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1511. Papyrus 239

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 239
Title:
Letter of Thareotes to Abinnaeus (P.Abinn. 31, P.Lond. II 239, TM 10028)
Scope & Content:
A letter to Abinnaeus from Tharaotes, who recommends his nephew to his attention and mentions that he has dispatched some articles such as quails and fish paste. He also announces a visit in Phamenoth (March), asking that the hempen cords shall be ready so that the huntsmen coming with him will ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 346
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, fully preserved although the bottom lacks part of the layer of horizontal fibres. Writing is on both sides along the fibres, the back having a one-line docket. Left and bottom margins are extant, whereas no margin was left at the bottom and right. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1512. Papyrus 341

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 341
Title:
Receipt for Repayment of Part of a Loan (P.Lond. II 341, TM 11720)
Scope & Content:
On behalf of his son Sotas, Theogiton acknowledges receipt of 104 drachmas of those that another Sotas, son of Ptolemaeus, owes him.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
31 March 183
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete, although lacking part of the lower margin; the surface is damaged in places, with small holes, abrasion, lack and misplacement of few horizontal fibres. The text runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank; it consists of 15 lines, all complete. All margins are extant, with the right being irregular and minimal and the blank space at the bottom measuring 80-90 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1513. Papyrus 671

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 671
Title:
Loan of Money (P.Grenf. II 21, P.Lond. III 671 descr., TM 218)
Scope & Content:
Contract drawn up in the office of the notary Heliodorus in Pathyris, recording the loan of 2 talents and 2300 drachmas from the priest Psenimouthis to two brothers. The loan is to be repaid in the month of Pharmouthi, and penalty applies should the borrowers fail to pay it back within the agree...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
29 December 113 BC
Extent:

Fragments from the left half of a papyrus sheet, broken off to the right; with insect holes and breaks along the horizontal folds. Writing runs along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The back bears two lines, one in Demotic and one in Greek. On the front there is one column of 26 lines, which lack the right half, with the exception of line 24; the last line is indented and separated by paragraphus and some blank space. Upper, left and lower margins survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1514. Papyrus 721

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 721
Title:
Receipt for Payment (P.Grenf. II 81a, P.Lond. III 721 descr., TM 22637)
Scope & Content:
Receipt issued by Aurelius Apion, chief pilot, acknowledging that Aurelius Senuthes has paid the wages for a substitute who would replace him as an oarsman of the governor’s boat. With Apion’s subscription at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 October 403
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, darkened in places, lacking part of the bottom, with few holes and white residue on the surface. On the front there is one column of 19 lines, the last being quite effaced. Side and upper margins are extant, the lower margin is damaged. A sheet-join running along the height of the sheet is visible in the right edge. The writing on the back is effaced. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1515. Papyrus 894

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 894
Title:
Petition concerning a Theft (SB XX 15032, P.Lond. IV 894 descr., TM 14925)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary petition to Gaius Iulius Pholus, chief of police (epistates phylakiton), from a certain Menches, farmer in the estate of Decimus Valerius Asiaticus, concerning the theft of a piglet worth 16 drachmas. The petitioner asks the recipient to write to the archephodus (chief of village poli...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
39-41
Extent:
Left-hand portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, with some holes in places. The front bears the beginnings of 16 lines running along the fibres, with blank space between lines 15 and 16. Upper, left and lower (110 mm) margins are extant; a sheet-join runs from top to bottom at 13 mm from the left edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1516. Papyrus 1188

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1188
Title:
Lease of Land (P.Oxy. II 277, P.Lond. III 1188 descr., TM 20548)
Scope & Content:
A lease of 36 ¾ aruras of land located near Pamis, in the Oxryhynchite nome, the lessor being Dionysius, son of Alexander, and the lessee Artemidorus, son of Artemidorus. The land is to be sown with wheat, and the produce is to be equally divided among the parties; the lessee is responsible for ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6 September 19 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, damaged by holes mostly affecting its lower half and the upper margin; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There is one column of narrow format, comprising 19 lines and mutilated in its lower half; lines 16 and 19 are indented. Margins partly survive, with the right being irregular. Folding lines are visible. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1517. Papyrus 1742

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1742
Title:
Leases of Land (P.Lond. V 1696, TM 36921; SB XXVI 16529, TM 19715)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. V 1696, TM 36921): Portion of a lease of land, the lessee being a certain Isaac. With his subscription and the notary’s at the bottom. The endorsement on the back is illegible. Verso (SB XXVI 16529, TM 19715): Glued onto the back is a papyrus strip from another document, further ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
500-526
Extent:
Dark-brown papyrus sheet, incomplete, with writing on both sides. On the front, there is a column of 18 lines written along the fibres; the lower and right margins are extant, the left margin partly survives at the bottom. A strip of another dark brown papyrus was glued onto the back of the sheet and preserves the beginnings of 29 lines written along the fibres. Other fragments of this different document are Papyrus 0503 and a papyrus in Berlin, inventoried as 25080. Perpendicularly to this text, there are traces of one line belonging to the document on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1518. Papyrus 1814(A-C)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1814(A-C)
Title:
Fragments of Contracts (P.Lond. V 1855, P.Muench. I 15, TM 15323)
Scope & Content:
Upper fragments (A): Additional fragments of P.Münch. I 15. Thelporine sells a room and a courtyard for two solidi of the old currency to a soldier whose name is lost. Even though none of the parties is known elsewhere, this conveyance is very closely connected with P. Münch. 16 in time, as the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
493-599
Extent:

Fragments of varying size, not belonging together; with writing on one side, the back being blank. Mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Upper fragments (A): Originally six and four fragments, joined to form two larger fragments; an additional portion is P.Münch. I 15; written along the fibres.

Fragment in the centre (B): Fragment with portions of 3 lines written across the fibres.

Lower fragment (C): Small papyrus slip, with one line written across the fibres.

1519. Papyrus 1925

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1925
Title:
Tax Receipt (P.Fam.Tebt. 46 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 46, TM 10755)
Scope & Content:
Receipt acknowledging the tax payments made by Nilus, son of Patron, for various months over two years. The amounts paid vary from 2 drachmas and 2 obols to 8 drachmas. Written on the back of another document, recording sums of money (unpublished).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
195
Extent:
Papyrus, medium-dark brown, with surface damage and holes throughout; written on both sides. On the front there are the line-ends from one column running along the fibres; some of the lines are badly abraded; right and lower margins survive. Horizontal folds are visible. The papyrus was then cut to host the text on the back, which comprises 21 lines written across the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front. Margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1520. Papyrus 2015

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2015
Title:
Tax Receipt (P.Fam.Tebt. 35 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 35, TM 20964)
Scope & Content:
Receipt issued by the collectors of money taxes (praktores argyrikon) to Heracleia, daughter of Hermes, acknowledging money payments made on account of the naubion-tax (paid for the maintenance of dykes and canals in the land owned by the tax-payer) on catoeci for two years; written after 23 Augu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 154
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, square-shaped, with a few darker patches; incomplete at the bottom; displaying abrasion in places and damage along the vertical folds; written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 9 lines written in the upper half of the sheet. Margins survive, the lower measuring c.60 mm; no blank space was left on the right. Vertical folds are still visible; a sheet-join runs vertically along the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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