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1351. Papyrus 2061

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2061
Title:
Lease of Dining Rooms (P.Oxy. VIII 1129, TM 21747)
Scope & Content:
A lease of two dining rooms in a house located in Oxyrhynchus belonging to Aurelia Mikis, the lessee being Aurelius Phoebammon, both of Oxyrhynchus. The contract shall last as long as the lessor wants. With notarial subscription at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
19 January 449
Extent:

A papyrus sheet, dark in places, almost fully preserved, although somewhat damaged at the bottom; vertical folds are visible; writing is on one side along the fibres. The Greek subscription in line 20 has Latin characters. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1352. Papyrus 2219

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2219
Title:
Labour contract for a steward (P. Bagnall 33, TM 219309)
Scope & Content:
Labour contract for a steward, the son of Aurelius Megas, son of Philoxenos, who is his guarantor, addressed to one Mousaios, a comes sacri consistorii, possibly the son of the Strategios mentioned in P.Oxy. XVI 2039. The prostasia in question includes properties in both the Oxyrhynchite and Hera...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
11 June 496
Extent:
1 papyrus sheet, of darker colour on the right-hand side; broken off at the bottom and left; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1353. Papyrus 2473

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2473
Title:
Lease of Catoecic Land (P.Oxy. XIV 1629, TM 5255)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of a one-year lease of 30 arourae of land in Paeimis, the lessor being Theon, son of Theon, of the catoecic cavalry, and the lessee Apollonius alias Harbichis. The latter shall sow half of the land with wheat and half with aracus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 July 44 BC
Extent:

Upper portion of a papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres; the top margin measures up to 32 mm, the left one up to 20 mm and the right one is minimal. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1354. Papyrus 2505

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2505
Title:
Sale of a Female Donkey (P.Diog. 28, TM 10700)
Scope & Content:
Aurelius Dius, son of Somphtheus, of Neilopolis, has sold a female donkey of black colour for 600 drachmas to Aurelius Aion, of Philadelpheia, and acknowledges receipt of payment.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
19 February 223
Extent:

Mid-dark brown papyrus sheet, complete, with holes throughout and some abrasion in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front there is one column of 16 lines. Margins are extant, with the blank at the bottom measuring 90 mm. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1355. Papyrus 1196

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1196
Title:
Bank Deposits of the Cavalrymen of a Squadron (P.Fay. 105, ChLA III 208 + XLVIII 208, CPL 124, TM 10770)
Scope & Content:
This military account is a summary of the sums held in deposit for cavalrymen of a squadron (turma) of an auxiliary unit. Despite several attempts to identify this unit, it remains uncertain whether it was an ala or a cohors equitata. The deposits fall into three categories: deposita (normal sav...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
c. 120-150
Extent:

13 fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll. The Latin document is written on the recto, along the fibres. The verso shows a Greek address written across the fibres. Mounted in two frames named Papyrus 1196(1), and Papyrus 1196(2). The first frame contains two large pieces, the second the remaining 11 fragments, smaller in size, and mounted on cardboard.

Fr. A preserves two continuous columns: col. I is made up of 25 lines and col. II of 19 lines. Both show the top (27 mm) and bottom margins (65 mm in col. I and 86 mm in col. II) and are separated by a variable intercolumnium, whose measure runs from 20 to 50 mm. The interlinear space is 5 mm on average. Fr. B contains a single column of 34 lines. On the basis of the content, this col. III is, however, not a direct continuation of cols. I and II. Its top and bottom margins are 8 mm and 67 mm respectively. The interlinear space measures 2 mm on average. The other fragments, frr. C-M, are broken off all sides and contain scanty portions of lines.

1356. Papyrus 2397

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2397
Title:
Medical Treatise on Bones (P.Lond.Lit. 167, TM 65574, LDAB 6825, MP3 2358), and Medical Astrology (P.Lond.Lit. 172, TM 64090, LDAB 5308, MP3 2055)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond.Lit. 167, TM 65574, LDAB 6825, MP3 2358): A medical treatise, describing the tarsus and its articulations. Assigned to the first century BCE or first century CE. Verso (P.Lond.Lit. 172, TM 64090, LDAB 5308, MP3 2055): Astrological treatise, assigned to the third century, dealing w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century BCE - 3rd century
Extent:

Papyrus fragment, preserving portions of two columns on either side, written along the fibres on the front and across them on the back.

On the front parts of 15 lines for both columns are preserved; each line contained an average of 20-27 letters. The upper margin survives to 70 mm and the intercolumn measures 23 mm. A sheet-join runs across the fibres at approximately 42 mm from the left edge.

On the back, the first column is broken at the top and bottom and only preserves the ends of 17 lines, with blank space between lines 11 and 12. The second column is better preserved, although broken at the bottom and right, and contains 27 lines. The upper margin survives to 20 mm; the intercolumn measures 35 mm. A thinner pen was used from column 2, line 7.

The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1357. Papyrus 195(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 195(A-B)
Title:
Land Register (P.Lond. II 195 recto, TM 25496), and Accounts (P.Lond. II 195 verso descr., TM 91817)
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 25496): First-century register of money taxes on various estates, with details of taxation incident on each type of parcel forming the estates. The land category is vineyard, but it includes garden land as well. Of the estates mentioned, one belongs to Marcus Antonius Pallas. Verso (T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Late 1st century-2nd century
Extent:

Two fragments from the same papyrus roll, bearing writing on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back; housed in two glass cases named Papyrus 195(A) and Papyrus 195(B).

Papyrus 195(A): Sheet of papyrus, imperfect at the top, and damaged by few small insect holes; occasionally stained and abraded on the back. The front preserves one column, with few letters of a preceding one; the text on the back is arranged in irregular columns of different lengths.

Papyrus 195(B): Fragment broken off at the top and left, with some surface damage; on the front there is one column lacking the beginning and traces of a second column; the lower margin is extant. On the back there are portions of few lines, with the blank space at the bottom measuring 100 mm.

1358. Papyrus 267

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 267
Title:
Register of Land (P.Lond. II 267, TM 11662) and Demotic Text (P.Lond. II 267 vo. descr., TM 105767)
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 11662): Register of land for taxation arranged in twenty columns, not fully preserved, with traces of an additional one. For each entry geographical details in relation to the field described before are provided; then is given its extent and rate of taxation, followed by names of pers...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
114 (after 2 April)
Extent:

Two large fragments of a papyrus roll, written on both sides, in Greek on the recto and in Demotic on the verso; damaged by worm holes and lacking both beginning and end; housed in two glass frames.

1359. Papyrus 870

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 870
Title:
Loan of Money (P.Lond. III 870 ro., TM 33772), and Account (P.Lond. III 870 vo. descr., TM 33773)
Scope & Content:
A man from Panopolis, whose name is damaged, acknowledges receipt of a loan of a sum of money on the security of part of a half share of a house, whose boundaries are described. On the back there are remains of an account for the month of Payni (unpublished).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off to the right, imperfect at the top and bottom, and with some surface damage; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 18 lines lacking the ends; the left margin is extant and measures 20-35 mm, and portions of the upper and lower margins survive. On the back, there are portions of various lines written across the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front; there are reddish marks throughout. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1360. Papyrus 1726(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1726(A-B)
Title:
Tax Receipt (P.Lond. V 1757, TM 19755), and Account of Expenses (P.Lond. V 1905 descr., TM 36996)
Scope & Content:
Left papyrus (A) (P.Lond. V 1757, TM 19755): Certificate submitted by an assistant of the accounts office of Hermopolis recording payments in kind made by various individuals on account of taxes; the payments include freight charges and other expenses. Numbered 39 at the top. Dated to 586-587. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:

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

Left papyrus (A): Medium-to-dark-brown papyrus sheet, complete, but imperfect at the bottom; writing on one side only, back blank. The front bears 12 lines running along the fibres. Margins survive, the lower being imperfect.

Right papyrus (B): Upper portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and complete on all other sides; writing on one side only, back blank. The front bears 11 lines running along the fibres. Upper and side margins are extant.

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