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1571. Papyrus 722

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 722
Title:
Official Letter (P.Grenf. II 82, P.Lond. III 722 descr., TM 22638)
Scope & Content:
Victor and Colluthus, serving on the gubernatorial boat, write to another Victor and others, complaining about the fact that they had imposed a compulsory service on Aurelius Senuthes, and urging them to release him. Senuthes was in fact expected to perform another service, inherited from his fa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 400
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, darkened in places, lacking the bottom left corner and with few holes, but well preserved as to the rest. White residue is visible on the back.

Writing runs on both sides: on the front there is one column of 29 lines written along the fibres. Margins are extant and minimal, with the exception of the left margin, which measures x mm. A sheet-join running along the height of the sheet is visible in the right edge. On the back there was one column written across the fibres, which was erased, and two lines written along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1572. Papyrus 839

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 839
Title:
Sale of a Cow (P.Sarap. 11, P.Lond. III 839, TM 17025)
Scope & Content:
Sale of a reddish cow with guarantee at a price of 62 drachmas from Harpaesis, registered in the quarter of West Fort in Hermopolis, to Anubion, son of Sarapion.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1 March 128
Extent:
Square-shaped papyrus sheet, with some surface damage and abrasion; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 13 lines running along the fibres; margins are extant, the right and lower being minimal. Folding lines are still visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in glass frame.

1573. Papyrus 1269

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1269
Title:
Tax Receipts (SB XX 15141-15142, P.Lond. III 1269(a-b) descr., TM 23898-23899)
Scope & Content:
Tax-receipts acknowledging payments made by or for Batrachus, slave of Achilleus son of Sabourion. Upper papyrus (SB XX 15141, P.Lond. III 1269(a) descr., TM 23898) Column 1, lines 1-5: Receipt for payment of the dyke tax made by Achilleus for his slave Batrachus. Dated 19 December 157. Lines...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
157-159
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets bearing writing on one side, with the back blank; mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Medium-brown, imperfect at the bottom left, otherwise well preserved; two columns of 14 and 11 lines respectively running along the fibres. Margins survive, the left being imperfect. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom at about 20 mm from the left edge.

Lower papyrus (B): Medium-dark brown, complete, with minor damage; 4 lines written in the upper half of the sheet across the fibres. Margins are extant, the lower measuring 35 mm. Four vertical folds are still visible.

1574. Papyrus 2357(A-D)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2357(A-D)
Title:
Documents from the Archive of Zenon (TM 1525, 1592, 1624, 1659, 2458)
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous texts from the archive of Zenon. A (P.Lond. VII 2030, TM 1592): Fragment of a letter from Diocles to Zenon, informing him that the water has been brought into the village. Faint traces of the address are visible on the back. B (P.Lond. VII 2062, TM 1624): Fragment of a letter fro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
263-229 BC
Extent:

Four papyrus fragments that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.

A: Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, slightly damaged along the left edge and the horizontal folding lines. The writing runs on both sides; on the front, there are four lines from the top of a column written along the fibres; upper, left and right margins survive. On the back, there are faint traces of one word written across the fibres.

B: Left-hand portion of a light-brown papyrus sheet, broken off on the right and complete on all other sides; with writing on one side; the back is blank. The front bears the beginnings of twelve lines written along the fibres, with upper, left and lower margins extant. Horizontal folding lines are still visible.

C: Fragment of a light-brown papyrus sheet, complete at the bottom and broken off on all other sides; the writing runs on one side. The back is blank. On the front, there are the central portions of seven lines from the bottom of a column running across the fibres. The lower margin is ample and bears an offset of the last lines, as the papyrus was folded when the ink was not dry yet.

D: Fragment of a light-brown papyrus, with writing on both sides. On the front, there are the central portions of eleven lines from the foot of a column, running along the fibres; the lower margin survives. On the back, there are portions of six lines written across the fibres, upside down in relation to the text on the front. The lower margin survives to 50 mm.

1575. Papyrus 2456

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2456
Title:
Declaration on Oath concerning Appearance in Court (P.Oxy. XII 1456, TM 21857)
Scope & Content:
A sworn declaration from Aurelius Zoilas, of Oxyrhynchus, to Aurelius Philiarchus alias Horion, strategus of the Oxyrhynchite nome. Zoilas undertakes to appear before the prefect Marcus Aurelius Diogenes, when he is in Oxyrhynchus or in the nome, in order to bring an action against some comarchs...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
284-286
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and damaged to the left. Writing is on one side along the fibres. The upper margin survives to 11 mm; no margin was left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1576. Papyrus 330

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 330
Title:
Customs-House Receipt (P.Lond. II 330, TM 11711)
Scope & Content:
Receipt issued by Abuthas, collector of the tax for the protection of desert routes and transit for the Prosopite and Letopolite nomes, to Charias, of Dionysias, who has paid thirty-two drachmas drachmas for four camels.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
13 May 164
Extent:

Small, square papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. It is complete, although damaged by a few wormholes. The surface is damaged in places. The text is complete and consists of 9 lines; left, upper and lower margins are extant, and no margin was left at the right. Vertical folding lines are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1577. Papyrus 376

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 376
Title:
Official Report (P.Lond. II 376, TM 11742)
Scope & Content:
Didymus, appointed by Theodorus, the strategus of the division of Herakleides, for the census of the livestock in the division, reports that Ecysis, son of Horus, has nine camels and three foals.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
14 February 159
Extent:

Square-shaped papyrus sheet, damaged by holes, especially on the left-hand side; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 15 lines, few of which are damaged at the beginning. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1578. Papyrus 448

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 448
Title:
Sale of a Storehouse and Apartment (P.Bodl. I 45, SB I 5113, TM 22584), and Declaration of Inheritance (TM 23737)
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 22584): Greek contract for the sale of a storehouse and an apartment above it, inherited from the vendors’ parents, at a price of four and two thirds solidi of gold, of which the sellers acknowledge receipt. The buyers are Paamios, Jacob, Thecla; the names of the vendors are lost; date...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
610-627
Extent:

Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus roll, another fragment of which is Oxford, Bodleian Library, inventoried as MS. Gr. class. c. 25 (P); broken off at the top and damaged throughout, especially along the central vertical fold; written on both sides. On the front, there are 30 lines in Greek written across the fibres; the Bodleian fragment preserves further 14 lines from the top. On the back, there are 37 lines in Coptic written along the fibres; the Bodleian fragment preserves 9 further lines from the beginning of the text. The papyrus was rolled up from bottom to top; housed in a glass frame.

1579. Papyrus 476(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 476(A-B)
Title:
Census Declaration (SB XX 14309, P.Lond. II 476a, TM 14860), and Contract (P.Lond. II 476b descr., TM 19996)
Scope & Content:
Upper fragment (A): Recto (SB XX 14309, P.Lond. II 476a, TM 14860): Census declaration, with the name of the declarant being lost. Dated to 89 or 105. Verso: Few lines from the end of a document. Unpublished. Lower fragment (B) (P.Lond. II 476b descr., TM 19996): Fragment of a document, presu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
early 2nd century-early 3rd century
Extent:

Two fragments of papyrus sheets that do not belong together; housed in the same glass case.

Upper fragment (A): broken off at the top, bottom and left (front), with some abrasion and few insect holes; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front bears portions of 9 lines lacking the beginning, with traces of another line at the top. The back bears parts of 4 lines, the last of which is indented and separated by blank space from the other lines.

Lower fragment (B): Broken off at the bottom and at the sides; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The top of a column is preserved, with parts of 13 lines; one line was erased. The upper margin survives to 15 mm; the other margins are lost.

1580. Papyrus 1843

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1843
Title:
Land-Survey Register (P.Oxy. VI 918, TM 28335) and ‘Hellenica Oxyrhynchia’ (P.Oxy. V 842, TM 59483, LDAB 583, MP3 2189)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Oxy. VI 918, TM 28335): Land-survey register, arranged in several columns, some of which very damaged, and containing a list of plots of crown land in an unspecified village located in the south-west of the Arsinoite nome, near Ibion Argaiou. Individual holdings are grouped in larger pl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a long papyrus roll, written on both sides and damaged throughout; originally consisting of approximately 230 fragments, some of which remain unplaced (those numbered as 16-72 and those unnumbered, housed in frame 4; fr. 65 does not belong here); housed in four glass frames, named Papyrus 1843(1), Papyrus 1843(2), Papyrus 1843(3), and Papyrus 1843(4).

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