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1551. Papyrus 583

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 583
Title:
Description of Property (P.Petr. II 41, P.Petr. III 60, P.Lond. III 583 descr.,TM 7947)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary document preserving the description of a property, detaling the contiguous holdings and their size.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Fragment of a long and narrow papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, broken off at the top and with plaster residue; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 15 lines and traces of another line at the top. The lower margin is wide. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1552. Papyrus 727

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 727
Title:
Record of Payments (P.Grenf. II 104, Stud.Pal. III 506, P.Lond. III 727 descr., TM 39583)
Scope & Content:
Record of four payments in kind, stated in artabas and made on various days for the Arsinoite village Makronos. The second indiction is mentioned.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7th century-8th century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved, written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The text occupies the upper half of the sheet; there are five lines; the second is indented, and was written after some blank space at the end of the line. All margins are extant, with the blank space at the bottom measuring 60 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1553. Papyrus 744

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 744
Title:
Demosthenes, Exordia, and Accounts (P.Oxy. I 26, P.Lond.Lit. 129, TM 59548, LDAB 650, MP3 335)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Seven columns of a papyrus roll containing Demosthenes, Exordia 26-29. Columns 1-2: Exordium 26; Column 3-Column 4, line 4: Exordium 27; Column 4 end of line 4-Column 5: Exordium 28; Columns 6-7: Exordium 29. On the back are accounts of the second to early third century, which contin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Fragments of a papyrus roll of good quality, which had been cut to host the text on the verso; darkened in places and with spots of ink throughout. The text runs along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. On the front, the upper parts of seven columns survive; each column originally had 24-25 lines; the column width is between 52 and 59 mm; the upper margin measures 20 mm, and the intercolumn between 22 and 25 mm. A small part of the upper margin and the space between columns 5 and 6 was used for continuing the accounts of the back, written upside down in relation to the rest of the text on the front; the lower fragments also contain the accounts, with the text on the right fragment being upside down. On the back are columns of various height and width, with intercolumns of various width. Modern annotations are visible on both sides, and the number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. I. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1554. Papyrus 797

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 797
Title:
Claim of a Creditor (P.Oxy. II 286, P.Lond. III 797 descr., Chrest.Mitt. 232, TM 20557)
Scope & Content:
Petition of a woman whose name is lost, concerning a sum of 2000 drachmas she and her mother had borrowed from a certain Philumene five years earlier, which the creditor was claiming back. The agreement was that Heron, son of Philumene, would repay the loan and any interest and would secure the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
17 May 82
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and damaged at the bottom and with small holes throughout; strips of fibres are occasionally missing; loose and dislocated fibres are visible at the top and bottom. The papyrus bears writing on both sides along the fibres; of the text on the back only few letters remain. On the front there are 29 lines; the last two lines are separated by some blank space from the rest of the text. Few traces remain of the first line preserved. At the height of line 28, text was written in the left margin. The left margin is extant, the lower margin is damaged, and the right is minimal and irregular. Modern annotations are visible on both sides, with the number in red referring to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1555. Papyrus 1888

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1888
Title:
Report of Trial with Annexed Documents (P.Fam.Tebt. 24 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 24, TM 10742)
Scope & Content:
Extracts from the record of Apollonius, former strategus of the meris of Themistos, who is acting as a judge in a trial in order to decide who shall be held responsible for some damaged rolls of the public archives. The parties involved are three: Euangelus, son of Patron (former keeper of the p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
24 May 124
Extent:

Fragments from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres, and preserving four columns, the fourth being wider than the others. All the columns are nearly complete with the exception of the first, which is fragmentary. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1556. Papyrus 2993

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2993
Title:
Plato, Sophist 223-224 (P.Hib. II 228, CPF I.1.3 75, TM 62648, LDAB 3834, MP3 1395)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus containing portions of Plato, Sophist. Column 1 partially preserves Sophist 223e4–224a2, column 2 contains parts of 224b1-3.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Two joining papyrus fragments, numbered 1 and 2 inside the frame, from mummy cartonnage; two columns of text from the lower part of a roll are preserved, with writing along the fibres on one side only; mounted in glass.

1557. Papyrus 361

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 361
Title:
Petition to Withdraw a Lease (P.Lond. II 361 ro., TM 25626), and Legal Document (P.Lond. II 361 vo. descr., TM 11740)
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 25626): Late first-century petition addressed to the strategus of the meris of Herakleides in the Arsinoite nome from a resident of the meris of Polemon, who requests that a contract for a lease of an oliveyard be cancelled. The lease had been undertaken by his late parent, and the pet...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
75-115
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and sides, and with minor damage throughout; written on both sides. The front bears 17 lines (with a supralinear addition) running parallel with the fibres and lacking beginnings and few letters at the end. The lower margin measures 80 mm. On the back there are 27 lines, lacking beginnings and ends and running against the fibres. Part of the upper and the lower margins survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1558. Papyrus 487(B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 487(B)
Title:
Archilochus (P.Petr. I 4(2), P.Lond.Lit. 55, P.Lond. III 487(b) descr., TM 59238, LDAB 334, MP3 131)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus fragment from cartonnage with tetrameters from an unknown work of Archilochus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Papyrus fragment reused as mummy cartonnage, with surface damage and holes; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Portions of two columns survive; of the first, only the ends of the lines remain; the second is much obliterated, although it has fairly complete lines. Intercolumn and upper margin survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1559. Papyrus 1177

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1177
Title:
Accounts on the Water Supply of a Metropolis (SB XXVI 16652, TM 11763) and Other Accounts (P.Lond. III 1177v. descr., TM 29258)
Scope & Content:
Recto Papyrus 1177(1), Columns 1-2 (column 1 only having a few traces): Remains of an account with sums stated in drachmas, with the total at the end and rough notes in a different hand. Papyrus 1177(1), Column 3: Further accounts in a fast cursive hand, also found throughout the recto, in the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
113
Extent:

Sheets from a papyrus roll, overall well preserved with the exception of the end, which is damaged; written on both sides and preserving several columns. Housed in three glass frames.

1560. Papyrus 1044

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1044
Title:
Donation (P.Lond. III 1044, Chrest.Mitt. 367, TM 38257)
Scope & Content:
Aurelia Aphthonia, daughter of Taurinus, bequeaths her share of a house-property in Hermopolis to her son Asyncritius, but retains the usufruct for the remainder of her life. With Aphthonia’s subscription written by Aurelius Anouthis, deacon of Hermopolis and doctor, as she was illiterate, and w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:

Papyrus with three detached scraps in the middle, darker by patches, broken off at the top, torn along the right edge and mutilated in the middle; with surface damage in places. Written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. There is one column of 47 lines; left and lower margins survive; the right margin is minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

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