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1061. Papyrus 2174

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2174
Title:
Declaration of Artificially Inundated Land (SB XX 14385, TM 23725)
Scope & Content:
Declaration addressed to Aurelius Nemesion alias Dionysius, royal scribe of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from Aurelius Cornelius, son of Pasis and Dionysia, of Oxyrhynchus, registering a plot of artificially irrigated land cultivated by him and located near the village of Sento. Dated between 26 Februa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
224
Extent:
Long and narrow medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 29 lines running along the fibres. All margins are extant, the right being minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1062. Papyrus 2574

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2574
Title:
List of Tax Revenues and Receipt (SB V 7756, 18001)
Scope & Content:
Lines 1-12: List of tax revenues to be paid per capita, mentioning the nature of the tax and the sum. The total per capita is then given. Lines 13-24: Receipt issued to Philadelphe, daughter of Theon, for the payment of the taxes. With subscription of Eulogius through his son.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 September 359
Extent:

A fully preserved papyrus sheet, somewhat defaced in places and with a few holes, especially in the centre, along the vertical folds. Writing is on one side along the fibres; all margins are extant, the right being minimal. Housed in a glass case.

1063. Papyrus 2690(A)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2690(A)
Title:
Letter to Apollonius (P.Lond. VII 2025, TM 1587)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary letter to Apollonius, perhaps the chief financial official, of uncertain content owing to mutilation. The back bears the address.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
263-229 BC
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the top and bottom and broken off on the sides; with breaks along the horizontal folds; written on both sides. The front bears 3 lines running against the fibres and lacking beginnings and ends; only traces survive of the last line. Upper and lower margins are wide and measure 25 and 35 mm respectively. On the back, there is one word damaged at the beginning and written along the fibres, the other way up in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1064. Papyrus 2972

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2972
Title:
Deposition by a Witness (P.Hib. II 200, TM 5184)
Scope & Content:
Deposition by a witness whose name is lost, who was walking down the street with friends and heard some noise coming from a room in a house nearby, also used as a fulling-workshop, where many people were gathered. He witnessed that Athenais started to insult Chrysis, for whom he was now testifyin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
246-221 BC
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet from mummy cartonnage; with surface damage in places, especially on the right-hand side; the writing runs on one side across the fibres. On the front, there are portions of 12 lines lacking the ends. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1065. Papyrus 3004

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3004
Title:
Fragment of a Memorandum (P.Hib. II 240, TM 5200)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary memorandum from Ptolemaeus, possibly to Zenodorus, a financial official (oikonomos).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
250-245 BC
Extent:

Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet extracted from mummy cartonnage, written on one side along the fibres. The front bears parts of 7 lines. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1066. Papyrus 869

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 869
Title:
Rent for Part of a House (SB XVIII 13620, P.Lond. III 869 descr., TM 18383)
Scope & Content:
Contract for the lease of two-thirds of a house located in Hermopolis, with courtyard and well, for an indefinite period at a rent of 8,000 talents. With subscription of one of the parties, of two witnesses and of the notary through his assistant.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
14 September 473
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, lacking part of the left portion and with surface damage in places; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 19 lines running along the fibres and lacking the beginnings. Upper, lower and right margins survive. Folding lines are still visible. The papyrus is housed in glass frame.

1067. Papyrus 2467

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2467
Title:
The Shepherd of Hermas (P.Oxy. XIII 1599, P.Lond.Lit. 225, TM 59992, LDAB 1104)
Scope & Content:
A leaf of a papyrus codex containing the Shepherd of Hermas, Sim. VIII 6.4-8.3. The text displays several omissions. Recto: The Sheperd of Hermas, Sim. VIII 6.4-7.3, written across the fibres. The page is numbered as 72 on top. Verso: The Sheperd of Hermas, Sim. VIII 7.4-8.3, written along the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

A complete leaf from a papyrus codex, somewhat damaged at the edges, with one column on either side, each of 28 lines. The numbering of the page is preserved at the top. First comes the side with the text written across the fibres, then the one with writing along the fibres. The side margins survive to 32 mm. The lower margin measures 25 mm on the recto and 30 mm on the verso. Housed in a glass case.

1068. Papyrus 2747

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2747
Title:
Petition and Letter to Zenon (SB XXII 15462, TM 1654; P.Lond. VII 2130, TM 1690)
Scope & Content:
A (SB XXII 15462, P.Lond. VII 2129, TM 1654): Fragment of a petition to Zenon, concerned with some objects that had been entrusted to Niceratus, who went away, and mentioning the sale of a slave; dated 3 November 255 BC. PSI VI 563, P.Cair.Zen. IV 59625, and P.Lond. VII 2093 preserve the rest of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
255 BC
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.

A: Fragment of a dark-brown papyrus sheet, further portions of which are Papyrus 2354(F), and two fragments in Cairo and Florence; complete at the top and bottom, broken off on the sides; with writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are the central portions of 7 lines written across the fibres; upper and lower margins survive.

B: Dark-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the top and on the right, broken off on the other sides; badly shredded; with writing on both sides. On the front, there are the ends of 2 lines written along the fibres; the right margin is minimal, the upper measures 50 mm. On the back, there are two lines written along the fibres.

1069. Papyrus 3048

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3048
Title:
Satyrus, On the Demes of Alexandria (P.Oxy. XXVII 2465, TM 62718, LDAB 3906, MP3 1457)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary columns preserving portions of Satyrus’ treatise ‘On the demes of Alexandria’. Explanations of the names of tribes and demes are given and directions for a procession in honour of Arsinoe Philadelphus are provided, with instructions about the route and the dignitaries involved and ab...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, three of which of fair size, written on one side along the fibres, and preserving portions of at least seven columns. Numbered inside the frames 1-21, with fragments 4 and 16 missing. Housed in one glass case.

1070. Papyrus 201

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 201
Title:
Tax Receipt (P.Lond. II 201a, TM 19966), and Fragment of a Document (P.Lond. II 201b descr., TM 40141)
Scope & Content:
Left fragment (P.Lond. II 201a, TM 19966): Tax receipt acknowledging the payments made by Pacysis to a tax collector; with signature of Dioscorus at the end. Dated to 19 January 124. Right fragment: Line ends of a document of uncertain nature, of which little remains. It was formerly attached t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Two fragments that do not belong together, formerly attached to each other, mounted on cardboard in the same glass case.

Left fragment (A): Light-brown sheet of papyrus, broken off at the right, with a darker stain at the top and surface damage throughout; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. There are portions of 8 lines, lacking the ends.

Right fragment (B): Broken off at the left and top, with surface damage throughout; written on one side across the fibres, and preserving parts of 7 lines lacking the beginnings, with traces of another line at the top. Right and lower margins are extant.

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