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1111. Papyrus 1435

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1435
Title:
Official Order from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1408, TM 19855)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of an order of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to the inhabitants of Pente Pediades, in Aphrodito, to make nails out of the unrefined iron they receive from their pagarch Basilius. The rest of the order is preserved in a fragment now at Heidelberg, inventoried as PSR 15 a.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
September 709
Extent:
Right-hand portion of a papyrus sheet, the left-hand portion of which is now in Heidelberg (PSR 15 a); written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are parts of 14 lines running across the fibres, in Arabic and Greek. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1112. Papyrus 1858

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1858
Title:
Account of Expenses from the Archive of Dioscorus (P.Lond. V 1670, TM 19692)
Scope & Content:
Portion of an account of expenses, including tax payments made from the local treasury. It may be part of P.Cair.Masp I 67056. Written after 25 May 551.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 551
Extent:
Medium-dark brown papyrus fragment, another portion of which may be a papyrus now in Cairo, published as P.Cair.Masp I 67056; complete at the top, bottom and right, broken off on the left; written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 2 columns of 15 and 6 lines respectively, running along the fibre;, the first column lacks its left-hand half. A sheet-join runs vertically down the centre. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1113. Papyrus 2070

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2070
Title:
Satyrus, Life of Euripides (P.Oxy. IX 1176, TM 62717, LDAB 3905, MP3 1456)
Scope & Content:
Life of Euripides by Satyrus in form of a dialogue, with end-title stating that this was book 6 of Satyrus’s Lives of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides. The portion preserved covers the main events of the life of Euripides, and describes his character as well as his views on various matters, inclu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a medium-brown papyrus roll, housed in four glass frames, named Papyrus 2070(1), Papyrus 2070(2), Papyrus 2073(3), and Papyrus 2073(4). The writing runs along the fibres on the front, and the back is blank. Portions of 22 narrow columns are preserved, about 30 mm wide, with remains of other lines. The intercolumn is minimal. Upper and lower margins are partly preserved in some of the fragments.

1114. Papyrus 2657

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2657
Title:
Letter of Introduction from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2026, TM 1588)
Scope & Content:
Asclepiades writes to Zenon to introduce the bearer of the letter, Philon, and asks that assistance be offered to him, as he is worthy of Zenon’s consideration. The address is on the back, and possibly the date, which is smudged.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
263-229 BC
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete and overall well preserved, with holes in the centre and slight damage along the folds; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 18 lines written along the fibres; all margins are extant, the right being minimal. On the back, there is a word written along the fibres to the left of the centre, and traces of smudged letters at the left-hand edge, possibly deleted, followed by an alpha. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1115. Papyrus 2663

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2663
Title:
Letter of Introduction from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2027, TM 1589)
Scope & Content:
Asclepiades asks Zenon to offer his assistance to the bearer of the letter, Erasis, who is a relative and friend of his, and who is bringing his nephew for the measuring out of some land. The address is on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
263-229 BC
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, of lighter colour in places, complete and overall well preserved, slightly damaged at the edges; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 8 lines written across the fibres; all margins are extant. On the back, there is a word written along the fibres upside down in relation to the text on the front, and traces of two lines, perhaps off-sets. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1116. Papyrus 2943

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2943
Title:
Theophrastus, On Water (?) (P.Hib. I 16, TM 62831, LDAB 4021, MP3 1499)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a treatise from mummy cartonnage discussing Democritus’ atomic theory and the composition of sea; possibly a portion from Theophrastus’s work On water.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
Portion of a medium-to-dark-brown papyrus reused as mummy cartonnage, broken off on the right and left; with surface damage throughout and plaster residues on the back. On the front, there are portions of 3 columns written along the fibres; of the first, there survive the ends of few lines; the second is the best preserved and consists of 22 lines; of the third, the beginnings of 20 lines remain. The modern annotation in red refers to the publication in P.Hib. On the back, there are few traces of writing, covered with plaster. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1117. Papyrus 2963

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2963
Title:
Fragments of a Treatise on Ophthalmology (P.Hib. II 190, TM 65755, LDAB 7009)
Scope & Content:
Portions of a treatise on ophthalmology, recovered from mummy cartonnage; possibly by the physician Diocles of Carystus. Additional fragments of the same treatise are P.Ryl. I 39 (John Rylands Library), P.Grenf. II 7(b) (Bodleian Library), and some fragments at the Institut für Papyrologie in Hei...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
Two fragments of a papyrus roll, extracted from mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue in places; additional fragments are P.Grenf. II 7(a), housed at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, P.Ryl. 39, housed at the John Rylands Library, Manchester, and some fragments now held at the Institut für Papyrologie in Heidelberg (P. G 401 a-k). The writing runs along the fibres on one side. On the front, fragment 1 bears the ends of 4 lines from one column and the beginnings of 7 lines of a second column; fragment 2 bears the beginnings of 4 lines and traces of another line at the bottom; the upper margin survives. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1118. Papyrus 2968

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2968
Title:
City Law of Alexandria (?) (P.Hib. II 196, SB VI 9559, TM 5788)
Scope & Content:
Extracts from a city law of one of the Greek cities in Egypt, possibly Alexandria itself, concerning the duties of a gynaikonomos, an official acting as a supervisor of women, who is connected with an act of registration in the citizen body. This law may have been introduced by Demetrius of Phale...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
280-250 BC
Extent:
Two papyrus fragments, now joined, reused as mummy cartonnage, with portions of 15 lines written along the fibres. On the back, there are traces of writing across the fibres and plaster residue. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1119. Papyrus 490

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 490
Title:
Fragment of a Rhetorical Text (P.Petr. I 10, P.Lond.Lit. 137, TM 65744, LDAB 6998, MP3 2523)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a rhetorical composition praising Achilles and his devotion to Patroclus as the best example of philetairia; recovered from mummy cartonnage.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
Portion of a papyrus roll, broken off at the bottom and sides, somewhat torn at the top; from mummy cartonnage, with surface damage; bearing writing on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Portions of three columns remain; of the first, only the line-ends survive. Part of the upper margin and the intercolumns survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1120. Papyrus 1757

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1757
Title:
Register of Payments (P.Lond. V 1653, TM 33185) and Account of Expenses (P.Lond. V 1654, TM 33186)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. V 1653, TM 33185): Register of payments, perhaps for rent of an estate or estates, paid in money and occasionally in corn. Verso (P.Lond. V 1654, TM 33186): Fragmentary account recording expenses, perhaps related to the same estate(s) as the register on the other side; the expen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century-6th century
Extent:
Papyrus fragment with three detached scraps at the top, darker in places; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are portions of two columns written along the fibres; the first is broken off at the top and fragmentary in the preserved portion; the second lack top and foot, and lines lack the ends; the detached fragments preserve a few letters of a few lines. On the back, there are portions of 17 lines running across the fibres and additional lines, and traces of a preceding column; the detached fragments bear remains of a few lines. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

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