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1631. Papyrus 404

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 404
Title:
Letter of Sarapion to Abinnaeus (P.Abinn. 25, P.Lond. II 404, TM 10023)
Scope & Content:
A letter to Abinnaeus from Sarapion, who would like to meet the recipient and invites him to come over. He mentions that a not better specified work shall be done immediately. Lengthy greetings to various members of Abinnaeus’ household follow. The address is on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 346
Extent:

Fully preserved papyrus sheet, written on both sides along the fibres, the back having a one-line docket. Vertical folds are visible. All margins are extant, the right being minimal. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1632. Papyrus 409

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 409
Title:
Letter of Iovinus to Abinnaeus (P.Abinn. 10, P.Lond. II 409, TM 10015)
Scope & Content:
A letter to Abinnaeus from Iovinus, who asks him to intervene with some military officers so that they supply ten artabas of vegetable seed to a certain orphan. The orphan intends to appeal to the dux. The postscript, added in the left margin, contains greetings from Iovinus’ household. The addr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 346
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus sheet, fully preserved, with a few wormholes in its lower portion and the surface slightly abraded. Writing runs on both sides along the fibres, the back having a one-line docket. On the front one line was written across the fibres from top to bottom in the left margin. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1633. Papyrus 427

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 427
Title:
Accounts from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 68, P.Lond. II 427, TM 10056-10057)
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 10056): Accounts in two columns, with personal names and amounts of artabas of wheat listed by villages. Verso (TM 10057) Account of Dioscorus, sackmaker, for the month of Mecheir of an unknown year, written in different hands and cancelled by cross strokes. Some lines were washed o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
348-351
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, fully preserved, written on both sides, along the fibres on the recto and across them on the verso. The surface is damaged in places and the writing is washed out occasionally. The recto contains two columns, the first of which much defaced, the second fully preserved; the verso has a complete column, crossed out, and remains of text washed out. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1634. Papyrus 428

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 428
Title:
Account from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 79, P.Lond. II 428, TM 10064)
Scope & Content:
Account of corn rations sold to the village of Taurinou, listing names and quantities of artabas, with the total at the end. A second account was inserted between the names and figures of the first account. In the second account, alongside the artabas of wheat, wine is mentioned in the last line.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
350
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, fully preserved, written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. All margins are extant and the text is complete. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1635. Papyrus 432

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 432
Title:
Account from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 70, P.Lond. II 432, TM 10059)
Scope & Content:
A list headed ‘corn’, with names and amounts stated in artabas. Talents occur in the last two lines.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
mid 4th century
Extent:

Light-brown sheet of papyrus, fully preserved although slightly damaged at the bottom and with a very few holes. The text is complete and runs along the fibres on one side, with the back being blank. All margins are extant, with the blank space at the bottom measuring 170 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1636. Papyrus 670

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 670
Title:
Sale of Land (P.Grenf. II 20, P.Lond. III 670 descr., TM 237)
Scope & Content:
Contract drawn up in the office of the notary Heliodorus in Pathyris, recording the sale of 1 1/8 aruras of land located in the plain of Krokodilopolis in the Pathyrite nome at the price of 3000 drachmas. The seller is Ones, son of Katytis, and the buyer is presumably a certain Ision. Only the s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
11 October 114 BC
Extent:

Part of a papyrus roll, worm-eaten throughout, especially in its lower half, and broken off at the right. Writing runs on one side, the back being blank. Three sheets of the roll survive: the first and second are written across the fibres; the fibres orientation of the third is opposite that of the first two, and writing runs along the fibres. There are two columns of varying length: the first has 4 lines, the second, which is wider, has 12 lines; the third column is lost. Upper, left and lower margins survive. Two sheet-joins are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1637. Papyrus 672

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 672
Title:
Acknowledgment of Payments (P.Grenf. II 22, P.Lond. III 672 descr., TM 231)
Scope & Content:
Document drawn up in the office of the notary Sosus in Pathyris before his agent Ammonius, recording two payments of wheat owed to Pelaias, son of Phibis, from Psenthotes, son of Necuthes. With summary in Greek and Demotic on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
14 August 110 BC
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and with damage along the folding lines; written on both sides along the fibres. The back has two lines, one in Demotic and one in Greek. The front bears 12 lines from the foot of a column; the last is indented and separated by paragraphus and some blank space. Side and lower margins survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1638. Papyrus 719

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 719
Title:
Receipt for Payment (P.Grenf. II 80, P.Lond. III 719 descr., TM 22635)
Scope & Content:
Receipt issued by Aurelius Victor and Aurelius Colluthus acknowledging that Aurelius Senouthes has paid the wages for a substitute who would replace him as an oarsman of the governor’s boat. With Victor and Colluthus’ subscription at the end and docket on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
14 August 402
Extent:

Dark-brown papyrus sheet, with breaks along the vertical folds, lacking the top left edge and with white residue on the surface. Writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back bearing one line; on the front there is one column of 23 lines; margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1639. Papyrus 720

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 720
Title:
Receipt for Payment (P.Grenf. II 81, P.Lond. III 720 descr., TM 22636)
Scope & Content:
Receipt issued by Aurelius Victor and Aurelius Colluthus acknowledging that Aurelius Senuthes has paid the wages for a substitute who would replace him as an oarsman of the governor’s boat. With Victor and Colluthus’ subscription at the end and docket on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 May 403
Extent:

Dark-brown papyrus sheet, with white residue on its surface, mutilated especially in the lower half; writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back bearing one line; on the front there are 23 lines, many of which are damaged. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1640. Papyrus 728

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 728
Title:
Receipt for Payment (P.Grenf. II 100, P.Lond. III 728 descr., TM 41306)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary receipt from Aurelius Cosmas to Victor, representative of the dux Ioseph, acknowledging a money payment. Details are obscure owing to the loss of the text. With subscription of Cosmas and two witnesses and the notarial subscription at the end, and docket on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 July 683
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, darker in places, lacking part of its left half and with holes in the preserved portion; written on both sides along the fibres. On the back there is one line, of which only the beginning survives. The front bears 24 lines, many of which lack the beginnings. Margins are extant, the side and upper being minimal. Folding lines are visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

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