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1801. Papyrus 227

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 227
Title:
Receipt (P.Lond. II 227a recto, TM 5890), Document (P.Lond. II 227a verso, TM 78460), and Official Letter (P.Lond. II 227b, TM 5891)
Scope & Content:
Two fragments from mummy cartonnage. Upper fragment (A) Recto (P.Lond. II 227a recto, TM 5890): Fragment of a receipt mentioning the month of Pauni of the 4th year, presumably of Ptolemy VI Philometor (July 177 BC). With subscription at the end. Verso (P.Lond. II 227a verso, TM 78460): Docume...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century BC
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, from mummy cartonagge, mounted on cardboard in the same glass case.

Upper fragment (A): With surface damage throughout, bearing writing on both sides along the fibres. The front is broken off at the sides, and preserves the upper and lower margins. The back contains three complete lines and in the bottom left margin one line running across the fibres, perpendicular to the other lines.

Lower fragment (B): with surface damage and writing on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Portions of 7 lines survive.

1802. Papyrus 1785

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1785
Title:
Receipt for Repayment of Money (P.Lond. V 1717, TM 19733) and Metrological Tables and Problems (P.Lond. V 1718, TM 65048, LDAB 6289, MP3 354)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Receipt for the repayment of a debt of money, given by a woman whose name is lost, accompanied by two people, Calotychus, son of Stephanus, and Theodosia, daughter of Ioannes; with subscriptions at the end. The document was written in Antinoopolis. The fragments preserve the left-hand sid...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half 6th century
Extent:

Three fragments of a papyrus roll of various sizes, housed in two glass frames; written on both sides and preserving further portions of the texts contained in Papyrus 1667.

- 1785 (1) Ro: the lower fragment, wrongly placed at the bottom, contains the beginning of the first six lines of the document; after one line in lacuna, the top fragment contains the beginning of the following 7 lines, with only a few traces for line 7;

- 1785 (2) Ro: beginning of the remaining lines of the document. The ending of the lines is to be found in Papyrus 1667, but the mid strip of the papyrus is missing. The text on the recto is also broken at the top and bottom.

- 1785 (1) Vo: the fragment on the right-hand side, misplaced in the frame, contains lines 1-7 of column 1; the fragment on the left-hand side contains the endings of those lines of column 1 and the beginning of the first seven lines of column 2;

- 1785 (2) Vo: endings of the first lines of column 2 and the first lines of columns 3-6. The continuation of columns 1-4 is to be found in Papyrus 1667, but the mid portions of the columns between Papyrus 1785 and 1667 are lost.

1803. Papyrus 50

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 50
Title:
Declaration of House-Property (P.Lond. I 50, UPZ I 116, Chrest.Wilck. 221, TM 3508)
Scope & Content:
Apynchis, resident of Memphis, declares his home and bakery, located across a street from one another, for the total value of one talent. Dimensions and position of the buildings are provided. The document is addressed to Metrodorus, a financial official (epimeletes).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
October 209-208 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete, with few holes and minor surface damage in places; written along the fibres on the front; the back bears a modern annotation recording the former collections the papyrus belonged to. On the front there are 22 lines with two interlinear additions; margins are extant and ample. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame; an opening shows the annotation on the back.

1804. Papyrus 243

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 243
Title:
Letter of Apa Mios to Abinnaeus (P.Abinn. 8, P.Lond. II 243, TM 10065)
Scope & Content:
A letter to Abinnaeus from Apa Mios, who informs him that he has dispatched some wine and asks that the camel drivers be released immediately, because a festival is on. He also requests to have an ointment ready, should the brethren come to him. A postscript in the left margin contains further g...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 346
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, fully preserved, written on both sides along the fibres, the back having a one-line docket. On the front, one line was written across the fibres from the top of the left margin. The upper margin measures 10 mm; no margin was left at the bottom and right. The surface is slightly defaced in a few places. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1805. Papyrus 294

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 294
Title:
Marriage Agreement and Other Documents (SB XXIV 16256, P.Lond. II 294 descr., TM 11677)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Collection of various documents. Columns 1-column 3, line 1: Marriage agreement between Epimachus and Cronia, and division of property of Cronia’s parents, Isidorus and Thermutharion, to become effective after their death; dated to 24 July 109. Column 3, lines 2-20: Registration made by...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
after 117-118
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, bearing writing on both sides, along the fibres on the recto and across them on the verso. The recto preserves three columns, the first only having the ends of the lines; 24-36 mm were left blank at the top, 22-27 mm at the right and 15-20 mm at the bottom. On the verso there are three complete columns. The surface is abraded in places and damaged by holes. Seven vertical folds are visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1806. Papyrus 413

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 413
Title:
Letter of Apa Mios to Abinnaeus (P.Abinn. 6, P.Lond. II 413, TM 10051)
Scope & Content:
A letter to Abinnaeus from Apa Mios, who requests that some nets be dispatched to him for a few days in order to catch the gazelles that are destroying the crops. He also informs the recipient that he has sent a hyena’s skin through an intermediary. The signature is at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 346
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, with holes especially in the left portion along the vertical folds; the surface is abraded in places and occasionally the top layer of horizontal fibres is missing. Writing runs along the fibres on one side. All margins are extant, the right being minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1807. Papyrus 418

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 418
Title:
Letter of Apa Mios to Abinnaeus (P.Abinn. 7, P.Lond. II 418, TM 10058)
Scope & Content:
A letter to Abinnaeus from Apa Mios, who is requesting a meeting. Mios alludes to some matters, among which is the delivery of some goods in kind, and urges the recipient not to neglect these affairs. One line written in the left margin perpendicularly to the main text contains greetings to Abin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 346
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus sheet, with holes located especially along the vertical and horizontal folds, damaged at the top and bottom. Writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back having a one-line docket. On the front, a line was written in the left margin across the fibres and perpendicularly to the main text. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1808. Papyrus 622

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 622
Title:
Repayment of a Loan (P.Grenf. I 26, P.Lond. III 622 descr., TM 48348)
Scope & Content:
Record of the repayment of a loan of 56 artabas of wheat, drawn up in the notarial office of Pathyris. Psenenoupis, son of Onnophris, had lent the wheat from Herienouphis (Herianoupis), who acknowledges receipt of repayment. With summary on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
30 November 109 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, square-shaped, with some holes especially along the left edge (front), but well preserved as to the rest. Writing runs across the fibres on the front and along them on the back. The back bears a one-line docket. On the front there are ten lines, the last of which is indented; paragraphus and blank space divide line 9 from line 10. Margins survive, with the lower measuring 65 mm. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1809. Papyrus 726

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 726
Title:
Acknowledgment of a Loan (P.Grenf. II 88, P.Lond. III 726 descr., TM 41305)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of an acknowledgment of a loan from Aurelius Ioannes, son of Paulus, from the village of Philoxenus in the Arsinoite nome, to Ioannes, keeper of a storehouse of Saint Sergius. The details of the loan are obscure owing to the loss of the text. The docket is on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 December 602
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, with some surface damage in places; written on both sides along the fibres. The back bears one line, which lacks the end; on the front there are 16 lines, but of the last only few traces survive. Side and upper margins are extant and minimal. A sheet-join runs along the height of the sheet at c. 15 x mm from the right edge. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1810. Papyrus 753

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 753
Title:
Appointment of a Delegate (P.Oxy. I 59, P.Lond. III 753 descr., TM 20721)
Scope & Content:
Notification from the senate of Oxyrhyncus through its representant, addressed to the strategus Aurelius Apollonius through his delegate, informing that a certain Theodorus, who had been selected for attending the prefect’s court in Alexandria in place of another man, had claimed exemption as a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
11 February 292
Extent:

Papyrus sheet bearing writing on both sides, the text on the front running along the fibres and that on the back across the fibres; damaged by gaps and wormholes. Housed in one glass case. Number 59 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy I.

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