106

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 106
Title:
Petition to the King (P.Lond. I 106, UPZ II 151, TM 2975)
Scope & Content:
A petition addressed to the king Ptolemy by Areus, complaining about an act of violence perpetrated by Cephalon in front of witnesses. Areus asks for the matter to be investigated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
After 9 August 259 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, with detached fragment at the bottom, lacking the right upper edge and broken off at the bottom; with surface damage in the preserved portion. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Upper and left margins are preserved, no margin was left to the right and the lower margin is lost. A sheet-join runs across the fibres and along the lower half of the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in glass.

35. Papyrus 107

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 107
Title:
The ‘Harris Homer Roll' (P.Lond.Lit. 25, TM 60340, LDAB 1461, MP3 953)
Scope & Content:
The papyrus, known as the ‘Harris Homer’, contains nearly the entire book XVIII of the Iliad; 12 columns are preserved, 5 in Papyrus 107 (1), the fifth only having the beginning of the lines, and 7 in Papyrus 107 (2). Of the lines omitted by the original scribe, vv. 200, 201, 381, 427 and 441 we...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st-2nd century
Extent:

Two portions of a dark papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres and preserving 12 columns, one of which only has the beginning of the lines; each column has between 41-45 lines, with one column of 49 lines; with protokollon (first sheet of the roll) of 50 mm and agraphon (blank space) of 180 mm; with corrections and additions by a later hand; housed in two glass frames, the second being mounted on glassine.

36. Papyrus 112

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 112
Title:
Deed of Sale (ChLA III 198 [+ XXII 719 + XXIX 879], P.Ital. II 38–41, TM 114844)
Scope & Content:
Deed of sale made on behalf of a banker named Theodorus issued to a buyer whose name is lost. Theodorus sells half of a house he had obtained from a major of the exarch of Italy, called Eleutherius (616–661 AD). The house is located in Ravenna, near the Padenna river, and is composed of two floo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
616-619
Extent:
Fragment of a papyrus, additional fragments of which are now in the Vatican Library and in Padua University Library (Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche). Written on one side, the back bearing modern annotations; with portion of one column containing 11 lines on the recto. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

37. Papyrus 113 (1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 113 (1)
Title:
Record of a Lawsuit (P.Lond. I 113.1, TM 41019)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus 113.1A-Papyrus 113.1B: A sixth-century document concerning a lawsuit between Delmatius alias Valentinus, son of Phoebammon, a soldier of the rank of the standard-bearer, and Aurelius Valentinus, son of Licinianus. Delmatius had sold a fifth part of his inheritance from his father to Vale...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, damaged throughout and written on one side; mounted on cardboard in two glass frames, named Papyrus 113.1A and Papyrus 113.1B. The two fragments on top at the left-hand side of Papyrus 113.1A were acquired from the Bodleian Library in 1896.

38. Papyrus 113 (2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 113 (2)
Title:
Specimen Form for Conveyance of Property (P.Lond. I 113.2, TM 37019)
Scope & Content:
An incomplete sixth or seventh century document, the recto having the first 51 lines preserved and the verso being its continuation, with 21 lines. The text is part of a specimen form for the conveyance of property, with full security of title to the new possessor. Names of the parties and sums ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th-7th century
Extent:
An incomplete document from a papyrus roll, broken at the top and bottom and lacking its right-hand side; written on both sides, the recto across the fibres, the verso, which is its continuation, along the fibres; housed in one glass case.

39. Papyrus 113 (3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 113 (3)
Title:
Lease of Land (P.Lond. I 113.3, TM 41020)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a sixth-century lease of land from a certain Valentinus to Aurelius Elias, son of Hellas, for an indefinite time; the landowner will receive three-fourths of the produce and five-sixths of the hay, but will have to supply the seed and animals and will be responsible for cutting the hay...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:

Two fragments from a papyrus roll, each of which has been broken in two; broken at the top, bottom, and lacking the left-hand side; written on one side and housed in one glass case.

40. Papyrus 113 (4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 113 (4)
Title:
Lease of Land (P.Lond. I 113.4 + BL I 236, TM 41021)
Scope & Content:
Contract for lease of around 30 arouras of land in the village of Souris, dated to 8 June 595 and similar to 113(3). The lessees are Aurelius Ioannes and Aurelius Castous, both farmers, and the lessor is Phoebammon, a notary (tabularius) in Arsinoe. The landowner will receive three-fourths of th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
8 June 595
Extent:

Fragments from a papyrus roll, written on both sides; the fragments preserving lines 10-13 and the concluding lines of the recto were formerly in the Bodleian Library.

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