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21. Papyrus 2019

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2019
Title:
Marriage Contract (SB VI 8986, TM 17839)
Scope & Content:
Marriage contract between a certain Heraclides from Apollonopolis and the daughter of Philemon and Thecla from Apollonopolis. Dated to the 31st year of Heraclius and Heraclius Neos Constantinus, Mecheir, 14th indiction. The papyrus belongs to the archive of Philemon and Thecla.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 Jan-24 Feb 641
Extent:

Fragment from a papyrus roll written on one side, lacking the left-hand side; the preserved portion is in good condition. Mounted on cardboard in one glass frame.

22. Papyrus 2017

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2017
Title:
Settlement of a Dispute (SB VI 8988, TM 17841)
Scope & Content:
Settlement through Aquilian stipulation of a dispute over possession of a parcel of a house-property in Apollonopolis between Ioannes, deacon from Apollonopolis, and Philemon and his wife Thekla, resolved in favour of the latter. The share had been previously mortgaged by a certain Thekla, Ioann...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
16 July 647
Extent:
Papyrus roll, complete and well preserved, written on one side; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

23. Papyrus 119

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 119
Title:
Register of Contributors for Tax on Land (Geometria) (P. Lond. I 119, TM 20001)
Scope & Content:
Official register of contributors for the geometria, a tax on land, arranged according to districts and alphabetical order. Each entry would have contained the name of the individual, details concerning the property, the tax rate.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
143-144
Extent:

Fragments from a long papyrus roll written on one side along the fibres. Most of the columns that survive are mutilated, but where it is preserved the writing is in good condition. A further portion of the text is to be found in Papyrus 109A (= SB XIV 11704). The fragments are mounted on cardboard in two glass frames; an additional glass frame contains unpublished fragments.

24. 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.

25. Papyrus 733

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 733
Title:
Bacchylides’ Epinician Odes and Dithyrambs (TM 59339, LDAB 438, MP3 175)
Scope & Content:
Twenty odes by Bacchylides arranged in thirty-nine columns, either complete or imperfect; the number of lines for each column varies from thirty-two to thirty-six. Detached fragments are housed in a separate frame (Papyrus 733 (5)), most of them belonging to four further columns to be placed bef...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Fragments of various sizes from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres; thirty-nine columns survive, with fragments of four additional columns to be placed before the first one preserved in Papyrus 733 (1); each columns has an average of 34-35 lines and measures c. 175 x 110 mm; twenty odes are preserved, seven of which are perfect or nearly so; substantial portions of eight remain; mere fragments of five survive. Accents, breathings, punctuation and other writing aids were supplied by the four hands which intervened in the text; paragraphoi are also usually noted. PSI XII 1278 contains further fragments of the text.

26. Papyrus 920

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 920
Title:
Receipt for Rent (P.Lond. III 920, TM 22716)
Scope & Content:
Receipt given by Horion, son of Onnophris, a priest (stolistes) of Suchus, to Heron for the rent of a garden for one year (26 April 175- 12 April 176). Dated to 12 April 176.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12 April 176
Extent:

Sheet from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres, almost complete with the exception of a few letters missing on the right-hand side. Housed in one glass case and mounted on cardboard.

27. Papyrus 133

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 133
Title:
Demosthenes, Epistula III (P.Lond.Lit. 130, TM 61289, LDAB 2431, MP3 337)
Scope & Content:
Demosthenes’ Epistula III.1-38, addressed to the council and assembly and concerning the children on Lycurgus, from the same papyrus roll as Papyrus 134 (Hyperides, Against Philippides), but in a different hand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century BC
Extent:
Continuation of the same roll as Papyrus 134, with blank space of about 300 mm to separate the texts and in a different hand; each sheet of the roll has a width of 185 mm; broken off to the right, with three columns missing from the text; well preserved, with slight abrasion in few places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 12 columns, sloping to the right, each measuring 170 x 58 mm and having between 29 and 36 lines; the intercolumn measures 12 mm on average; the upper margin measures between 29 and 38 mm, the lower between 33 and 40 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

28. Papyrus 3077

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3077
Title:
Menander, The Hated Man (Thrasonydes or Misoumenos, lines 101-466) (P. Oxy. XXXIII 2656; MP3 1303.7 + 2312.1; TM 61562)
Scope & Content:
Fragments from Menander's Hated man (Misoumenos or Thrasonydes) preserving lines 101-466.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:
Fragments of 4 bifolios of a papyrus codex, mounted in glass cases.

29. 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.

30. 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.