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1881. Papyrus 1951

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1951
Title:
Receipt of Money (P.Fam.Tebt. 7 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 7, TM 10764)
Scope & Content:
Dioscorus alias Castor, son of Cronion and Apollonarion, acknowledges receipt of 401 silver drachmas and 2 obols from Heraclides, son of Maron, his uncle; the sum is one third of what was still owed by Heraclides to Apollonarion’s sons out of 2000 silver drachmas, bequeathed to Apollonarion by Ap...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
102-103
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, broken off at the top, lacking the upper left corner and damaged by insect holes throughout; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 25 lines written along the fibres; 4 lines are lost at the top. Part of the left margin survives; no blank space was left on the right. The back bears two lines written along the fibres at the top right. Folding lines are still visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1882. Papyrus 1954

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1954
Title:
Loan of Wheat (P.Fam.Tebt. 4 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 4, TM 10751)
Scope & Content:
Loan of 9 2/3 artabas of wheat bearing interest, the lessor being Lysimachus, son of Didymus, aged 32, and the lessees Chaeremon and Cronion, sons of Acusilaus, aged 25 and 22 respectively. Chaeremon and Cronion are mutual security and shall return the wheat in the month of Payni; with subscripti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
5 January 94
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, medium-brown, lacking the lower left corner and damaged by insect holes throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 34 lines; lines 24-34 lack the beginnings. The upper margin is extant, the left and lower partly survive; no margin was left on the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1883. Papyrus 1957

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1957
Title:
Receipt of Money (P.Fam.Tebt. 10 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 10, TM 10727)
Scope & Content:
Castor, son of Cronion and Apollonarion, aged 22, acknowledges receipt of 401 silver drachmas and 2 obols from Heraclides, son of Maron, his uncle; the sum is one third of what was still owed by Heraclides to Apollonarion’s sons out of 2000 silver drachmas, bequeathed to Apollonarion by her mothe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 February 108
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, medium-brown, broken off at the bottom and mutilated on the left, complete at the top and right; with insect-holes throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 39 lines, the majority of which lack few letters at the beginning; lines 38-39 are very fragmentary; one additional line is lost at the bottom. The upper margin is extant and ample; no margin was left on the right. Vertical folds are still visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1884. Papyrus 1968

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1968
Title:
Deposit of Money (P.Fam.Tebt. 2 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 2, TM 10737)
Scope & Content:
Chaeremon, son of Harmiysis, aged 47, his son Orsenouphis, aged 21, and his wife Tepheros, aged 40, acknowledge receipt of 36 silver drachmas on deposit from Lysimachus, son of Didymus, aged 35. The money is to be repaid whenever Lysimachus wishes; with subscriptions at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2 April 92
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, medium-brown, lacking the lower left corner; with few holes and surface damage, especially along the horizontal folds; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 34 lines; lines 21-34 lack the beginnings. The upper margin is extant, the left survives up to line 20; the lower margin partly survives; no blank space was left on the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1885. Papyrus 264

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 264
Title:
Demotic Hymn to Sobek (P.Lond. II 264r. descr., TM 130908) and List of Names (P.Lond. II 264v. descr., TM 25618)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. II 264r. descr., TM 130908, LDAB 130908): Five columns, three of which complete, written in Demotic and containing a hymn to Sobek, who is described as a cosmic and solar deity, source of all life; praises are addressed to him. Traces of an underlying Greek text, which was apparen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Fragment from a papyrus roll, written on both sides, bearing Greek writing on the verso and Demotic writing on the recto; traces of an underlying Greek text on the recto, which was washed out, are visible. Overall well preserved, yet incomplete, with holes affecting the writing on both sides; housed in one glass case.

1886. Papyrus 741

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 741
Title:
Herodotus, Historiae I (P.Oxy. I 18, P.Lond.Lit. 102, P.Lugd.Bat. IV 5, TM 60035, LDAB 1149, MP3 466)
Scope & Content:
Fragment containing a prestige copy of Herodotus, Historiae I 105.3-106.1, with the account of the Scythian invasion of Palestine.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

Fragment from a papyrus roll, broken off at the top and sides, darkened in part of the upper portion; the text runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The bottom of a column with parts of 22 lines survives; the column would have measured approximately 110 x 66 mm. The lower margin, which is the only one preserved, measures 70 mm. There are modern annotations, with the number in redreferring to the edition in P.Oxy. I. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1887. Papyrus 779

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 779
Title:
Beginning of a Document (SB XXII 15363, P.Lond. III 779 descr., P.Oxy. I 201, P.Oxy.Descr. 15, TM 20802)
Scope & Content:
Opening formula of a document addressed to Flavius Apion III, with invocation to Christ and dating clause of Mauricius.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 September 593
Extent:

A piece from a papyrus sheet, written on one side and lacking its lower portion; vertical folding lines are visible. Number 201 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. I. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard and housed in one glass case.

1888. Papyrus 1354

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1354
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius on Tax Arrears (P.Lond. IV 1357, Chrest.Wilck. 298, TM 19815)
Scope & Content:
Letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, ordering him to dispatch the arrears of gold-taxes straightaway.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
30 April 710
Extent:
Medium-dark brown papyrus, broken off at the top, overall well preserved; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 10 lines, with traces of another line at the top. Lower and side margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1889. Papyrus 1361

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1361
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (SB X 10453, P.Lond. IV 1340, TM 16760)
Scope & Content:
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, other parts of which are to be found in P.Sorb. inv. 2233. The letter corncerns arrears of taxes and is dated to the 8th indiction, Phaophi 23; with docket on the verso.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 October 709
Extent:

Two fragments of different sizes belonging to the same document as the Sorbonne Papyrus inventoried as 2233; the upper fragment preserves the first five lines of the letter, with Arabic text in line 1, and has the docket on the verso with one line written the other way up; the lower fragment has no writing on the back.

1890. Papyrus 688

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 688
Title:
Tragedy (P.Grenf. II 1, P.Lond.Lit. 80, P.Lond. III 688 descr., TM 65748, LDAB 7002, MP3 1708)
Scope & Content:
Fragments from the same roll as Papyrus 1822, containing trimeters from a tragedy: post-classical? or Euripides’ Oeneus?
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Three fragments of varying size from the same papyrus roll as Papyrus 1822, reused as mummy cartonnage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

Upper left fragment (A.1): Portions of 6 lines, with traces of another line at the bottom; lacking beginnings and ends; no margin extant.

Upper right fragment (A.2): Small fragment with few letters from three lines, wanting beginnings and ends; part of the upper margin survives.

Lower fragment (B): Layer of horizontal fibres lost at the top; traces of two columns; of the first, the ends of 8 lines survive; of the second column, only scant traces from the beginnings of few lines.

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