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1201. Papyrus 2966

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2966
Title:
Homer, Iliad VI (P.Hib. II 193, TM 61231, LDAB 2371, MP3 774)
Scope & Content:
A small fragment from mummy cartonnage containing the ends of Homer's Iliad VI 4-7.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
270-230 BC
Extent:

Small papyrus fragment from mummy cartonnage, presumably from a roll, written on one side along the fibres, with the back blank. It contains the endings of 4 lines, followed by little blank space; whether they come from the foot of a column is debated. No margin is preserved. The papyrus is mounted on paper in a glass case.

1202. Papyrus 2999

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2999
Title:
Fragment of a Petition to the King (P.Hib. II 235, TM 5195)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary petition to the king from a certain Spartacus from Thracia against Dionysia with regard to a lease of land. The subscription of Dorion at the end indicates that the petition was submitted to the strategus of the Oxyrhynchite nome.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
250-240 BC
Extent:

Two fragments of varying size from a medium-brown papyrus sheet, extracted from mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue in places; written on one side across the fibres. The front bears parts of 10 lines. The upper margin is extant. The back bears traces of plaster and ink. The papyrus housed in a glass frame.

1203. Papyrus 3000

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3000
Title:
Fragment of a Petition to the King (P.Hib. II 236, TM 5196)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary petition to the king from a certain Melanthius, complaining about a theft or housebreaking in the Oxyrhynchite village of Tholthis. Only the first four lines of the largest fragment have been published.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
250-240 BC
Extent:

Three fragments of varying size from a medium-brown papyrus sheet, extracted from mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue in places; written on one side across the fibres. The front bears parts of 10 lines. The upper margin is extant. The papyrus housed in a glass frame.

1204. Papyrus 1522

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1522
Title:
Scope & Content:
PAPYRUS ROLL from Herculanoum [Hercul. Pap. 1462]; charred and unopened. Presented by H.M. King Edward VII. Herculaneum: Papyri from.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

1205. Papyrus 114

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 114
Title:
The Bankes Homer (P. Lond. Lit. 28)
Scope & Content:
The Bankes Homer, consisting of Iliad 24.127-804 (P. Lond. Lit. 28; TM 60500), with a colophon at the end: Ἰλίαδος Ω. Imperfect, lacking the first 126 lines of Iliad 24 (and possibly also all of Iliad 23). Includes, in the margins, the names of characters to indicate passages of direct speech, a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

1 papyrus roll, writing on one side only, mounted in glass.

1206. Papyrus 975

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 975
Title:
Loan (P.Lond. III 975, TM 22754)
Scope & Content:
Aurelia Tamounis, daughter of Silvanus and Sarapias, acknowledges receipt of a loan of 4 artabas and a half of vegetables, to be repaid in the month of Epeiph, from Aurelia Isidora alias Eudaemonis, of Antinoopolis. With subscription of Tamounis at the end, written by Aurelius Horigenes, son of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
15 January 314
Extent:

Papyrus sheet in poor condition, darker to the right, with holes especially located in its left half and abrasion and other surface damage throughout. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 25 lines, some of which lack the beginnings. The margins survive, although they are mutilated in places. A sheet-join runs along the height of the sheet in the right margin. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1207. Papyrus 1218

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1218
Title:
Petition (P.Lond. III 1218, TM 11765)
Scope & Content:
Petition addressed to Gaius Iulius Pholus, chief of police (epistates phylakiton), from Dicaeus, a royal farmer, reporting an act of violence made by Helenous, daughter of Totheus, against his wife. Dicaeus asks that Helenous be summoned.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
23-28 August 39
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, damaged by insect holes throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. A small strip has been glued diagonally onto the surface at the top. There is one column of 22 lines, with paragraphus at the end. Lines 1-10 are better preserved. Margins are extant, the right being minimal. The blank space at the bottom measures 55 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1208. Papyrus 2838

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2838
Title:
Tax Receipts (SB XX 15015, TM 23846)
Scope & Content:
Two receipts acknowledging payments made by Apollos, son of Dioscorus, through Phoebammon and Menas, on account of the village taxes for the village of Phthla, issued by the pagarch Iulianus through the assistant Pninnos. Lines 1-4: First receipt. Line 5-end: Second receipt.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
29 August 550
Extent:
Papyrus slip, damaged by insect holes and abrasion; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. There are portions of 9 lines. Margins survive, the upper and left measuring c. 10 mm, and the lower and right being minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1209. Papyrus 884

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 884
Title:
Rhetorical Exercise - Suasoria (P.Lond.Lit. 139, P.Lond. III 884 descr., TM 63526, LDAB 4735, MP3 2510)
Scope & Content:
Conclusion of a suasoria (a rhetorical exercise) urging resistance to Alexander; with end-title.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Larger fragment and three detached scraps from a papyrus roll, damaged by insect holes; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The upper parts of two columns are preserved; the column width is 53 mm; the intercolumn measures 14-17 mm and the upper margin 27 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1210. Papyrus 1121

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1121
Title:
Tax Receipt (P.Lond. III 1121(a) descr., TM 22795), and Account (P.Lond. III 1121(b), TM 22796)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. III 1121(a) descr., TM 22795): Fragmentary tax receipt, dated to 12 January 98. Unpublished. Lower papyrus (B) (P.Lond. III 1121(b), TM 22796): Fragmentary account with total of receipts, followed by a list of expenditures, including fuel for a private bath. Dated to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
98-180
Extent:

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

Upper papyrus (A): Broken off at the bottom and left; damaged at the top; with surface damage especially at the bottom; there are 10 lines running along the fibres, with traces of additional lines at the bottom. Left and upper margins survive; vertical folds are visible.

Lower papyrus (B): Light-brown, broken off at the top and bottom, complete on the sides; with few insect holes at the bottom; there are 9 lines along the fibres, complete, with side margins extant.

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