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1541. Papyrus 1358

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1358
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1360, TM 19818)
Scope & Content:
Letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, urging him to send the prepayment he had failed to make to one of his agents in Fustat. His agent is now under arrest, as he is unable to pay the dues in full. The back bears the address, the date, the name of the courier...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 July 710
Extent:
Two fragments of varying size from a medium-dark brown papyrus, damaged at the top and along the right edge; written on both sides. The front bears 12 lines written along the fibres, well spaced; the first line is in Arabic. Lower and side margins are minimal. Horizontal folds are still visible. On the back, the smaller fragment bears portions of 2 lines running along the fibres, written upside down in relation to one another. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1542. Papyrus 1362

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1362
Title:
Official Letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1364+1400, TM 19798)
Scope & Content:
Letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, ordering him to supply a chain (chalkoma). If unable to do so, he should collect the money composition in accordance with the demand notes which had been sent out, without demanding anything in excess. An account follows....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
17 September 710
Extent:
Right-hand portion of the same papyrus the right-hand side of which is now Papyrus 1391; with holes throughout; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears the ends of 18 lines, fairly spaced; the right margin is minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1543. Papyrus 1392

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1392
Title:
Official Letter of the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1399, TM 19848)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, with orders concerning the production of nails.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
709-714
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, medium-brown, broken off on the right and damaged by insect-holes throughout; written on side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 12 lines running across the fibres and lacking the ends. The first line is very fragmentary. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1544. Papyrus 1395

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1395
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1354, TM 19812)
Scope & Content:
Letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, ordering him to disembark the supplies that had been loaded for transport and return them to the tax-payers, without making any demands of wheat and bread until the following harvest. Pulse and vinegar-oil should be dispa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
25 March 710
Extent:
Portion of the same papyrus roll as Papyrus 1351, dark-brown in places, broken off at the top and right, complete at the bottom and left; written on one side across the fibres. The front bears the beginnings of 17 lines, fairly and regularly spaced; of the first line, only the feet of few letters remain. Left and lower margins are extant. Papyrus 1351 preserves the ends of 23 lines. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1545. Papyrus 1720(a-b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1720(a-b)
Title:
Two Tax Receipts (P.Lond. V 1738, TM 19751; P.Lond. V 1751, TM 38854)
Scope & Content:
Left papyrus (A) (P.Lond. V 1738, TM 19751): Receipt for the public tax (demosia), poll-tax (diagraphon) and maintenance tax (dapane) paid by the soldier Menas, son of Sarapammon. The receipt is signed by a certain Athanasius. Right papyrus (B) (P.Lond. V 1751, TM 38854): Receipt for the maint...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7th century-8th century
Extent:
Two small sheets, written along the fibres. The left one (A) is broken off at the middle of the right side; it has writing on one side only and the seal at the bottom; the right one (B) is fully preserved; there are ink-traces on the verso. Mounted in a glass case.

1546. Papyrus 1906

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1906
Title:
Letter from the Nomarch (P.Fam.Tebt. 42 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 42, TM 20969)
Scope & Content:
Letter from the nomarch of Antinoopolis to the royal scribe of the division of Polemon in the Arsinoite nome informing him about the perfect’s decision concerning taxes. Four men who had married women of Antinoopolis and had consequently moved there had complained with him about double-payments m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3 August 180
Extent:
Papyrus, mutilated on the left, with insect-holes and abrasion in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front there are two columns 155 and 115 mm wide; the first has 30 lines, some of which are very mutilated, the second 11 lines, complete, followed by ample blank space. Margins are extant, the upper being damaged. Four vertical folds are still visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1547. Papyrus 2312

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2312
Title:
Letter from Hierocles to Zenon (P.Lond. VII 1941, C.Ptol.Sklav. II 157, TM 2384)
Scope & Content:
A letter from Hierocles to Zenon regarding the training of a boy, Pyrrhus, for the public games. On the verso there is the docket. The papyrus belongs to the Zenon archive.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Before 5 May 257 BCE
Extent:

Papyrus sheet made of fragments of varying size purchased in different years; writing is on both sides and runs across the fibres on the recto and along the fibres on the verso; left, top, and bottom margins are extant on the recto. Mounted in a glass case.

1548. Papyrus 2585

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2585
Title:
Ulpian’s Ad edictum, book 45 (?) (TM 62938, LDAB 4130, MP3 2961) and Greek text (Unpublished)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Remains of two columns from a juridical work in Latin, likely Ulpian’s Ad edictum, book 45, which deals with the issue of the testamentary rights of Roman soldiers. The imperial measure(s) described in the text, in form of rescript, can be assigned to the emperor Hadrian. Verso: Unpublis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
213-250
Extent:

One main fragment and one scrap from a papyrus roll, further fragments of which have been identified in a Berlin papyrus (inv. 11533) and in a papyrus formerly published as P.Fay. 10 (Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. class. g. 5 (P)).

On the recto, the main fragment preserves two imperfect columns written in Latin along the fibres; the upper margin survives to 35 mm; the space between the columns is between 21 and 29 mm. On the back is the lower part of one column of a Greek text written across the fibres; the left margin measures up to 84 mm. Mounted in one glass case.

1549. Papyrus 184

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 184
Title:
Xenophon, Symposium VIII (P.Lond.Lit. 152, P.Lond. II 184 descr., TM 62996, LDAB 4188, MP3 1565)
Scope & Content:
Fragment containing a portion from the eighth book of Xenophon’s Symposium. The fragment comes from the same roll as a papyrus fragment of the Universitätsbibliothek of Giessen, inventoried as 175. This was a luxury edition. Column 1: Symposium VIII.6-7; Column 2: Symposium VIII.8-9.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:
Fragment of the same papyrus roll from which a papyrus of the Universitätsbibliothek of Giessen, inventoried as 175, comes. The British Library piece, slightly damaged by insect holes and torn at the top, preserves the top of two columns written along the fibres. Of the first, only the ends of 9 lines survive; of the second 13 lines remain, some mutilated. The columns are narrow, measuring around 45 mm. The space between the columns measure around 20 mm; the upper margin survives to 75 mm. The Giessen papyrus contains the foot of two columns and preserves the lower margin, which measures 85-90 mm. Between these two fragments there would have been three columns of 28-30 lines each. The back is blank. The British Library fragment is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1550. Papyrus 465

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 465
Title:
Official Letter on the Revolt of the Thebaid (SB III 6300, P.Lond. II 465 descr., TM 5653)
Scope & Content:
A letter from Platon, strategus of the Thebaid, to the inhabitants of Pathyris encouraging them to remain loyal to the king during the revolt in the Thebaid and to support Nechtyris, appointed as commander, until Plato’s arrival. The address is on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
28 March 88 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, badly mutilated; writing runs along the fibres on either side, the back having a two-line address. On the front the text consists of 16 lines, very fragmentary; a trace of ink is visible at the bottom. All margins are extant, the right being irregular and minimal in places. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

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