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101. 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.

102. Papyrus 2208

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2208
Title:
Fragment of a Mime (P.Lond.Lit. 52, TM 64089, MP3 1747)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a mime or dramatic lyric entitled in scholarship as "Damsel in Distress" ( Page 1950) or Peirazomene (Heitsch 1961).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:
1 fragment of a papyrus roll, writing on one side only, mounted in glass.

103. Papyrus 2210

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2210
Title:
Lease of Bulls with Plough (SB X 10573, TM 14331)
Scope & Content:
Arignotus, slave of Caius Servilius, leases two black bulls and a plough to Sarapion, son of Sarapion, and Apollonius, son of Heraclides, at a rent of twenty-seven artabas of wheat. The lessees are responsible for maintaining the animals. P.Wisc. II 51 preserves the end of the lease, with the sub...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
29 October-27 November 10 BC
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, with insect holes and minor surface damage in places; joining P.Wisc. II 51, which contains the lower left corner of the sheet; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 25 lines, with only a small trace of the last; only the beginnings of lines 19-24 remain. Upper and left margin are extant, no space was left on the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

104. Papyrus 2214

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2214
Title:
Petition (?) (P.Wisc. II 49, TM 26683), and Liturgy List (P.Wisc. II 85, SB VIII 10193, P.Leit. 2, TM 15904)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Wisc. II 49, TM 26683): Fragment of a second- or third-century petition concerning a vineyard, presumably a draft. Verso (P.Wisc. II 85, TM 15904): List submitted by Heraclides, secretary (grammateus) of Oxyrhynchus, nominating men eligible for the supervision of irrigation works. The ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:

Two fragments of a medium-brown papyrus, two additional fragments of which are at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, inventoried as 51; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, the upper fragment bears 9 lines running along the fibres from the top of a column, with upper and left margins; the lower fragment bears portions from the feet of two columns, of which 5 and 3 lines survive; the lower margin measures 60 and 80 mm. The papyrus was cut to host another text on the other side. On the back, there are portions of one column written against the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

105. Papyrus 2237

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2237
Title:
Memorandum for a Trip to Constantinople (TM 381317)
Scope & Content:
recto: "Memorandum (Hypomnestikon) for Constantinople, to Menas of Oxyrhynchus" verso: "Memorandum from the comes Philias"
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
5th-6th century
Extent:
1 papyrus sheet, main text written transversa charta, address on the other side.

106. Papyrus 2238

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2238
Title:
Letter concerning work on an embankment for a vineyard
Scope & Content:
recto: Letter by Theodoros lamprotatos to an estate-manager (thaumasiotes) to order work and payment for workers at a vineyard in Graeidos (Oxyrhynchus) verso: "Deliver to my lord... from theodoros, lamprotatos"
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
5th century-6th century
Extent:
1 papyrus sheet, main text written transversa charta, address on the back, framed in a glass case.

107. 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.

108. Papyrus 2293

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2293
Title:
Xenophon: Recollections of Socrates (Memorabilia) III, 6. 11-14 (TM 702957, LDAB 702957)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a roll containing Xenophon's Memorabilia preserving III, 6. 11-14 in two fragmentary columns.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:
Fragment of a papyrus roll, broken off at all sides, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Parts of two columns are preserved. The papyrus is mounted in a glass frame.

109. 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.

110. 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.