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1591. Papyrus 289

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 289
Title:
Sale of Part of a House (P.Lond. II 289, TM 11673)
Scope & Content:
Sale of the fourth share of a house with courtyard and appurtenances located in the street of Leukios in Dionysias by Chares, son of Situs, and his sisters, to a certain Tamystha. The sellers are not to proceed against Tamystha. With autograph subscriptions of Chares and Soterichus, who wrote on...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
16 February 91
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, defaced in places and mutilated to the right; a few holes are also located along the horizontal folds. The text runs along the fibres on one side, with the back blank, and consists of one column with 39 lines. The endings of some lines are lost. All margins are extant, the right being minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1592. Papyrus 1298

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1298
Title:
Sale of Part of a House (P.Lond. III 1298, TM 22877)
Scope & Content:
A certificate from the banker Aurelius Ammonius, confirming that Aurelius Theognostus has sold one-third of a house with courtyard and appurtenances located in Hermopolis to his sister Dioscorous. With Ammonius' signature at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
July-August 231
Extent:

A long papyrus slip, damaged by holes regularly distributed. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1593. Papyrus 1835

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1835
Title:
Lease of Land (P.Hib. I 90, CPJ I 127e, TM 2820)
Scope & Content:
Diodorus has leased part of his land located in the Oxyrhynchite nome to Eucrates for the period of one year at a rent of four artabas of olyra (emmer wheat) in addition to part of the produce. The lease was drawn up at Tholthis, in the Oxyrhynchite nome, at the presence of witnesses. Remains of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
8 February-8 March 222 BC
Extent:

Fragment of a dark-brown papyrus sheet, of lighter colour to the left, reused as mummy cartonnage; damaged by holes throughout. Writing is along the fibres on the front, with portions of 24 lines. The upper margin is not preserved, the lower is damaged and the side margins are minimal. The back bears remains of the mummy decoration.

1594. Papyrus 2465

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2465
Title:
Petition to the Chief of Police (P.Oxy. XII 1559, TM 21925)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of a petition addressed to Aurelius Dioscorus, chief of the police (epoptes eirenes), from Aurelius Aristion, son of Ptolemaeus, councillor at Oxyrhynchus, complaining about the treatment received by a certain Besammon, son of Apollos, of Paneuei.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
13 November 341
Extent:

Top of a mid-brown papyrus sheet, torn along the left edge and with surface damage throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; a strip of vertical fibres is visible along the right edge. Portions of 12 lines from the top of a column remain; the upper margin survives, the right is minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1595. Papyrus 116(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 116(A-B)
Title:
Tax Receipts (P.Lond. I 116a, Chrest.Wilck. 286, TM 11623; and P.Lond. I 116b, TM 38889)
Scope & Content:
Upper text on papyrus (P.Lond. I 116a, Chrest.Wilck. 286, TM 11623): Receipt for poll tax paid at the order of the amir Abdallah by the carpenter Theodorus. Dated to 14 December 645 or 705? Lower text on parchment (P.Lond. I 116b, TM 38889): Seventh-century receipt for a tax payment made throug...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7th century
Extent:

Two pieces that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

Upper piece (A): Small papyrus piece, complete, with writing on one side across the fibres; the back is blank. The text is complete and consists of six lines. All margins are extant.

Lower piece (B): Rectangular piece of parchment, with writing on one side, the back being blank. The text is complete and consists of three lines. All margins are extant.

1596. Papyrus 260

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 260
Title:
Official Register (Stud. Pal. IV, pp. 58-83, TM 14986) and Demotic Accounts (P.Lond. II 260v. descr., TM 90844)
Scope & Content:
Recto Parts of the official returns written by Heraclides, amphodarch of the quarter of Apollonios’ Camp in Arsinoe, of which further portions are to be found in Papyrus 261 and P.Vindob. G 19976. The full text comprises 45 surviving columns with lists of inhabitants of the quarter liable to va...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
ca. 73
Extent:

Two large fragments from a papyrus roll, written on both sides in Greek and Demotic, and housed in two glass frames; on the recto, 13 columns in Greek are preserved, although only a few traces of the last survive. Occasionally we see Demotic text written above the Greek one as well as in the blank space of the recto. The verso bears Demotic writing. The recto of the papyrus contains lines 507-703 of the same document of which further portions are to be found in Papyrus 261 and P.Vindob. G 19976.

1597. Papyrus 452

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 452
Title:
Census Declarations (P.Lond. II 452 ro., TM 11748), and Letter (P.Lond. II 452 vo. descr., TM 31219)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. II 452 ro, TM 11748): Two fragmentary extracts from census declarations, presumably being the official statement of priestly status. Dated around April 217. (P.Lond. II 452 vo descr., TM 31219): A private letter, referring to some aruras of land; the village of Boubastos is ment...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the left (front), mutilated at the bottom and with surface damage throughout. There are white residues on both sides. Writing runs along the fibres on the front and across them on the back.

The front bears portions of ten lines, lacking the beginning, with further lines in the missing portion. The upper margin is preserved, no margin was left to the right and the lower margin survives to 35 mm.

The back, rotated 180 degrees, preserves part of the foot of a column, with portions of 11 lines lacking the beginnings. The lower margin is extant, and no margin was left to the right.

The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1598. Papyrus 571

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 571
Title:
Account of Household Expenses (P.Petr. II 33a, P.Petr. III 143, P.Lond. III 571 descr., TM 7609)
Scope & Content:
Account of expenses of a household, with entries and amounts stated in drachmas and obols for the months of Athyr and Choiak. Among the expenses are those for rent, workers, animals, loaves of bread which have been sent, and tools. An account of wheat follows.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet from mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue and few holes; damaged at the bottom; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Portions of two columns survive. The first comprises 36 lines, well preserved, and the second 20 lines, broken off to the right. Upper and left margins survive. A sheet-join partly survives in the left margin, running along the height of the sheet. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1599. Papyrus 580

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 580
Title:
Official Correspondence (P.Petr. II 39(g), P.Petr. III 53(f), P.Lond. III 580 descr., TM 7472)
Scope & Content:
Copy of three official letters concerning wheat. Letter 1: lines 3-12; mentioning transport to the great river; Letter 2: lines 13-20; mentioning fodder and the equivalent of wheat; Letter 3: line 21-end, mentioning Philippus, grain collector (sitologus).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, with holes and surface damage; written on one side along the fibres. There is one column of 24 lines, broken off at the top; with broad margins on either side and with modern annotation. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1600. Papyrus 739

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 739
Title:
Sappho, fragment of a poem concerning her brother Charaxus (P.Lond.Lit. 43, P.Oxy. I 7, TM 62709)
Scope & Content:
Sappho, fragment of a poem concerning her brother Charaxus (P. Lond. Lit. 43; P. Oxy. I 7; TM 62709). Fragment 5 in the numbering of Lobel-Page and Voigt. The beginning of the text is partly supplemented by new fragments published in 2014 (P. GC. inv. 105, fr. 3), see further Burris-Fish-Obbink ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

1 fragment of a papyrus roll, writing on one side only, mounted in glass.

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