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1711. Papyrus 855

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 855
Title:
Tax Receipt (P.Lond. III 855(a), TM 11803), and Private Letter (P.Sarap. 86, TM 17108)
Scope & Content:
Left papyrus (A) (P.Lond. III 855(a), TM 11803): Extract from the records of the collectors of grain taxes of the village of Apias, acknowledging payments in wheat and lentils made by the shepherd Apkouis (Akouis), son of Polion. Written in red ink and dated around 216. Right papyrus (B) (P.Sar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
90-216
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Left papyrus (A): Medium-brown sheet, complete, damaged by abrasion and some insect holes; bearing writing on one side along the fibres. The front bears 9 lines; margins are extant. The back is blank.

Right papyrus (B): Medium-brown fragment, complete at the top, imperfect on the right and broken off on the other sides; bearing writing on one side along the fibres. The ends of 16 lines survive, with the upper margin. The back is blank. Another fragment of the same papyrus, which preserves the first letters of this column and the preceding column, is now in Heidelberg, Institut für Papyrologie, inventoried as P. G 87.

1712. Papyrus 1055

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1055
Title:
Sale of Wine for Future Delivery (P.Heid. V 356, P.Lond. III 1055 descr., TM 35096)
Scope & Content:
Conclusion of a contract for the sale of 260 cnidia of wine for future delivery, with subscriptions of the deacon Aurelius Andreas, son of Phoebammon, written by Aurelius Gennadius, of three witnesses and of the notary. The endorsement is on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
5th century-6th century
Extent:
Lower portion of a papyrus sheet, complete on the sides and at the bottom (front), with minor surface damage; written on both sides along the fibres. On the front, there are 16 lines from the foot of a column; of the first line, only few traces remain. The last line is indented. Lower and side margins are extant. Vertical folds are visible; a sheet-join runs vertically at 5 mm from the right edge. The back bears one line, lacking the beginning. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1713. Papyrus 1436

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1436
Title:
Official Order from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1407, SB I 5641, TM 19854)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of an order of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik in Arabic and Greek, addressed to the inhabitants of Aphrodito. The recipients are ordered to pay one thousand artabas of wheat for the grain tax and deliver them to the granaries in Babylon. Dated in July or August 709 AD. The rest of the do...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
709
Extent:
Right-hand portion of a papyrus sheet, the left-hand portion of which is now in Heidelberg (PSR 15 b); written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are parts of 15 lines running across the fibres in Arabic and Greek. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1714. Papyrus 1437

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1437
Title:
Official Order from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1410, SB I 5639, TM 19857)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of an order of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik in Arabic and Greek, addressed to the inhabitants of Aphrodito. The recipients are asked to supply four skilled workmen to repair ships in Babylon. Details of the salaries are included. Dated in October or November. The rest of the document i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
709
Extent:
Right-hand portion of a papyrus sheet, further fragments of which are now in Heidelberg (PSR 14 and 19g); written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are parts of 10 lines running across the fibres in Arabic and Greek. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1715. Papyrus 1560

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1560
Title:
Fragment of an Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1385, TM 19839)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a letter presumably from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik, of which parts of five lines survive. The letter may have concerned the problem of fugitives and seems to suggest a requisition of some type, perhaps related to this matter. At the bottom, a brown clay seal figuring a star and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 709
Extent:

Small fragment from a papyrus roll, written on one side across the fibres and preserving parts of 5 Greek lines in addition to the original seal at the bottom; mounted on cardboard in one glass case.

1716. Papyrus 1826

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1826
Title:
Homer, Iliad III, IV, V (P.Hib. I 20, P.Lond.Lit. 10, TM 61206, LDAB 2346)
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a papyrus roll extracted from mummy cartonnage and containing parts of Homer’s Iliad III, IV and V. Papyrus 689(B) is another fragment of the same roll, and contains Iliad IV 109-113. The text displays absence of plus-verses and omits three lines (Iliad III 389, IV 89, V 527). A: E...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Twelve fragments (labelled A-K, M-N) of varying size from a papyrus roll, an additional fragment of which is Papyrus 689(B). The fragments were extracted from mummy cartonnage and occasionally display plaster residue; they are written on one side along the fibres, and their back is blank. They are all broken on all sides, and most of them preserve a few letters from a few lines. Each column would have had an average of 40 lines. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1717. Papyrus 1827

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1827
Title:
Homer, Iliad VIII (P.Hib. I 21, P.Lond.Lit. 16, TM 61237, LDAB 2377, MP3 819)
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a papyrus roll extracted from mummy cartonnage and containing parts of Homer’s Iliad VIII, with several plus-verses. Additional fragments of the same roll are Papyrus 689A and P.Heid. inv. 1261 (preserving Iliad VIII 190-202). A: Iliad VIII 17-22; B: Iliad VIII 24-8; C: Iliad VII...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
Fourteen fragments (labelled A-O) of varying size from a papyrus roll, additional portions of which are Papyrus 689A and a fragment in Heidelberg, inventoried as 1261. The fragments were extracted from mummy cartonnage and display plaster residue; they are written on one side along the fibres, and their back is blank. They are all broken on all sides, and most of them preserve a few letters from a few lines, with fragment D bearing portions of two columns. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1718. Papyrus 2381(A-C)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2381(A-C)
Title:
Documents from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2185, 2153, 2177; TM 2407, 1713, 2399)
Scope & Content:
A (P.Lond. VII 2185, TM 2407; P.Lond. VII 2153, TM 1713): Accounts on both sides. B (P.Lond. VII 2177, TM 2399): Fragment of a letter, the names of the correspondents being lost. C: Now mounted with Papyrus 2379(A).
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.

A: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. On the front, there are 2 lines from one column and 6 lines from another column, with ample blank space at the top and bottom. On the back, there are portions of 15 lines written across the fibres, the other way up in relation to the text on the front.

B: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, apparently complete at the top and right, broken off on the other sides; writing runs on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of 6 lines written along the fibres.

C: Now mounted with Papyrus 2379(A).

1719. Papyrus 261

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 261
Title:
Official Register (Stud. Pal. IV, pp. 58-83, TM 14986) and Demotic Accounts (P.Lond. II 261v. descr., TM 90844)
Scope & Content:
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 260 and P.Vindob. G 19976. These are lists, drawn up by the same hand, of inhabitants of the quarter liable to various taxes; 45 col...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
ca. 73
Extent:

Fragments of various sizes from a papyrus roll, written on both sides in Greek and Demotic, and housed in two glass frames; imperfect at both ends and damaged throughout; on the recto, 19 columns in Greek are preserved, although only a few traces of the last remain. Occasionally we see Demotic text written above the Greek one as well as added in the blank space of the recto. The verso bears Demotic writing. The recto of the papyrus contains lines 1-278 of the document of which further portions are to be found in Papyrus 260 and in P.Vindob. G. 19976.

1720. Papyrus 384

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 384
Title:
Petition to the Prefect of Egypt (P.Lond. II 384, P.Vet. Aelii 10, ChLA III 201, TM 31217)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a Greek petition issued by the veteran Aelius Syrion to an unnamed prefect of Egypt, in which he complains about misdeeds and fraud in some commercial transactions concerning oil and wheat. At the top of the document, there are remains remains of a Latin text, perhaps the prefect’s an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
222-255
Extent:
Fragment from a papyrus roll. The document is written on the recto, along the fibres; portions of one column, 35 lines. The verso is blank. The top margin is lost. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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