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1561. Papyrus 1540

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1540
Title:
Lease of a Vineyard (P.Oxy. IV 729, TM 20429)
Scope & Content:
Four-year sub-lease of a vineyard, comprising vines, a rose garden and a reed plantation, from Sarapion to Ammonius and Ptollas. Provisions are made as to the expenses to be covered, the work at the dykes, the supply of pigeon dung for manuring, the guarding, costs for irrigation, with a loan of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
17 October 138
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus roll, broken off at the top and bottom, with detached fragments at the bottom; with holes and surface damage. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There is one wide column of which 46 lines survive. Of the first three and last lines only few traces remain. Lines lack the beginnings, with an average of 35-40 letters lost. Folding lines are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1562. Papyrus 218

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 218
Title:
Loan of Wheat (P.Lond. II 218, TM 213)
Scope & Content:
Record of a loan of 13 1/3 artabas of wheat drawn up in Pathyris, in the office of the public notary (agoranomus) Ammonius. The lessor is Nechutes, son of Peteharsemtheus, and the lessee is Phatres, son of Chesthotes. The loan is to be repaid seven months later; penalty applies should the lessee...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
24 October 111 BC
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus sheet, almost complete, lacking the left edge and the upper right corner (front side); slight damage is located along the horizontal folds. Red-brown stains are visible especially at the bottom.

The papyrus bears writing on both sides, across the fibres on the front and along them on the back. The back was rotated 180 degrees and has a two-line docket. The front contains one broad column of 14 lines, with the last indented. The upper margin is extant, the right is preserved from line 8 and is minimal, and the blank space at the bottom measures 100 mm.

The papyrus displays modern repairs of the early XX century; it is mounted in a glass case.

1563. Papyrus 1205

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1205
Title:
Loan of Wheat (P.Lond. III 1205, TM 92)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a contract drawn up by Hermias, agent of the notary Paniscus, in Pathyris, recording the loan of wheat given to Phagonis by Peteharsemtheus. With summary on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
22 April 99 BC
Extent:
Upper left-hand corner of a papyrus sheet, with slight damage along the top and left margins; written on both sides. The front bears portions of 5 lines from the top of a column running along the fibres and lacking the ends; line 5 is very mutilated. The left margin is minimal, the upper is generous and measures 40 mm. On the back there are 2 lines written against the fibres in the upper left corner, slightly abraded. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1564. Papyrus 1207

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1207
Title:
Sale of Land (P.Lond. III 1207, TM 94)
Scope & Content:
Contract drawn up in the notarial office of Pathyris by Hermias, agent of the notary Paniscus, recording the sale of a vineyard in the northern part of Pathyris from Galates, son of Pelaias, an iron-worker, to Peteharsemtheus, son of Panebchounis, at the price of 4000 drachmas. With summary of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
30 November 99 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, almost complete, with damage along the upper edge and in the lower right corner; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blak. There are two columns, the first of 13 lines, the second of 12 broad lines; sheet-joins from top to bottom are visible. Upper, lower, left margins survive. The original clay seal is preserved. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1565. Papyrus 1982

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1982
Title:
Sale of a House (SB X 10571, TM 14329)
Scope & Content:
Contract drawn up in Ptolemais Euergetis for the sale of a house bought by Pacysis, a minor with Tanephremmis, his paternal grandmother, as a guardian, from his mother Taharpagathes, daughter of Herieus, with her husband Pacysis son of Satabous as a guardian. Taharpagathes had inherited the house...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
8 August 194
Extent:
Medium-dark brown papyrus, imperfect on the left, complete at the top, bottom and right; with insect-holes and surface damage in places. The front bears 31 lines running along the fibres; upper and lower margins are extant. No margin was left to the right. The back bears two stamp-impressions in red ink, appearing to be plain disks with no writing. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1566. Papyrus 77

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 77
Title:
The Will of Abraham, Bishop of Hermonthis (P. Lond. I. 77; TM 39851)
Scope & Content:
The Will of Abraham, Bishop of Hermonthis, or Harment, anchoret of the Memnonium [Djeme, near Thebes], son of Sabinus and Rebecca, bequeathing the cell of St. Phoebammon and all his property to Victor, priest and monk. Attested by the Bishop; by the scribe, Joseph son of John, who wrote the docu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
600-625
Extent:
1 sheet, writing on one side only, mounted in glass.

1567. Papyrus 216

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 216
Title:
Lease of a Store-House (P.Lond. II 216, Chrest.Wilck. 192, TM 11652)
Scope & Content:
Application for a one-year lease of a store comprising, among the other things, a tower, a courtyard, and five store-rooms, at a rent of 45 artabas of wheat. The lessee is Herieus, son of Herieus, of Soknopaiou Nesos, aged 50, and the lessors are two men, both named Stotoetis, who are leasing la...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1 May 94
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete, with few holes located in the lower half; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There is one column of 33 lines, complete; all margins are extant, with no margin having been left to the right. A sheet-join runs across the fibres along the height of the sheet at c. 20 mm from the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1568. Papyrus 271

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 271
Title:
Homer, Odyssey III (P.Lond.Lit. 30, TM 60262, LDAB 1382, MP3 1039)
Scope & Content:
The fragments contain lines from Homer’s Odyssey III with scholia from Ammonius, Apion, Zenodotus, Herodorus or Erotianus. Papyrus 271(1) Left fragment, Column 1: Odyssey III 283-293, with scholia; Left fragment, Column 2: Odyssey III 319-327, with scholia; Right fragment: Odyssey III 387-40...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:
Fragments from a light-coloured papyrus roll of high quality, written on one side along the fibres; each column would have contained between 34 and 36 lines measuring 20.5 x 16.7 cm; the upper margin survives to 6 cm in Papyrus 271 (1), the lower margin survives to 7 cm in Papyrus 271(2). The roll would have been approximately 7 m long if it contained the first three books of the Odyssey, as the end-title suggests. Two hands are present. Mounted on cardboard in two glass cases. Further fragments from the same papyrus roll have been identified in the Vienna Collection and published as P.Sijp. 3.

1569. Papyrus 357

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 357
Title:
Petition to the Strategus (P.Lond. II 357, CPR XV 10a, TM 11737)
Scope & Content:
Petition addressed to the strategus Dionysodorus from Satabous, son of Herieus, concerning the repayment of a loan of 325 silver drachmas, which he had lent to Harpagathes, son of Panephremmis. Not only did Harpagathes not pay it back, but he also tried to remove his temple revenues, which he ha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
August 14
Extent:

Papyrus fragment, broken off at the bottom and damaged by insect holes throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are portions of 16 lines; the upper margin survives. A sheet-join runs across the fibres in the middle. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1570. Papyrus 435

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 435
Title:
Accounts from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 73, SB VIII 9694, TM 32684)
Scope & Content:
Accounts headed ‘exaction of barley’, arranged in two columns; each column lists names and sums stated in talents. The total for a day is given in column 2, line 18; further accounts follow. The columns are preceded by three mutilated lines which contain names.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
mid 4th century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; damaged at the left, in the upper margin and along the vertical folds. The surface is darker in the upper portion of the sheet. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

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