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1411. Papyrus 2539

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2539
Title:
Certificates for Tax Exemption and Account (P.Diog. 13, 14, 46, TM 15717-15718, 15721)
Scope & Content:
Column 1 (P.Diog. 13, TM 15717): Certificate for tax exemption for the supply of wine for the tollgates at Schedia and Iouliopolis, issued by Flavius Apollonius, strategus of Alexandreon Chora, through the acting royal scribe. Dated 141-142. Column 1 (P.Diog. 14 TM 15718): Certificate for tax e...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
141-211
Extent:

Parts of two papyrus sheets of different height pasted together, broken off to the left and right; written on both sides. On the front, there are two columns of writing running along the fibres. Upper and lower margins survive. A sheet-join is visible. The back bears two columns running across the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1412. Papyrus 2653

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2653
Title:
Letter from Apollonius to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1973, SB III 7263, TM 1536)
Scope & Content:
A letter from Apollonius to Zenon, instructing him to make arrangements for the visit of ambassadors of the Bosporan king Pairisades II and the delegates of the city of Argos, who are on a sight-seeing tour of the Arsinoite nome. Zenon is to dispatch conveyances and baggage-animals to Ptolemais ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
21 September 254 BCE
Extent:

A fully preserved sheet of a light-brown papyrus, bearing writing on both sides, the recto being written across the fibres and the verso along the fibres. All margins are extant. Housed in a glass case.

1413. Papyrus 308

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 308
Title:
Loan (P.Lond. II 308, TM 11687)
Scope & Content:
A loan of money and wheat, registered in the registration office (grapheion) of Herakleia, the lender being the priest Stotoetis, son of Horus. The borrower, Apollonius son of Castor, is to return the loan of 200 drachmas and 15 artabas of fine wheat with interest within nine months. The documen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
13 September 145
Extent:

Complete papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are a few small holes and the surface is occasionally abraded along the vertical folding lines. The text consists of one column with 26 lines, the last of which, separated by little blank space, is indented. All margins are extant, with no margin at the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1414. Papyrus 115

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 115
Title:
Hyperides’ Pro Lycophrone and Pro Euxenippo (P.Lond.Lit. 132, TM 61281, LDAB 2423, MP3 1233)
Scope & Content:
48 columns from the same papyrus roll as Papyrus 108, of which this papyrus is the continuation; the layout and arrangement of the columns is very regular; kollêsis joins are visible throughout, and there are alignment dots; punctuation is marked by spacing and sometimes by using paragraphoi as ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
75-125
Extent:

Fragments of various sizes from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres and preserving 48 columns; the papyrus, housed in three glass frames and mounted on cardboard, is part of the same roll as Papyrus 108. When complete, the roll must have been over 7 metres long. Further fragments are to be found in the papyrus of Cambridge, St John’s College Aa 5.1 Ardenianus, and in P.Louvre inv. 7169.

1415. Papyrus 262

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 262
Title:
Certificate of Sale of a House (P.Dime III 5, P.Lond. II 262, TM 44702)
Scope & Content:
Certificate of sale of a house with veranda and empty plots in Soknopaiou Nesos, purchased by Satabous from the priest Chairemon and his wife. The beginning of the papyrus has the Demotic text with the cession of the house (P.Dime III 5); after a blank space, two Greek lines contain date, place ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
21 November 11
Extent:

Complete, although much damaged by wormholes; from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres.

1416. Papyrus 586

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 586
Title:
Lease of Farm and Land (P.Petr. II 44, P.Lond. III 586 descr., TM 2902)
Scope & Content:
Seven-year lease of a farm and pumpkin ground from Dionysius, Demetrius and someone else to Metrodorus and Epicurus; the rent is 40 drachmas per arura. Penalties apply should either party not comply with the terms. With dating clause at the beginning.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7 April-6 May 241 BC
Extent:

Two fragments of a papyrus sheet which was reused for mummy cartonnage as soles, with surface damage throughout. Writing runs across the fibres on one side; the text breaks off at the bottom and to the right; between the left and the right fragments 4 letters are missing on average. Part of the left margin survives. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1417. Papyrus 1284

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1284
Title:
Tax Receipts and Account (SB XXIV 16049-16050, P.Lond. III 1284(a-b) descr., TM 22869, 22871)
Scope & Content:
Left papyrus (A) (SB XXIV 16049, P.Lond. III 1284(a) descr., TM 22869): Two receipts issued for the same man, Aurelius Eutus, son of Didymus, for payments made in 257 and 258 on account of a tax called oktadrachmia. With traces of a preceding column. Lines 1-7: Receipt for a payment of 8 drachm...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
253-260
Extent:

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

Left papyrus (A): Broken off on the right- and left-hand sides, damaged at the top, with small insect holes in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There is one column of 18 lines, lacking the ends, with blank space of 15 mm between lines 7 and 8; traces of the preceding column are visible opposite lines 15-18. The upper margin survives to 10 mm, the lower measures 60 mm.

Right papyrus (B): Broken off on the sides, and complete at the top and bottom; written on both sides. The front bears the central portions of 7 lines written along the fibres; the upper margin measures 30 mm and the lower 50 mm. On the back, there are portions of 16 lines across the fibres, abraded in places, with a trace of another line at the bottom.

1418. Papyrus 1355

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1355
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1358, TM 19816)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, ordering him to collect and dispatch money for the expenses of his household; demand notes (entagia) had been sent to the various communities.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1 May 710
Extent:
Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus, broken off at the top and left, and mutilated on the right; with regular holes along the right edge; written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of 9 lines running against the fibres, lacking beginnings and, at times, the ends. The lower margin survives. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1419. Papyrus 213

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 213
Title:
Account (P.Lond. II 213 ro. descr., TM 31214), and Official Letter (P.Lond. II 213 vo., Chrest.Wilck. 267, TM 31213)
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 31214): Third-century account. Unpublished. Verso (TM 31213): Official letter of the late third century, with sender and recipient being lost; the sender requests a detailed report on the collection of taxes. The recipient and the sureties will be liable for any loss.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

Papyrus fragment, with surface damage in places; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front bears portions of two columns, mutilated at the top and bottom and to one side: column 1 lacks the line beginnings, column 2 the line ends. The back preserves the foot of a column, of which 15 lines survive. Lower and side margins survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1420. Papyrus 885

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 885
Title:
Treatise on Literary Criticism or Attic Usage (P.Lond.Lit. 183, P.Lond. III 885 descr., TM 62518, LDAB 3699, MP3 2291)
Scope & Content:
Treatise on literary criticism or on Attic usage, perhaps by Phrynichus, arranged in rough alphabetical order and quoting Homer, Iliad III 229, and XVI 795, Odyssey XXII 5, Euripides, Bacchae 642, and Menander, Cecryphalus (fr. 242 K.-Th.).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century (?)
Extent:

Six fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The fragments preserve parts of at least 6 columns. Fragment 1 bears portions of 2 columns, the second being better preserved, with the lower margin; fragment 2 contains parts of 2 columns and the lower margin; fragment 3 and fragment 6 join and preserve 2 columns, the first being very fragmentary, with further letters on the right margin; fragment 4 only bears a few letters from 4 lines; fragment 5 preserves a portion of one column. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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