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1281. Papyrus 2665

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2665
Title:
Letter to Zenon from an Embroiderer (P.Lond. VII 2055, CPS 230, TM 1617)
Scope & Content:
Letter to Zenon from an embroiderer named Teos, offering his service for the production of pile-less carpets (kilims), and a reduction of four drachmas on the price currently charged by Petosorapis. Should Zenon need him, he may be found in the house of the slave Artemidorus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
263-229 BC
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved, written on one side, the back displaying spots of ink. On the front, there are 14 lines running across the fibres; all margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1282. Papyrus 2682

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2682
Title:
Letter of Introduction from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1946, TM 2380)
Scope & Content:
Letter to Nicanor from Hierocles introducing the bearer of the letter, Apollodorus, who is sailing to Herakleopolis. Hierocles asks Nicanor to make further introductions and offer any assistance that may be needed. The address on the back reads ‘to Zenon’, as it was accidentally swapped with that...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 6 May 257 BC
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off to the right; P. Zaki Aly 15b is another small fragment of the same papyrus; written on both sides. On the front, there are 9 lines running across the fibres, with lines 1-8 being imperfect at the end; upper, lower and left margins are extant. A sheet-join runs horizontally along the lower edge. On the back, there are two words written along the fibres, upside down in relation to the text on the front, one in the left-hand edge and one in the middle. Horizontal folds are still visible. Fragments of the original seal survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1283. Papyrus 2852

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2852
Title:
Lysias, On the murder of Eratosthenes and For Eryximachus (JEA 15 (1929), pp. 75-77, TM 61453, LDAB 2598, MP3 1290)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a leaf from a papyrus codex, joining P.Ryl. III 489; it contains portions of two speeches by Lysias. Recto, column 1: ‘On the murder of Eratosthenes’ 45-49; P.Ryl. III 489 preserves most of this column. Column 2: Titles, ‘on the murder of Eratosthenes’, and ‘for Eryximachus, who ha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century-4th century
Extent:

Fragment of a leaf from a papyrus codex, with two columns per page, imperfect on all sides and with small insect holes; a joining fragment is held in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, published as P.Ryl. III 489; written on both sides. The right margin survives to 50 mm; the column’s width is 70 mm, with 17-19 letters per line. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

Recto: Portions of two columns, written along the lines; of column 1 only few line-ends survive; column 2 is better preserved; with right margin (50 mm) and intercolumn (c. 15 mm).

Verso: 1 column, across the fibres, broken at the top and bottom.

1284. Papyrus 180

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 180
Title:
Tax Receipts (P.Lond. II 180, TM 11643)
Scope & Content:
Receipts acknowledging the grain taxes collected by two directors of the granary (sitologi) of the village of Neilopolis, Aurelius Melas and Philadelphos; the payments range from slightly over 4 to 25 artabas of grain and are credited to the village of Soknopaiou Nesos.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
29 May 228
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, broken off at the top, with surface damage in the upper and lower portion; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Side and lower margins are preserved, the right being minimal; the blank space at the bottom measures 78 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1285. Papyrus 915

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 915
Title:
Census Declaration (P.Lond. III 915, TM 22713)
Scope & Content:
Census declaration addressed to Cephalon, royal scribe of the Memphite nome, the declarant being Apollonius, son of Harphaesis alias Hephaestion and Thermouthis, aged 37. Apollonius registers himself and his five-year old child, Soterichus, whom he had from his ex-wife. He lives in rented proper...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
25 July-28 August 160
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, slightly torn at the top, lacking the bottom, with few small wormholes located in the lower half; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front bears 45 lines, and the back has a two-line docket. Upper and left margins are preserved; no margin was left to the right. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1286. Papyrus 1691

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1691
Title:
Tax Receipt (P.Lond. V 1759, TM 36935)
Scope & Content:
Receipt acknowledging two payments in kind made by Capito Herminus through the administrator Ioannes on account of the grain-tax (embole), for a total of 116 artabas of wheat; with subscriptions of two tax officials, Anuphis and Cyriacus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:

Papyrus slip, torn on the sides, with holes and surface damage throughout; written on one side across the fibres, with the back blank; the front bears 4 lines; upper and lower margins are extant, the lower measuring 40 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1287. Papyrus 3115

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3115
Title:
Lease of Pasture (P.Michael. 48, TM 21424)
Scope & Content:
One-year lease of pasture between the shepherds Aurelius Anouphis, son of Palos and Maria, and Pakouis, son of Ieremias and Thaesia, the lessees, and Aurelius Phoebammon, son of Triadelphus, and Aurelius, Victor, son of Colluthus, all from Aphrodito, the lessors. The lessees undertake to work wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
18 March 572
Extent:
Dark-brown papyrus sheet with detached scrap at the bottom; complete but slightly imperfect at the bottom; abraded in the centre; writing on one side. The back is blank. On the front, there are 35 lines written along the fibres; upper and side margins are extant, lower margin imperfect. Folding lines are still visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1288. Papyrus 1176

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1176
Title:
Amulet with Christian Prayer (P.Lond.Lit. 231, P.Lond. III 1176 descr., PGM christliches 5d, TM 65329, LDAB 6575, van Haelst 933)
Scope & Content:
Amulet containing part of a Christian prayer to the Trinity for protection.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7th century
Extent:

Bottom left portion of a papyrus sheet, with parts of five lines and a deep lower margin measuring 145 mm, which may have been folded round as a protective covering. Written across the fibres, on one side only. Mounted on cardboard in one glass frame.

1289. Papyrus 214

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 214
Title:
Official Letter (P.Lond. II 214, Chrest.Wilck. 177, TM 19972)
Scope & Content:
A letter to the strategus Aurelius Besarion from the administrator Aurelius Aretion, of Memphis, who reports on the cutting and stealing of two large acacia trees from an imperial plantation by a certain Patalas, ship-builder.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
272-275
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, mutilated throughout, with a detached scrap that bears traces of ink. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Parts of the upper, lower and left margins survive; no margin was left at the right. A sheet-join running across the fibres is visible at c.3 mm from the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1290. Papyrus 305

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 305
Title:
Receipt (SB XVIII 13257, P.Lond. II 305 descr., TM 14727)
Scope & Content:
A receipt acknowledging that Stotoetis, son of Horus, has paid the tax for the purchase of a donkey (telos onou), male, white and young, which he bought from Horion, son of Sarapion.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1 April 145
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete, bearing writing on one side across the fibres, with the back blank. The surface is slightly damaged in the left portion. There are five complete lines, with a trace of ink at the top. The blank space at the bottom measures 30-34 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

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