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1181. Papyrus 1488(A)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1488(A)
Title:
List of Names from the Archive of Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1454, TM 39770)
Scope & Content:
Fragment containing a list of names (sailors or labourers), arranged in two columns after the heading; with notarial subscription at the end. The document was the conclusion of a Coptic contract of surety.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
early 8th century
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus roll, broken off at the top and on the right and imperfect along the left edge; written on one side. The back is blank. On the front, there are two lines as heading, followed by two narrow and short columns; traces of another line are visible at the top. The text runs across the fibres. The lower margin is extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1182. Papyrus 1699(a-b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1699(a-b)
Title:
Tax Receipts (P.Lond. V 1746, TM 38850; P.Lond. V 1742, TM 38846)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. V 1746, TM 38850): Receipt for a payment made on account of the poll-tax (andrismos); with subscription of Ieremias in a different hand at the end. Traces of a washed out document are visible on the other side. Lower papyrus (B) (P.Lond. V 1742, TM 38846): Receipt for...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7th century-8th century
Extent:

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

Upper papyrus (A): Medium-brown sheet, with writing on both sides; on one side, apparently the verso of the sheet, there are 3 lines written along the fibres, with all margins extant; on the other side, there are traces of a text, washed out, written across the fibres.

Lower papyrus (B): Medium-brown sheet, with writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 2 lines written across the fibres; margins are extant, the right and lower being ample.

1183. Papyrus 1822

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1822
Title:
Tragedy (P.Hib. I 4, P.Lond.Lit. 80, TM 65748, LDAB 7002, MP3 1708)
Scope & Content:
Fragments from the same roll as Papyrus 688, containing trimeters from a tragedy: post-classical? or Euripides’ Oeneus?
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Six fragments of varying size from the same roll as Papyrus 688, reused for mummy cartonnage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

Fragment A: Portions of 2 columns, of 9 and 7 lines respectively, broken off at the bottom;

Fragment B: Portions of 5 lines;

Fragment C: Portions of 10 lines;

Fragment D: Portions of 11 lines;

Fragment E: Portions of 6 lines;

Fragment F: Portions of 4 lines.

1184. Papyrus 2358(B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2358(B)
Title:
List of Presents from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2141, TM 1701)
Scope & Content:
List of gifts, including fish, meat, honey and dry figs, written shortly after Zenon’s departure from Syria to Egypt. Additional fragments are now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
March-April 258 BC
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus fragment, darker in places, with surface damage; complete on the left, worm-eaten at the top and bottom; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 3 columns; the back is blank. Two additional fragments are now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, inventoried as fr. 2141. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1185. Papyrus 2498

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2498
Title:
Receipt for Repayment of a Loan and Application for Guardianship (P.Diog. 16, TM 10692)
Scope & Content:
Dioscorous, daughter of Hierax, citizen of Alexandria, acting with her guardian, acknowledges repayment of a sum of money that Diogenes had borrowed from her, with the services of Pasistilla alias Kouneinis, slave of Marcus Aurelius Diogenes, provided in place of the interest on the money. Diosco...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 November 207
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, damaged along the vertical folds, especially on the right, and with some insect holes; with writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 27 lines written along the fibres; all margins are extant, the right being minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1186. Papyrus 2695

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2695
Title:
Account from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1933, TM 2373) and Other Documents
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. VII 1933, TM 2373): Portion of an account of pileless carpets (kilims) received and issued to various localities, drawn up by Pesicles. The endorsement is on the back. The rest of the account is now in Cairo and has been published as P.Cair.Zen. 59088. Dated between Ju...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC-2nd century
Extent:

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

Upper papyrus (A): Left-hand side of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, the right-hand portion of which is now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, inventoried as CG 59088; written on both sides. On the front, there are the beginnings of 8 lines written along the fibres, with blank space between lines 6 and 7; upper and left margins survive. On the back, there is one word running along the fibres.

Lower left papyrus (B): Lower left corner of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, bearing traces of writing on both sides. On the front, there remain traces of the beginnings of four lines written along the fibres; left and lower margins survive. On the back, there are traces of 8 lines running across the fibres.

Lower right papyrus (C): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, apparently broken off on all sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears portions of 7 lines, and the back is blank.

1187. Papyrus 2967

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2967
Title:
Homer, Odyssey XVII and XIX (P.Hib. II 194, TM 61232, LDAB 2372, MP3 1129)
Scope & Content:
Fragments containing Odyssey XVII and XIX. Papyrus 2967: Fragment 1: Odyssey XVII 357-359; Fragment 2: Odyssey XVII 360-368, with omission of 364; Fragment 3: Odyssey XIX 400-404; Fragment 4: Odyssey XIX 407-413, with loss of 409-410. Papyrus 2967(fragments): Scraps with few letters.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Papyrus fragments of varying size reused for mummy cartonnage, with writing on the front along the fibres. The largest fragments contain few words of few lines, and are numbered 1-4 in the frame named Papyrus 2967; the largest of these is fragment 4. The scraps, containing very few letters, are housed in another frame, named Papyrus 2967(Fragments).

1188. Papyrus 3039

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3039
Title:
Tax Register and List of Euripides’s Plays (P.Oxy. XXVII 2456, TM 59821, LDAB 926)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a tax register on the front, and list of eighteen plays of Euripides, arranged in alphabetical order (first letter only); the titles preserved begin with the letters sigma to chi; assigned to the second century.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus fragment, with writing on all sides. On the front, there are portions of one column written along the fibres; on the back, there is one column, running across the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1189. Papyrus 45

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 45
Title:
Petition to the King (P.Lond. I 45, UPZ I 10, TM 3401)
Scope & Content:
Petition to the king and queen by Ptolemaeus, son of Glaucias, 'secluded' (katochos) in the Serapeum in Memphis. Not only did his neighbours demolish a paternal house located in the Herakleopolite nome, carrying off the goods, but they also used the space as their own. As Ptolemaeus is not able ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
160 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet of light colour with darker patches, complete, with few holes and some surface damage in places; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There is one column of 35 lines, with wide top. Left and bottom margins; the right margin is irregular and occasionally minimal. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom at 55 mm from the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1190. Papyrus 324

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 324
Title:
Letter with Census Extracts (P.Lond. II 324, Chrest.Wilck. 208, TM 19984)
Scope & Content:
Copies of extracts of two previous census declarations kept in the record office of a village in the Prosopite nome sent by Anicus to his sister Tamystha; the copies are sent with a letter where Anicus states that he will produce the original documents whenever there may be the need to prove tha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
24 March 161
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete but damaged by holes throughout, especially along the vertical folding lines. Writing runs along the fibres on either side, the back bearing one line. On the front there is one column of 34 lines, all complete. All margins are extant, with the right and lower minimal. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

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