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3171. Papyrus 262

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 262
Title:
Certificate of Sale of a House (P.Dime III 5, P.Lond. II 262, TM 44702)
Scope & Content:
Certificate of sale of a house with veranda and empty plots in Soknopaiou Nesos, purchased by Satabous from the priest Chairemon and his wife. The beginning of the papyrus has the Demotic text with the cession of the house (P.Dime III 5); after a blank space, two Greek lines contain date, place ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
21 November 11
Extent:

Complete, although much damaged by wormholes; from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres.

3172. Papyrus 264

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 264
Title:
Demotic Hymn to Sobek (P.Lond. II 264r. descr., TM 130908) and List of Names (P.Lond. II 264v. descr., TM 25618)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. II 264r. descr., TM 130908, LDAB 130908): Five columns, three of which complete, written in Demotic and containing a hymn to Sobek, who is described as a cosmic and solar deity, source of all life; praises are addressed to him. Traces of an underlying Greek text, which was apparen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Fragment from a papyrus roll, written on both sides, bearing Greek writing on the verso and Demotic writing on the recto; traces of an underlying Greek text on the recto, which was washed out, are visible. Overall well preserved, yet incomplete, with holes affecting the writing on both sides; housed in one glass case.

3173. Papyrus 265

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 265
Title:
Demotic Text (P.Lond. II 265r descr., TM 63116), Metrological Problems (P.Lond. II 265, TM 25619, LDAB 4320, MP3 2326) and Census Register (P.Lond. II 265v descr., TM 25620)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Column 1 (P.Lond. II 265r descr., TM 63116): Demotic text. Columns 2- 8 (P.Lond. II 265, TM 25619, LDAB 4320, MP3 2326): Mathematical problems with headings, of which seven columns survive, not fully preserved. The text concerns the conversion between six different standards of artabas ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Fragments from a papyrus roll written on both sides and containing several columns, not fully preserved; written in Greek, with one column in Demotic.

3174. Papyrus 266

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 266
Title:
Accounts of Expenses (P. Lond. II 266, TM 25621)
Scope & Content:
Recto: columns 1-26: accounts with records of payments made for various purposes and arranged in sections, with several subdivisions, headed by names of persons; at the end of each section the amounts, calculated in talents and drachms, are summarised; columns 27-30: previously containing acc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Accounts from a papyrus roll, written on both sides: on the recto are 26 columns, besides four which were washed out to receive a Demotic text. The verso, unpublished, is the continuation of the recto, with further accounts arranged in 31 columns, of which the first 6 are so defaced as to be illegible.

The papyrus is currently mounted in a glass frame.

3175. Papyrus 364

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 364
Title:
List of Priests (SB XVIII 13117, TM 25352)
Scope & Content:
Six fragments of a list of priests from Soknopaiou Nesos. The names of the priests, arranged on the basis of their φυλή, are followed, when preserved, by patronymic, papponymic, matronymic, age. In fr. F priests of different φυλαί aged twenty are listed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Mid 2nd century
Extent:

Six fragments from a papyrus roll mounted in one frame, written on one side along the fibres.

3176. Papyrus 379

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 379
Title:
Order to Village Officials (P.Lond. II 379, TM 31215)
Scope & Content:
A short order addressed to the village chief of the police (archephodus) and the elders of Herakleia, who are instructed not to hassle a certain Akiaris. The sender is not named. With the original clay seal.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century?
Extent:

Small and complete papyrus, slightly damaged along the right edge and some of the horizontal folds; it is written on one side along the fibres, the back having some dark spots and possible traces of ink. The text on the front is complete and occupies less than a third of the sheet. Further traces are visible at the bottom, near the right edge. All margins are extant, the side ones being minimal; the blank space at the bottom measures 90 mm. A trace of ink is visible at the bottom. The original clay seal with the string of papyrus used to keep the sheet rolled up are preserved. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

3177. Papyrus 386

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 386
Title:
Customs-House Receipts (P.Customs 428(a-d), P.Lond. II 386(a-d) descr., TM 28042-28045)
Scope & Content:
Customs-house receipts for payments made at the gate of Philopator alias Theogenous, in the Arsinoite nome. Upper left papyrus (A) (P.Customs 428(a), P.Lond. II 386(a) descr., TM 28042): Receipt acknowledging the payment of customs-dues by Katetis for exporting vetch on three donkeys. Upper r...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Four small papyrus sheets, with writing on one side along the fibres; the ink of the text on the front is visible on the back. The fragments are mounted in the same glass frame.

Upper left papyrus (A): Square-shaped, with surface damage and blotted; 6 lines.

Upper right papyrus (B): Square-shaped, with 7 lines, somewhat blurred.

Lower left papyrus (C): Square-shaped, damaged by holes and blotted; 6 lines and original clay seal.

Lower right papyrus (D): Damaged by holes, with 7 lines and original clay seal.

3178. Papyrus 614

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 614
Title:
Loan of Money (P.Dryton 17, P.Grenf. I 19, SB XVI 12716, P.Lond. III 614 descr., TM 255)
Scope & Content:
A loan of money with interest included, further portions of which are contained in two papyri housed in Cairo and New York. Apollonia, wife of Dryton, lends the money to Anicetus and his wife Nicaia. Anicetus also acts as the notary (agoranomos); the scribe is Areius. The back contains the docke...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
14 May 129 BC
Extent:

Three fragments of varying size of a papyrus sheet, the first two from the upper part and the third from the lower portion of the sheet. Other fragments of the same sheet are a papyrus in Cairo, inventoried as 10354, and a papyrus in New York, Piermont Morgan Library, inventoried as 166. Writing runs across the fibres on the recto; only the upper fragment bears writing on the back, with the text running along the fibres, upside down in relation to the text on the front. The fragments are housed in a glass case.

3179. Papyrus 623

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 623
Title:
Cession of a Plot of Land (P.Grenf. I 27, TM 129)
Scope & Content:
Contract from Krokodilopolis (Pathyrite nome) dated to the 11th Mecheir in the 8th year of Cleopatra III and Ptolemy IX, in which Sebtitis grants half an aroura of land to her daughter Naamsesis. The endorsement of the royal bank is mutilated, but the tax on the cession seems to have been 600 dr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 Feb 109 BC
Extent:

Three columns almost fully preserved from a papyrus roll, written along the fibres on one side. The papyrus is mounted in one glass frame.

3180. Papyrus 626

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 626
Title:
Letter from the Archive of Pates and Pachrates (SB XX 14728, C.Jud.Syr.Eg. 1, P.Grenf. I 30+P.Amh. II 39, P.Lond. III 626 descr., TM 164)
Scope & Content:
Conclusion of a letter of the commander Portis and the youths of the unit to Pates, Pachrates and the other soldiers, with reference to the strife against the inhabitans of Hermonthis, the appointment of a prostates of the god Nechtpharaus, and with some instructions. The beginning is preserved ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
29 June 103 BC
Extent:

Lower portion of a papyrus sheet, the upper part of which is in New York, at the Pierpont Morgan Library, inventoried as P. Gr. 39; damaged along the folds and bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. There are 11 lines from the foot of a column, the first two mutilated, written along the fibres. Lower and side margins are extant. The Pierpont Morgan Library papyrus preserves the first ten lines of the column, and the address on the back, written with the fibres. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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