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1841. Papyrus 504

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 504
Title:
Fragment of a Petition (P.Petr. II 1, P.Petr. III 36c, P.Lond. III 504 descr., TM 7435)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a petition for redress of injury and imprisonment by Athenodorus, requesting protection from the chief of the guards (archiphylakites) and another man. Written on Epeiph 27 (line 1).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet from mummy cartonnage, lacking its left half, but well preserved in the surviving portion. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank; there are 26 lines, well preserved, but lacking the beginnings with the exception of line 26. Upper, lower and right margins are minimal. A sheet-join runs along the height of the sheet at c. 60 mm from the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1842. Papyrus 1376

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1376
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1380, TM 19835)
Scope & Content:
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, who is being scolded for a delay in the delivery of two thirds of the gold taxes: there is no good excuse for this, given the good produce of the fields, and the arrears shall be dispatched immediately. Dated ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1 June 710
Extent:

Long and well preserved fragment from a papyrus roll, lacking one line at the beginning and a couple of letters on the right-hand side of the first few lines. On the verso, one line with the endorsement.

1843. Papyrus 1386(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1386(A-B)
Title:
Letters of the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1389, P.Lond. IV 1390, TM 19842, 20494)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary letters of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik. Left papyrus (A) (P.Lond. IV 1390, TM 20494): Letter of the governor to Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, with the order to send nails to be used for the building of ships at once. Dated 22 January 710. P.Ross.Georg. IV 9...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
709-714
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, bearing writing on one side, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Left papyrus (A): Left-hand portion of a papyrus, medium-brown, broken off at the top; the beginnings of 10 lines written across the fibres survive, with traces of another line at the top. Left and lower margins are extant. Horizontal folds are visible. Three fragments of the same letter are now at the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, inventoried as 13336 f and published as P.Ross.Georg. IV 9. The fragments preserve the right-hand portion of lines 7-10.

Right papyrus (B): Right-hand portion of a papyrus, medium-brown, broken off at the top and with holes regularly distributed along the right and left edges. The ends of 8 lines written across the fibres survive, with the lower margin. No margin was left on the right.

1844. Papyrus 1396

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1396
Title:
Official Letter of the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius (SB XX 15102, P.Lond. IV 1405, TM 23881)
Scope & Content:
Letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, complaining about the quality of the tax money paid to the treasury, poorly minted, and asking that the matter be investigated. The right-hand half of the papyrus is now in Berlin.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
19 February 709
Extent:
Left-hand portion of a papyrus the right-hand portion of which is now in Berlin (P. 25040); medium-dark brown; broken off at the top; written on one side, the back being blank. The front bears the beginnings of 16 lines running against the fibres; the ends are preserved on the fragment in Berlin. Horizontal folds are still visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1845. Papyrus 1752

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1752
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1377, P.Ross.Georg. IV 8, TM 20493)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a letter of governor Qurrah ben Sharik, possibly to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, another portion of which is preserved in a papyrus at the Hermitage Museum. The governor orders the recipient to instruct his people not to sell materials at a higher price than the fixed tariff establ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2 May 710
Extent:
Right-hand portion of a medium-to-dark brown papyrus, additional portions of which are now in St Petersburg, Hermitage Museum inventoried as 13335. The writing runs on one side and the back is blank. The front bears the ends of 13 lines written across the fibres; lower and right margins survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1846. Papyrus 2526

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2526
Title:
Miscellaneous Documents from the Archive of Marcus Aurelius Diogenes (TM 26619, 26622, 26628, 26629, 26630, 26632, 26633, 40787, 40788, 40789, 40790)
Scope & Content:
A (P.Diog. 54, TM 26628): Fragmentary document, apparently an account. B (P.Diog. 43, TM 26622): Fragmentary document, apparently concerned with taxes (back).The front bears a few letters. Another fragment is Papyrus 2502(B). C (P.Diog. 55, TM 40787): Fragment of a papyrus, blank on one side, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
132-248
Extent:

Fourteen papyrus fragments, not belonging together, housed in one glass frame.

A: Dark-brown papyrus fragment with detached scrap, with surface damage; written on one side along the fibres. The back is blank.

B: Dark-brown papyrus fragment, written on both sides; the front bears a few letters written along the fibres; the back contains parts of one column written across the fibres. Another fragment is Papyrus 2502(B).

C: Medium-brown papyrus strip; written on one side across the fibres, being blank on the front. The writing is effaced.

D: Small papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; the front bears two words running along the fibres; the back is blank except for a small trace of ink.

E: Dark-brown papyrus fragment, blank on either side.

F: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, written on one side along the fibres. The text on the front is effaced, the back is blank.

G: Lower left portion of a medium-brown papyrus, written on one side across the fibres; the front bears the beginnings of 6 lines; lower and left margins survive. The back is blank.

H: Medium-brown papyrus fragment, darker in places, broken off on all sides, written on one side along the fibres; portions of 12 lines survive. The back is blank.

I: Small dark-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears a few letters running along the fibres. The back is blank.

J: Small dark-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears traces of one letter, running along the fibres. The back is blank.

K: Dark-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears traces of a few lines running along the fibres. The back is blank.

L: Dark-brown papyrus fragment, written on one side along the fibres. The front bears traces of a few lines running along the fibres. The back is blank.

M: Small medium-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears a few letters from 3 lines. The back is blank.

N: Small medium-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the top, broken off on the other sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears a few letters from 7 lines. The back is blank.

1847. Papyrus 230

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 230
Title:
Psalms and Isocrates, Ad Demonicum (P.Lond.Lit. 207, P.Lond.Lit. 255, TM 62310, LDAB 6473, MP3 1245, 2751.434)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a papyrus roll with two texts, presumably teachers’ models (Cribiore 1996; Barker 2007). Recto (P.Lond.Lit. 207): Psalms 11(12):7-14(15):4, with titles and syllabification through supralinear dots as a reading aid (against Jourdan-Hemmerdinger (1979), who suggests that the dots are m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
mid 3rd century- mid 4th century
Extent:

Portion of a papyrus roll, pale-brown, broken off on the sides, with holes and surface damage in places; written on both sides. The front bears two columns of 37 lines each, written along the fibres; the width of the column is 130 mm; the intercolumn varies between 35 and 10 mm. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom along the left edge. The back contains portions of two columns of 25 and 6 lines respectively; the second column is followed by large blank space; the intercolumn measures 30-35 mm. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1848. Papyrus 498

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 498
Title:
Beginning of a Document (P.Petr. I 22(1), P.Petr. III 145 descr., P.Lond. III 498 descr., TM 2897)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of a contract, with date and mention of a certain Aristios of Cyrene.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
250-249 BC
Extent:
Papyrus fragment from mummy cartonnage, broken off at the bottom and sides; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. Portions of 4 lines from the top of a column remain; the upper margin survives. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1849. Papyrus 817

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 817
Title:
Homer, Odyssey VI (P.Fay. 7, P.Lond.Lit. 31, P.Lond. III 817 descr., TM 60263, LDAB 1383, MP3 1064)
Scope & Content:
Fragments containing incomplete lines from Homer’s Odyssey VI. Top left fragment (a): Od. VI 201-203, with small traces of 204; Top centre fragment (b): Od. VI 205-209; Top right fragment (c): Od. VI 255-256; Middle left fragment (d): Od. VI 258-263; a trace of ink is visible above the first...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Early 1st century
Extent:

Seven fragments of varying size from the same papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres, preserving parts of lines belonging to at least three different columns; one column might have contained between 33 and 34 lines, but no line is complete. The lower and right-hand margins survive to 2.1 cm and 4.7 cm respectively on the larger fragment; part of the upper margin is preserved on the upper left-hand side fragment, measuring 1.7 cm. F7 in red refers to the publication in P.Fay. Mounted on cardboard in one glass frame.

1850. Papyrus 1369

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1369
Title:
Official Letter of the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius on the Supply of Wood (P.Lond. IV 1371, TM 19827)
Scope & Content:
Letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, instructing him to send wood for the refitting of the ships in the island of Babylon and receive the acquittances. The account of the articles required follows and includes cloven palm-trunks and fig-trunks.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
710-711
Extent:
Right-hand portion of a medium-brown papyrus roll, broken off at the top, complete at the bottom and right; written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are the ends of 16 lines written across the fibres. The lower margin is extant; no margin was left on the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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