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1501. Papyrus 197

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 197
Title:
Report on Grain Delivered (P.Lond. II 197 recto, TM 31211), and Private Letter (P.Lond. II 197 verso, TM 31212)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. II 197 recto, TM 31211): Aurelius Diodorus, a councillor, writes to the harbour guards (hormophylakes) as regards the amounts of corn delivered. At the top and left, traces of additional text remain. Verso (P.Lond. II 197 verso, TM 31212): Private letter on business matters conce...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, damaged by holes, bearing writing on both sides. The text on the front consists of one column written along the fibres; traces of another column preceding this are visible; further text is at the top of the column. The back bears one column written across the fibres; specks of ink are visible at the bottom. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1502. Papyrus 1384

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1384
Title:
Letter of Qurrah ibn Sharik to Basilios Pagarches of Aphrodito (P. Lond. IV 1391, P. Ross. Georg. IV 6, TM 20491)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Letter of Qurrah ibn Sharik to Basilios Pagarches of Aphrodito ordering the recruitment of youths to be trained as ship carpenters and caulkers. The right hand side of the sheet is now kept at the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg (inv. 13333f) Verso: Endorsement (Qurrah ibn Sharik...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
710
Extent:
Left half a long papyrus sheet, mounted in a glass case.

1503. Papyrus 367

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 367
Title:
Tax Receipt (P.Lond. II 367a, TM 28032), and Fragment of a Letter (P.Lond. II 367b descr., TM 28033)
Scope & Content:
Left papyrus (P.Lond. II 367a, TM 28032): Receipt issued by the scribe of the grain-tax collectors of the village of Apias, acknowledging the payment of 1 5/4 artabas of wheat for the first year of an unnamed emperor, made by Parammon. Right papyrus (P.Lond. II 367b descr., TM 28033): Fragment ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

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

Left papyrus (A): complete, but damaged by insect holes; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The text is complete and consists of one column of 8 lines; margins are extant.

Right papyrus (B): Fragmentary, broken off at the bottom and to the left, with surface damage in places; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. There is one column of which parts of 21 lines survive, all lacking the beginnings; upper and right margins are extant, the right being minimal.

1504. Papyrus 579

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 579
Title:
Register of Taxes (P.Petr. III 109(a-e), P.Petr. II 39(f), P.Lond. III 579 descr., TM 7568)
Scope & Content:
A roll reused as mummy cartonnage with a register of taxes paid by military settlers (cleruchs) and covering three years; among the taxes listed are those for the maintenance of embankments, the salt-tax, the tax for the maintenance of guards, the pasture fee. Papyrus 579(1) = P.Petr. III 109a-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
After 1 November 248 BC
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, reused for mummy cartonnage, and housed in two glass frames named Papyrus 579(1) and Papyrus 579(2). Writing runs along the fibres on the front; portions of 12 columns survive. Scattered on the back are few lines written across the fibres.

Papyrus 579(1) (a-b): Portions of 6 columns on the front, with part of the upper margin surviving;

Papyrus 579(2): Fragments bearing the feet of 11 columns on the front.

Upper fragment (e): Feet of 5 columns, with lower margin and blank to the left.

Lower fragment (c): Feet of 5 columns, with lower margin and modern annotation.

Small fragment (d): 5 lines from one column.

1505. Papyrus 771

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 771
Title:
Private Letter (SB XXII 15350, P.Lond. III 771 descr., P.Oxy. I 164, P.Oxy.Descr. 2, TM 31352)
Scope & Content:
Private letter where the sender reports that an unnamed man known to the recipient had found a way to settle a matter, not better specified.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
early 3rd century
Extent:

Piece of papyrus, well cut, written on one side along the fibres; the folding-lines suggest that it was rolled up from right to left. Overall well preserved, with the surface being somewhat damaged on the left-hand side along the folding-lines. Number 164 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. I. Mounted on cardboard and housed in one glass case.

1506. Papyrus 1212

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1212
Title:
Fragment of a Register (P.Lond. III 1212 ro., TM 22835), and Receipt (P.Lond. III 1212 vo. TM 22836)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. III 1212 ro., TM 22835): Portion of a register recording amounts of grain received and paid out and arranged by allotment. Dated in 253-254 or 254-255. Verso (P.Lond. III 1212 vo. TM 22836): Receipt for payment of seed corn. Dated 16 October 286.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
253-286
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus fragment, written on both sides. On the front, there are the ends of 18 lines written along the fibres; the column is broken off at the top, bottom and left; no margin was left to the right. The piece of papyrus was cut to host the text on the back, which consists of 4 lines written along the fibres; margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1507. Papyrus 1749 and 2586

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1749 and 2586
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (SB III 7241, TM 18868)
Scope & Content:
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, who is charged with the requisition of sailors for the yearly raiding expedition (cursus) and of a caulker. He is also instructed to levy charges for the supplies of the military. A different hand is used for ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7 January 710
Extent:

Fragments of a papyrus roll of various sizes, some of them being long and well-preserved pieces, others being small scraps. Written on one side across the fibres, broken at the top and lacking portions on the right-hand side; acquired in different years and mounted on cardboard in two glass frames. Preserving the original seal at the end. Mounted in a glass case.

1508. Papyrus 1803

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1803
Title:
Sale of a Boat (P.Lond. V 1726, TM 15313), and Contract of Sale (P.Lond. V 1735, TM 36931)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus 1803 A (TM 15313): The recruit Patermouthis, perhaps upon his joining the regiment of Syene, sells a large boat which he had bought from Kyros of Upper Apollonopolis for 19 2/3 solidi, roughly the price of a three-story house. All formulas of this sale are identical with those of the hou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of 6th century
Extent:
Papyrus fragments from two documents written on one side across the fibres, with the back being blank; incomplete, broken at top and bottom, left and right margins preserved. On the front, there are 13 lines, a joining fragment is P.Münch. I 4 & 5 Verso; and 29 lines, possibly belonging to a fragment published in P.Lond. V 1851. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1509. Papyrus 2471

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2471
Title:
Thucydides, Collected Speeches from Historiae II (P.Oxy. XIII 1621, P.Lond.Lit. 106, TM 62919, LDAB 4111, MP3 1513)
Scope & Content:
Collected speeches from Thucydides, Historiae II, on a leaf of a parchment codex. Recto: Part of Archidamus’ speech at the beginning of the war = II.11.5- II.11.8 Verso: Lines 1-12: Continuation of Archidamus’s speech = II.11.9 Line 13-End: Beginning of Pericles’ funeral oration = II.35.1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Fragmentary leaf of a parchment codex, damaged at the sides and top and with detached scraps. Writing is on both sides, and each side contains one column of 21 lines. Lines have 20 to 25 letters. Traces of the original pagination remain. Housed in a glass case.

1510. Papyrus 235

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 235
Title:
Report from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 29, P.Lond. II 235, TM 10026)
Scope & Content:
Letter to Abinnaeus from Eulogius, a military officer, who reports that a superintendent responsible for the collection of corn dues had been arrested and taken away because of the corn quota collected. Eulogius expects to bring him to the camp at Dionysias in two days. The address is on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 346
Extent:

Fully preserved papyrus sheet, written on both sides along the fibres, the back having a one-line docket. The surface is somewhat abraded on the right-hand portion of the sheet. On the front upper, lower and left margins are extant; no margin was left on the right. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

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