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1311. Papyrus 680

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 680
Title:
Private Letter (P.Grenf. II 36, P.Lond. III 680 descr., TM 76)
Scope & Content:
Letter from Petesuchus, son of Panebchounis, to his brother Peteharsemtheus and others. Among other things, Petesuchus advises the recipients to buy the wheat there or in Diospolis, having heard that the mice had eaten up the grain seed. With address on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
21 May 95 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, with breaks along the vertical folds and lacking the bottom left corner, but well-preserved as to the rest. Writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back having one column of three short lines in the middle of the left margin and one line in the right-hand half of the sheet. On the front there is one column of 22 lines. All margins survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1312. Papyrus 700

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 700
Title:
Official Letter (P.Grenf. II 42, P.Lond. III 700 descr., TM 11325)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary letter from Pyrrhus, the official in charge of the distribution of catoecic land, to the recorder of the district (syntaktikos), with a notification concerning some land in the Arsinoite nome.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
13 November 86
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, broken off to the right, damaged by holes throughout, especially along the edges, and with some surface damage; writing runs across the fibres on one side, the back being blank. On the front there are 8 lines, lacking their ends, for approximately 20 letters. A sheet-join running along the width of the sheet is visible in the middle. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1313. Papyrus 775

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 775
Title:
Beginning of Acknowledgment (P.Lond. III 775, P.Oxy. I 195, TM 22682)
Scope & Content:
An incomplete acknowledgment addressed to Flavius Apion by Aurelius Epimachus, coming from a hamlet in the Oxyrhynchite nome named Hekkaidekaton Epoikion. Only the opening formula survives; the endorsement is on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12 September 567
Extent:

Incomplete papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and written on both sides along the fibres, the back having one line; number 195 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy I. The papyrus is housed in one glass case.

1314. Papyrus 798

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 798
Title:
Taxation Accounts (P.Oxy. II 288, P.Lond. III 798 descr., TM 20559)
Scope & Content:
Copies of tax receipts recording money payments made over various years by Tryphon and his father Dionysius on account of four taxes: the tax on weaving, the poll tax, the tax on pig and the tax for the maintainance of the dykes. The payments were mostly made through banks. In the extract at the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
After 22 July 25
Extent:

Papyus sheet, complete but damaged by abrasion and holes, especially in the left half and along the vertical folds; writing is on one side along the fibres, with the back blank. There is one column of 42 lines; all margins are extant, the right being minimal and irregular. The left margin measures 17-23 mm, and the lower 30-35 mm. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1315. Papyrus 964

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 964
Title:
Private Letter and Register of Customs Payments (P.Lond. III 964, TM 29251)
Scope & Content:
Private letter from Apollonius to Serapammon, collector of the tax for the protection of desert routes, concerning the preparations of a wedding. The address is on the back. The letter is preceded in lines 1-7 by a short register of customs payments for import over three days.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
late 2nd century-early 3rd century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, and with surface damage in the middle; there is loss of fibres at the bottom on the front. Writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back bearing a one-line docket. The front has 24 lines, with loss of one line between lines 20 and 21, and traces of an additional line at the bottom. Upper and side margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1316. Papyrus 1016

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1016
Title:
Receipt for Rent (SB XX 14972, P.Lond. III 1016 descr., TM 38526)
Scope & Content:
Receipt issued by Flavius Ioannes to Phoebammon for the payment of thirteen artabas of wheat as rent for the four aruras of land he is leasing; with Ioannes’ subscription at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:
Mid-dark brown papyrus slip, abraded in places, especially at the top; with some holes and surface damage along the folds; written on one side, the back being blank. The front bears 7 lines written across the fibres. Margins are extant and minimal, with the left being irregular as lines 2-7 are indented. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1317. Papyrus 1935

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1935
Title:
Public Notice of Liturgy Appointment (P.Leit. 11, SB VIII 10203, TM 11612)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of an extract from the public notices of Hierax alias Heraclapollonius, strategus of the Arsinoite nome, divisions of Themistos and Polemon, containing a nominee’s appointment for liturgy (public service) to serve as superintendent of the confiscated land formerly belonging to Ptolemaeu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
186
Extent:
Upper portion of a papyrus sheet, darker in places; complete at the top and sides; with insect-holes throughout; written on both sides. On one side, there are 8 lines written across the fibres from the top of a column; upper and side margins are extant. The other side bears traces of few lines running along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame named Papyrus 1935(verso).

1318. Papyrus 2050

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2050
Title:
Lease of a Hall of a House (P.Oxy. VII 1037, TM 20332)
Scope & Content:
A lease of a hall (exhedra) of a house located in Oxyrhynchus, in the quarter of the Shoemakers’ Market, the lessor being Aurelius Philoxenus and the lessee Aurelius Hierax. The rent for the hall and its appurtenances is 2,400 myriads of denarii and the lessor is entitled to claim the property b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
11 August 444
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, with holes throughout, broken off at the bottom, damaged to the left and lacking the right edges too. Writing is on both sides along the fibres, the back having one line. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1319. Papyrus 2322

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2322
Title:
Letter of the Chief Minister of Finances (P.Lond. VII 2023, TM 1585)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary letter of Apollonius, chief minister of finances (dioiketes), to Zenon, enclosing the copy of a petition he had received from someone whose name is lost, who appears to have been jailed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
263-229 BC
Extent:
Left-hand portion of a light-brown papyrus sheet of fine quality, with insect-holes and with a zig-zag break on the right; written on one side, the back being blank. The front preserves the beginnings of 14 lines written across the fibres. Upper, left and lower margins are ample. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1320. Papyrus 2365(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2365(A-B)
Title:
Documents from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2101-2102, TM 1662-1663)
Scope & Content:
Left fragment (A) (P.Lond. VII 2101, TM 1662): Fragment of a letter of which little remains, mentioning a certain Ariston. The names of the correspondents are lost. Right fragment (B) (P.Lond. VII 2102, TM 1663): Fragment of apparently a petition concerned with a surety, of which little remains.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
263-229 BC
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Left fragment (A): Medium-brown papyrus fragment; complete at the top and broken off on all other sides; with the central portions of 9 lines running across the fibres, and upper margin. A sheet-join runs horizontally between lines 7 and 8. The back is blank.

Right fragment (B): Medium-brown papyrus fragment; complete at the top and perhaps on the right, broken off on the other sides; with portions of 9 lines running along the fibres, lacking the beginnings. Lower and right margins are minimal. The back is blank.

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