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31. 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.

32. Papyrus 2351

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2351
Title:
Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2057, TM 1619)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a letter from Philinus to Zenon, informing him that he has dispatched five shields of the finest quality and asking him to write to Heraclides about what Zenon would like to have. A papyrus in Columbia University, New York, published as P.Col.Zen. II 114 d, preserves part of the right...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
263-229 BC
Extent:
Left-hand fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, the right-hand portion of which is in Columbia University, New York; broken off at the bottom and right, and complete at the top and left; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are the beginnings of 8 lines running along the fibres; upper and left margins are extant; a sheet-join runs vertically at c. 25 mm from the left-hand edge. The fragment in Columbia University preserves the ends of lines 1-6. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

33. Papyrus 2344

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2344
Title:
Contract for Land Clearance (P.Cair.Zen. II 59182, TM 828)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a contract before six witnesses in duplicate form, whereby some labourers acknowledge receipt of money from Zenon as a payment for the clearing of brushwood land. The labourers have the right to occupy and defend the land, and they should return it clean within twenty-one days. Shoul...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4 October 255 BC
Extent:

Fragment of the same papyrus as two other fragments in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, inventoried as CG 59182; light-brown, complete at the top and bottom; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 12 lines written across the fibres, lacking beginning and ends. Upper and lower margins are extant. The original clay seal is still preserved. On the back, there are a few words written along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

34. Papyrus 2921

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2921
Title:
Didymus the Blind, Commentary on Psalms 33, 34 and 36 (TM 59674, LDAB 776)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a papyrus codex containing Didymus the Blind’s Commentary on Psalms 20-44 (Tura Codex V), recording his lectures on the Psalms, which consist of questions and answers, with detailed comments on words and phrases. The codex is a palimpsest, and traces of the underlying text, written at...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
420-527
Extent:
Seven leaves (three bifolia, one folio) of a papyrus codex (Codex V of the Tura papyri), housed in four glass frames, named Papyrus 2921(A), Papyrus 2921(B), Papyrus 2921(C), and Papyrus 2921(D). The original codex was made of at least 22 quires, each comprising four or five bifolia, having a total of more than 170 leaves; each page has one column of 29-34 lines. Further leaves from this codex are held by the Papyrussammlung of the Institut für Altertumskunde of the University of Cologne, the Bibliotheca Bodmeriana (Genève), the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, and the Brigham Young University. The codex is a palimpsest, and traces of the under-text are visible in places.

35. Papyrus 1797

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1797
Title:
Contract of Sale (P.Lond. V 1724, TM 19740)
Scope & Content:
The sisters Tsone and Tsere sell their one-third share of the (inherited?) house of their great-grandfather to the couple Patermouthis and Kako for 10 gold solidi. Their share consists of a three-room apartment, namely, a room on the first floor, a living room on the second floor, and a roof-terr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
578-582
Extent:
Papyrus roll, incomplete, broken off at top, margins preserved at left, right and bottom; 88 lines on recto, written across the fibres, verso blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

36. Papyrus 1798

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1798
Title:
Contract of Sale (P.Lond. V 1733, TM 19748)
Scope & Content:
Tapia sells two of the same shares of rooms she had sold almost nine years earlier to her daughter, Kako, and to Kako's husband, Patermouthis (P.Munch. 9.30-35). These are a half-share in a second-floor living room (lines 17-18) and a quarter-share of a fourth-floor roof terrace (lines 19-21). T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6 March 594
Extent:
Papyrus roll, incomplete, broken off at top, margins preserved at left, right and bottom; 81 lines on recto, written across the fibres, verso blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

37. Papyrus 2345

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2345
Title:
Receipt for Wages (P.Lond. VII 1959, TM 1522)
Scope & Content:
Receipt in duplicate form for the payment of five drachmas to Hermippus for the planting of castor-oil plants. With original seal (TM Seal 910). Lines 1-3: Inner text, originally sealed. Line 4-end: Outer text.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
14 March 256 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, light-medium brown, complete; bearing writing on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front there are 7 lines, complete. Margins are extant, the upper, left and right being minimal. The original clay seal is still preserved. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

38. Papyrus 2751

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2751
Title:
Letter to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1983, TM 1545)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary letter from Sosicrates to Zenon, with address on the back and original clay seal (TM Seal 973) displaying a youthful male head facing right.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
March-April 252 BC
Extent:
Two fragments from a medium-brown papyrus lacking the central portion; with some damage, especially along the folds; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are portions of 7 lines running along the fibres and lacking the middle portion; upper, left and lower margins are wide; on the back, there is the beginning of a word running along the fibres in the centre of the sheet. The original clay seal still survives. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

39. Papyrus 46

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 46
Title:
Handbook of Magic (P. Lond. I. 46, PGM V, TM 64368)
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-1v: Oracle of Sarapis f. 1v: Direct vision (Clairvoyance) Spell ff. 1v-2r: [Spell to Catch a Thief] ff. 2r-3r: Stele of Ieu the Hieroglyphists ff. 3-3v: Another Way to Catch a Thief ff. 3v-7v: Hermes's Ring
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:
7 pages of a papyrus codex, writing on both sides; written in one column containing an average of 37 lines on a page. Housed in seven glass frames.

40. Papyrus 1787

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1787
Title:
Conveyance of Reversion of Property (P.Lond. V 1729, TM 19744)
Scope & Content:
The monk Ioannes bestows upon Patermouthis all his personal possessions (lines 40-42) as well as a hereditary house-share which has yet to be removed from the control of others (lines 32-33), presumably 'the sons of Kostantios' (lines 23-24). Isakios son of Kostantios was the husband of Tsone (P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12 March 584
Extent:
Papyrus roll, complete, all margins are extant, 53 lines on recto, written across the fibres, 1 line on the verso written along the fibres; housed in a glass frame.