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1701. Papyrus 1966

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1966
Title:
Appointment of Representative (P.Fam.Tebt. 27 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 27, TM 10745)
Scope & Content:
Heracleia, daughter of Hermes, aged 39, with the assistance of her relative Lysimachus, aged 72, appoints her husband Heraclides alias Valerius as her representative in the sale of a slave girl named Athenarion. Numbered as 26 at the top; with subscriptions of Heracleia written by Lysimachus and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
18 October 132
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, medium-brown, complete; with insect-holes, especially along the folds, and abrasion in places; written on both sides. The front bears 29 lines running along the fibres; margins are extant, with no blank space left on the right. The left margin measures 25 mm and the lower 40 mm. Five vertical folds are still visible. On the back, there are two lines written along the fibres in the upper right corner. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1702. Papyrus 2506

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2506
Title:
Copy of the Opening of a Will (ChLA XLVII 1403, P.Diog. 10, TM 10689)
Scope & Content:
Opening of the will of Lucius Ignatius Rufinus from Antinoupolis. The text was originally written on tablets from where it was copied here. The testator appoints his brother, Lucius Ignatius Nemesianus as heir to the major part of the estate and leaves to his wife Lucretia Octavia half-interest ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
3 June 211
Extent:

Fragment from a papyrus sheet, written on the recto along the fibres. The verso is blank. The text is arranged in one column, almost perfectly preserved. The fragment is complete on all margins: left (30 mm), top (c. 10 mm), right (c. 15 mm) and bottom (c. 10 m). Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1703. Papyrus 2946

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2946
Title:
Comparison between Archilochus and Homer (P.Hib. II 173, TM 59980, LDAB 1092, MP3 136)
Scope & Content:
Comparison between Homer and Archilochus, attributed to Heraclides Ponticus (Turner 1955), alternating hexameters of Homer and iambic tetrameters of Archilochus, mostly of gnomic character. Each line is introduced by the name of the author. Iliad IV.182, V.130 and XIV.66 are quoted.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
Papyrus fragment, reused as mummy cartonnage, broken off on all sides and with a parallelogram cut out of its centres; from mummy cartonnage, covered with plaster residue; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Portions of 12 lines survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1704. Papyrus 907

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 907
Title:
Bank Receipt (P.Lond. III 907, Chrest.Mitt. 337, TM 11809)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of a receipt issued by the bank of Chaeremon and his associates in Dionysias, acknowledging the payment of a sum of money owed by Ptolemaeus son of Mysthas to Thasia daughter of Lucius, assisted by her brother.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
18 January 134
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, medium-dark brown, broken off at the bottom; with some surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 16 lines, the last fragmentary; upper and left margins are extant; no margin was left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1705. Papyrus 1203

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1203
Title:
Loan of Money and Wheat (P.Lond. III 1203, TM 90)
Scope & Content:
Contract drawn up in the office of the notary Heliodorus in Pathyris, recording the loan of money and wheat received by Totoes, son of Pelaeus, from his son Panebchounis. The loan is to be repaid in Mesore. With subscription of Areius, agent of Heliodorus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
15 March 113 BC
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, complete but lacking part of the upper right edge and with surface damage in places; written on one side across the fibres, with the back blank. There are 13 complete lines, which occupy the upper half of the sheet; the last line, written after paragraphus and some blank space, is indented. Margins survive, although the right margin is lost opposite the text. The blank space at the bottom measures 190 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1706. Papyrus 755

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 755
Title:
Petitions to the Prefect (P.Oxy. I 71, TM 12591, 12592, 704823), and Inventory of Columns (P.Bagnall 43, TM 33771)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Oxy. I 71) Column 1 (TM 12591): Petition to the prefect Clodius Culcianus from Aurelius Demetrius, son of Nilus, former high-priest in Arsinoe, asking for the prefect’s help in order to recover the money he had lent to Aurelius Sotas, who had refused to pay back the loan. Dated 28 Febr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
303-350
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus roll with detached fragment, broken off to the right (front), shredded at the bottom and worm-eaten throughout; written on both sides. The front bears two columns written along the fibres and portions of a third column; on the back, there are 3 columns written across the fibres and portions of another column; one line is written in the right margin parallel to the fibres and perpendicularly to the columns. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1707. Papyrus 2042

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2042
Title:
Copy of a Birth Declaration (P.Oxy. VI 894, Chrest.Wilck. 213, CPL 158; ChLA III + XLVIII 214, TM 20356)
Scope & Content:
The document is a copy of a birth declaration of a legitimate Roman child, whose name is almost completely lost (line 6: ]num). As the piece was found in Oxyrhynchus and the declaration (professio) took place at the prefect’s office in Alexandria, we can surmise that this is the copy given to th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
195-196
Extent:

Fragment from a papyrus sheet, complete on the right and broken off on all other sides. Written on both sides: on the front, there are lines written along the fibres in one column, on the back, there are traces of Latin writing, perhaps figures. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1708. Papyrus 2350(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2350(A-B)
Title:
Letter and Accounts from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2087, TM 1648; P.Lond. VII 2150, TM 1710)
Scope & Content:
Left fragment (A) (P.Lond. VII 2087, TM 1648): Fragment of a letter concerned with pigs and containing some instructions; the names of the correspondents are lost. Right fragment (B) (P.Lond. VII 2150, TM 1710): Recto: Fragment of an account, apparently concerned with corn, mentioning people ot...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
263-229 BC
Extent:

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

Left fragment (A): Medium-brown papyrus fragment; broken off on the sides, complete at the top and bottom; with the central portions of 10 lines running across the fibres, upper and lower margins survive. A sheet-join runs horizontally at c. 35 mm from the bottom. The back is blank.

Right fragment (B): Light-brown papyrus fragment; possibly complete at the bottom, broken off on all other sides; written on both sides; on the front, there are the central portions of 6 lines running along the fibres, with only a small trace of the first line. The lower margin survives; on the back, there remain faint traces of 6 lines written across the fibres, the other way up in relation to the text on the front.

1709. Papyrus 577

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 577
Title:
Account of Fares and Freights (P.Petr. III 107(a), P.Petr. II 39(c), TM 7562)
Scope & Content:
Daily account drawn up by Theodotus, recording the fares charged on passengers at Ptolemais Hormou in the month of Thoth.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
226 BC
Extent:
Light-brown papyrus sheet, extracted from mummy cartonnage, slightly damaged in places and broken off at the bottom and right; written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank. The front bears one column of 38 lines and the beginnings of a few other lines of another column. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1710. Papyrus 649

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 649
Title:
Receipt for Barley (P.Grenf. I 48, Chrest.Wilck. 416, P.Lond. III 649 descr., TM 11318)
Scope & Content:
Didymus Argentius, cavalry soldier of the Ala Veterana Gallica, acknowledges receipt of barley, for which he has paid the usual price, from Stotoetis and the other elders of Soknopaiou Nesos. With dating clause at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
22 June 191
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus sheet, complete and very well preserved, displaying minor surface damage in the upper half; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are 21 complete lines; margins are extant and not wide. Horizontal folds are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

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