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1041. Papyrus 3113

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3113
Title:
Sale of Land (P.Michael. 45, TM 21421)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of a contract for the sale of pastures between the shepherds Aurelius Victor and Aurelius Colluthus, sons of Phoebammon, the sellers, and Aurelius Phoebammon, son of Triadelphus, the buyer, at the price of 3 solidi minus 6 carats. The continuation is preserved in a papyrus now in Cambri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
July-August 540
Extent:
Upper portion of a dark-brown papyrus roll, with detached fragment, another portion of which is now in Cambridge University Library; broken off at the bottom and right, and damaged along the other sides; with writing on one side. The back is blank. On the front, there are 23 lines written along the fibres, lacking the ends; left margin and part of the upper margin survive. Folding lines are still visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1042. Papyrus 136

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 136
Title:
Accounts (Unpublished) and Verses from Homer’s Iliad III-IV (P.Lond.Lit. 11, TM 60829, LDAB 1957, MP3 697)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Fragments of unpublished accounts of the time of Augustus arranged in several columns, with names of persons, sums of money, stated in drachmas, or of wheat, stated in artabas; damaged throughout. The last sheet was not part of the original roll. Verso: Homer’s Iliad (P.Lond.Lit. 11, TM ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Fragments of various sizes from a papyrus roll, written on both sides and housed in three glass frames; the final sheet presumably did not belong to the original roll and was added later.

1043. Papyrus 570

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 570
Title:
Petitions and Official Correspondence (Petr. II 32(2a), P.Petr. II 32(g), TM 7427, 7699, 7700)
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 7427, 7699): Two petition for redress following acts of violence, dated 18 November and 5 December 217 BC respectively. In the first, a watchman who had been set to guard has been assaulted by a certain Ptolemy and his friends. Verso (TM 7700): Copies of the official correspondence o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
217 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet extracted from mummy cartonnage, with surface damage and plaster residue in places; written on both sides. The front bears two columns written along the fibres one under the other, after some blank space. The back contains one column running across the fibres, written the other way up in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1044. Papyrus 1077

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1077
Title:
Metrological Tables (SB XXII 15706, P.Lond. III 1077 descr., TM 65191, LDAB 6433, MP3 2326.01)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a codex with metrological tables. Recto, column 1: Tables with measures of capacity; Recto, column 2, and verso, column 1: Accounts of metrological nature; Verso, column 2: Tables with measures of length.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:
Sheet (double-page) from a papyrus codex, damaged by holes, effaced, and very fragmentary, especially at the bottom; it preserves two columns on each side, written along and across the fibres respectively, with each page of the codex bearing one column. The codex is of the ‘nearly square’-type, each page measuring 292 x 225 mm. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1045. Papyrus 1132

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1132
Title:
Sale Contracts (P.Lond. III 1132(a) descr., TM 22799; P.Lond. III 1132(b), TM 11760)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. III 1132(a) descr., TM 22799): Conclusion of a contract of sale, dated between 244 and 262. Unpublished. Lower papyrus (B) (P.Lond. III 1132(b), TM 11760): Contract for the sale of a female camel by Casis son of Casis at the price of 524 silver drachmas. Dated to 19 A...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
142-262
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets, with writing on one side, the back being blank, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Lower right corner of a papyrus sheet, pale-medium brown, with surface damage and insect holes throughout; ends of 7 lines written along the fibres, with traces of another line at the top; lower margin extant, no margin on the right.

Lower papyrus (B): Damaged at the top, complete at the bottom and sides; 15 lines written along the fibres, complete, with only the first being mutilated; ink faded; lower (60 mm) and right margins extant; no margin on the right.

1046. Papyrus 1181

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1181
Title:
Portion of an Unknown Epic (P.Oxy. II 214, P.Lond.Lit. 39, TM 64084, LDAB 5302)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a papyrus codex preserving forty-three hexameters from an unknown Alexandrian epic on Telephus. The surviving portion preserves a speech by a woman, possibly Astyoche, Telephus’s mother, describing Telephus’s adventures and the battle between the Achaians and the Mysians; the other s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:
Fragment from a leaf of a papyrus codex, with writing on both sides. One side bears 21 lines written along the fibres and the other side 22 lines written across the fibres. Letters are 3 mm high on average. The modern annotations refer to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1047. Papyrus 1242

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1242
Title:
List of Names and Sums of Money (SB XX 14233, P.Lond. III 1242 descr., TM 14854)
Scope & Content:
Two lists in the same hand, recording names followed by sums of money (4 drachmas or multiples), as tax payments, perhaps for the poll-tax.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 185
Extent:

Two long and narrow papyrus fragments, broken off at the bottom, in the same hand but not from the same roll; written on both sides, along and across the fibres, with the text continuing on the back, written upside down in relation to the text on the front; housed in a glass frame.

Left fragment (A): Broken off at the bottom; with 29 lines on the front and 32 on the back.

Right fragment (B): Broken off at the bottom; with 16 lines on the front, and 24 lines on the back.

1048. Papyrus 29

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 29
Title:
Account (P.Lond. I 29, UPZ I 88, TM 3479)
Scope & Content:
Money account on both sides of the papyrus, from the archive of Ptolemaeus son of Glaucias, 'recluse' (katochos) of the Serapeum in Memphis; with traces of erased lines.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
18 March 160 BC
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved. The writing runs on both sides. On one side, there are 6 lines running along the fibres, with ample blank space between lines 6 and 7, and traces of erased lines at the bottom; all margins are extant. On the other side, there are 8 lines running across the fibres, with ample blank space between lines 4 and 5. The last two lines are written upside down. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1049. Papyrus 176

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 176
Title:
Petition to a Strategus (P.Lond. II 176, TM 19959)
Scope & Content:
Aurelius Lucretius petitions Aurelius Didymus, strategus of the meris of Herakleides in the Arsinoite nome. The document is very fragmentary and the details remain obscure. The date is at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
May-June 225
Extent:
Papyrus sheet in poor condition, badly damaged by holes of varying size throughout in addition to the loss of the top left edge. The text runs along the fibres on one side, with the back blank; there are 24 lines, mostly incomplete; the last three lines are separated from the rest of the text by some blank space. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1050. Papyrus 291

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 291
Title:
Acknowledgment of Grain Received (P.Lond. II 291, TM 11675)
Scope & Content:
Receipts issued by the grain collectors (sitologi) of Apias and other villages to various people, among whom are Pecysis, son of Harpagathes, and Stotoetis, son of Harpagathes, concerning the amounts of wheat that they have paid. The text is much defaced.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
106-107
Extent:

Papyrus sheet in poor condition, mutilated and defaced throughout. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Upper, right and lower margins are extant, the right being minimal; the left margin is much damaged. A sheet-join runs across the fibres at c. 35-43 mm from the right edge; dark spots are visible throughout. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

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