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1391. Papyrus 2218

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2218
Title:
Property Registrations (ZPE 207 (2018), pp. 155-163, TM 756858, 756860-756861)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a ‘composite roll’ (tomos synkollesimos) with three registrations of property, submitted to Ptolemaeus and Didymus, keepers of archives. Column 1: Portion of a registration, the details being lost through mutilation. Column 2: Registration from Pausiris, son of Horus and Heras, fro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
118
Extent:
Portion of a composite roll, made of three sheets glued together, with detached scrap; broken off to the left, bottom and top; damaged by insect holes throughout; dark-stained at the top right; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are three columns: of the first, only the ends of the lines survive. Two sheet-joins run from top to bottom. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1392. Papyrus 2219

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2219
Title:
Labour contract for a steward (P. Bagnall 33, TM 219309)
Scope & Content:
Labour contract for a steward, the son of Aurelius Megas, son of Philoxenos, who is his guarantor, addressed to one Mousaios, a comes sacri consistorii, possibly the son of the Strategios mentioned in P.Oxy. XVI 2039. The prostasia in question includes properties in both the Oxyrhynchite and Hera...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
11 June 496
Extent:
1 papyrus sheet, of darker colour on the right-hand side; broken off at the bottom and left; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1393. Papyrus 2222

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2222
Title:
Appointment of a Representative (SB XX 14585, TM 23756)
Scope & Content:
Aurelia Apollonia, daughter of Philon, appoints her brother-in-law to represent her before the prefect in a dispute over inheritance; the possessions left by her parents are being held by unnamed persons. With subscription of Aurelia Apollonia at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
319
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, medium-dark brown, broken off at the bottom and left, damaged at the top; with surface damage in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 16 lines, lacking the beginnings; two lines, which would have been the fifteenth and the eighteenth, are lost. Part of the upper margin survives; no margin was left on the right. The papyrus is mounted in a glass frame.

1394. Papyrus 2226

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2226
Title:
Official Correspondence on a Dispute over Inheritance (SB XX 14587, TM 23760)
Scope & Content:
Letter of Valerius Heron alias Sarapion, curator (logistes) of the Oxyrhynchite nome, to his assistant Patermouthios, enclosing the copy of a petition and instructing him to inform the persons accused therein. The petition had been sent to him by Aurelia Thaesis, daughter of Thonis and Taammonio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
30 September 308
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, with severe surface damage throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 30 lines, damaged in places; left and upper margins are extant, the lower margin is damaged; no free space was left on the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1395. Papyrus 2227

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2227
Title:
Sale of Land (SB III 6612, TM 18823)
Scope & Content:
Copy of the contract for the sale of forty-nine aruras of private land and twelve aruras of royal land located near the village of Sinkepha, purchased by Aurelius Polybius, son of Melas and Taor, from Aurelius Heraclides, son of Dioscurides, former head of the city council (prytanis) of Oxyrhynch...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
22 October 365
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete but slightly damaged along the left-hand edge and the vertical folds; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 23 lines running along the fibres. The left margin is slightly damaged, the other are extant. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom along the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1396. Papyrus 2228

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2228
Title:
Registration of House-Born Slaves (SB III 6996, TM 18856)
Scope & Content:
Copies of two declarations made by Baebia Rufilla, aged 35, acting with a guardian, registering the birth of two slaves, Phoenicas, aged three, and Zosimus, aged two, born of Tyche, a slave whom she had acquired by purchase. Rufilla states that she has paid the due taxes. Dated some time after 3...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 127
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, imperfect on the left, otherwise well preserved, only displaying minor abrasion in a few places; written on one side along the fibres; the back is blank. On the front, there are two columns of 17 lines; the first column lacks the left-hand side; upper, lower and right margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1397. Papyrus 2229

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2229
Title:
Deed of Surety for an Enapographos (P.Pintaudi 19, TM 170012)
Scope & Content:
Bartholomaeus, son of Menas and Eudoxia, provides surety for Bartholomaeus son of Sountoous and Iulitata, whose profession is unclear, on condition that he lives in his settlement with his family with good conduct. If he is sought, Bartholomaeus son of Menas will bring him forward or else will pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Late 6th century-Early 7th century
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and bottom; with insect-holes in places; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 27 lines written along the fibres; of the first 3, only a few traces remain. A sheet-join runs vertically at c. 15-18 mm from the right edge. On the back, there are 2 lines running along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1398. Papyrus 2231

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2231
Title:
Petition (SB VI 9239, TM 17881)
Scope & Content:
Petition to Flavius Melas, tachygraphos (shorthand writer) of the governor’s office in the province of Arcadia, from Christodora, of Oxyrhynchus, complaining that her son-in-law, with whom she had been living, took her possessions, threw her out of the house, and beat her. She asks that he be sum...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
15 October 548
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved, with minor surface damage at the bottom; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 24 lines running along the fibres. All margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1399. Papyrus 2233

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2233
Title:
Private Letter (APF 63 (2017), pp. 166-170, no. 5, TM 704796)
Scope & Content:
Letter from Theotima to the comes Timotheus, presumably her brother, inquiring on a certain Eutropia for a matter that is causing her distress; greetings follow; written by Victor; with address on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:
Light-brown papyrus sheet, with surface damage, insect holes and torn at the top; written on both sides; the front bears 8 lines written across the fibres; margins are complete. A sheet-join runs from left to right at c. 80 mm from the top. On the back there are two lines running along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1400. Papyrus 2239

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2239
Title:
Tax Register and Rhetorical Exercises (P.Lond.Lit. 193, TM 63521, LDAB 4730, MP3 2524)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Tax register, assigned to the second century; unpublished. Verso: Two progymnasmatic compositions, quoting Iliad, Odyssey, and Hesiod, and with coronis. Fragment 1, columns 1-2: Rhetorical exercise in praise of ‘aidos’, quoting Iliad V 531 = XV 563 in column 1, line 11, Odyssey VI 222 i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Two fragments of a papyrus roll, bearing writing on both sides, along the fibres on the recto and across them on the verso. A thin strip, 55 mm long, is detached from the fragments. Remains of four columns are preserved on both sides. On the recto, only the last column is in good condition, although still fragmentary.

The verso preserves portions of four columns, two on each fragment. The second and the third are very fragmentary: only the beginnings and the ends of a few lines remain in column 2 and 3 respectively. Columns 1 and 4 are better preserved, with 35 lines in column 1 and 30 in column 4, fragmentary in places. The thin strip of papyrus has scanty traces of 4 further lines belonging to column 2.

The fragments are mounted in a glass case.

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