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1221. Papyrus 2058

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2058
Title:
Report of Legal Proceedings (P.Oxy. VIII 1102, TM 21727)
Scope & Content:
Copy of a record of proceedings concerning a dispute over some property, the parties involved being a certain Eudaemon and the representatives of a city, apparently Oxyrhynchus. The delegates are laying claim on some property inherited by Eudaemon from his brother, which included land, furniture...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c.146
Extent:

Fragmentary papyrus sheet, with detached scrap, from a roll; dark-brown on the right-hand side; one large column, the left portion of which is somewhat damaged, and traces of a preceding column written along the fibres are preserved; the back is blank. A few wormholes are present, especially in correspondence with the folds. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1222. Papyrus 2320

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2320
Title:
Letter to Zenon (P.Cair.Zen. V 59821, TM 1445)
Scope & Content:
Right-hand half of a letter to Zenon, perhaps written by Metrodorus, acknowledging receipt of gifts sent to the king on his birthday. The list of gifts follows. A papyrus in Cairo (Egyptian Museum, CG 59821) preserves another portion of this letter.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 May 254 BC (?)
Extent:
Right-hand half of a papyrus sheet the right hand portion of which is in Cairo, Egyptian Museum (CG 59821); darker along the right edge; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears the ends of 8 lines; upper, lower and right margins survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1223. Papyrus 2374(A-F)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2374(A-F)
Title:
Documents from the Archive of Zenon (TM 1677-9, 2370)
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous texts from the archive of Zenon. A (P.Lond. VII 2116, TM 1677): Fragment of a letter, the names of the correspondents being lost. B (P.Lond. VII 2117, TM 1678): Fragment of a letter to Zenon of uncertain content owing to mutilation. The name of the sender is lost; the address is ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
263-229 BC
Extent:

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

A: Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete on the right, and broken off on all other sides; with writing on one side; the back is blank. On the front, there are portions of six lines written along the fibres; the right margin is irregular and minimal

B: Fragment of a light-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the top, broken off on all other sides; with writing on both sides. On the front, there are four lines written across the fibres, lacking beginnings and ends; on the back, there remains the beginning of one word written along the fibres upside down relative to the front.

C: Fragment of a medium- to dark-brown papyrus sheet, broken off on all sides; writing runs on one side. The back is blank. On the front, there are portions of six lines running across the fibres. The fragment is placed upside down in the frame.

D: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; with writing on one side. The back is blank. On the front, there are portions of three lines running along the fibres; a sheet-join is visible in the centre.

E: Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, darker in places; with writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are the beginnings of five lines written along the fibres; a sheet-join runs along the left edge; the first sheet displays vertical fibres, the second has opposite fibre direction. The left margin survives.

F: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; with writing on one side. The back is blank. On the front, there are portions of three lines running along the fibres.

1224. Papyrus 2533

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2533
Title:
Gift in Contemplation of Death (P.Diog. 12, TM 10691)
Scope & Content:
At the presence of six witnesses, Isidora, daughter of Ptolemaeus, of Arsinoe, with her husband Marcus Lucretius Diogenes as a guardian, bequeaths most of her possessions, including land, buildings, golden objects and garments, to her son Isidorus one day before her death; two slaves and five hu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 November-26 December 213
Extent:

Dark-brown papyrus sheet, mutilated on the left and right and with some surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Portions of 25 lines survive. The lower margin is extant and measures 45 mm, the upper margin is partly preserved, the side margins are lost. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1225. Papyrus 2542

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2542
Title:
Gift in Contemplation of Death (P.Diog. 11, TM 10690)
Scope & Content:
At the presence of six witnesses, Isidora, daughter of Ptolemaeus, of Arsinoe, with her husband Marcus Lucretius Diogenes as a guardian, bequeaths most of her possessions, including land, buildings, golden objects and garments, to her son Isidorus one day before her death; two slaves and five hu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 November-26 December 213
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete but damaged by holes and with some abrasion to the right; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 32 lines; upper and lower margins are extant, the lower being irregular; no margin was left to the right; the left margin is lost opposite lines 10-15, but is otherwise preserved. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1226. Papyrus 2547

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2547
Title:
Letter to Apa Paieous (P.Lond. VI 1919, TM 16857)
Scope & Content:
A letter from Pennes to Apa Paieous, head of the Meletian community in Hathor, containing greetings, compliments and pious thoughts.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
330-340
Extent:

A light-brown papyrus, imperfect on the left, containing two columns, the first of which is incomplete. The papyrus was folded from right to left and is rubbed in a few places. Writing is along the fibres, the back only having a few traces. Partly mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1227. Papyrus 2952

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2952
Title:
Euripides, Heracles (P.Hib. II 179, TM 59926, LDAB 1036)
Scope & Content:
Recto Version of Euripides’ Hercules Furens, with substantial divergences from the medieval tradition. Possibly adaptation of the play for performance of reading purposes (see Meccariello, Philologus 163). Fr. 1: end of the prologue, anapaestic parodos, with the entry of the chorus of elders, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
Eight fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, extracted from mummy cartonnage, written on both sides. The roll was of small format, the height being up to 157 mm. On the front, the writing runs along the fibres and portions of 4 columns are preserved. Fragment 1 carries portions of 30 lines, lacking beginnings and ends; fragment 2 bears portions of 2 columns of 4 and 5 lines respectively; fragment 3 has the mid parts of 15 lines; fragment 4 carries the central parts of 5 lines; fragment 5 has 5 fragmentary lines; fragment 6 preserves parts of 6 lines; fragment 7 has parts of 5 lines; fragment 8, originally stuck onto fragment 4, has a few letters from 8 lines and may not belong to the other fragments. The column height was 157 mm. On the back, fragments 1, 4 and 6 bear writing across the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1228. Papyrus 2973

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2973
Title:
Petition to the King (P.Hib. II 201, TM 5185)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary petition to the King from Ammias, with the request to order Aristion to look into his complaint so that, if he is proven right, he may obtain justice. The object of the controversy is not preserved. In the subscription, Dorion instructs Aristion to examine the matter. Little remains o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
250-240 BC
Extent:
Four papyrus fragments of varying size from mummy cartonnage; with writing on one side. The largest fragment at the top bears portions of 14 lines from the bottom of a column running across the fibres; of the first four lines preserved only some traces remain. The fragments at the bottom are in poor condition and bear traces of writing, mostly illegible. The fragments are mounted in a glass frame.

1229. Papyrus 265

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 265
Title:
Demotic Text (P.Lond. II 265r descr., TM 63116), Metrological Problems (P.Lond. II 265, TM 25619, LDAB 4320, MP3 2326) and Census Register (P.Lond. II 265v descr., TM 25620)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Column 1 (P.Lond. II 265r descr., TM 63116): Demotic text. Columns 2- 8 (P.Lond. II 265, TM 25619, LDAB 4320, MP3 2326): Mathematical problems with headings, of which seven columns survive, not fully preserved. The text concerns the conversion between six different standards of artabas ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Fragments from a papyrus roll written on both sides and containing several columns, not fully preserved; written in Greek, with one column in Demotic.

1230. Papyrus 592

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 592
Title:
Fragments of a Prose Narrative (P.Petr. II 49(f), P.Lond.Lit. 190, TM 65747, LDAB 7001)
Scope & Content:
Fragments extracted from mummy cartonnage, containing portions of a prose mythological text, narrating the adventures of Heracles in Arcadia.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of 3rd century BC
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, recovered from mummy cartonnage; written on one side along the fibres. Some of the largest fragments preserve portions of two columns, while the smallest carry portions of a few lines. The back is blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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