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1911. Papyrus 1895

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1895
Title:
Registration of a Minor (P.Fam.Tebt. 34 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 34, SB V 7604, TM 20963)
Scope & Content:
Lysimachus alias Didymus, son of Heraclides, aged 25, registers the birth of his son Heraclides alias Valerius, aged 20 days; names of the guarantors follow; with signature of Heraclides son of Heraclides at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
24 February 151
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, medium-dark brown, damaged on the left, lacking the lower left border; with a longer strip on the right; written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 12 lines, some of which lack a few letters at the beginning. Upper and lower margin are ample and measure 40 and 55 mm respectively; no space was left on the right. Vertical folds re still visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1912. Papyrus 743

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 743
Title:
Sophocles, Oedipus Rex (P.Oxy. I 22, P.Lond. III 743 descr., P.Lond.Lit. 69 descr., TM 62759, LDAB 3947, MP3 1468)
Scope & Content:
The upper portion of a leaf from a papyrus codex containing verses from Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, one side having verses 375-385 written across the fibres, with heading letters in the upper margin, the other side containing verses 429-441 written along the fibres. Corrections were added by a diffe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Upper portion of a leaf from a papyrus codex, preserving part of one column on each side; broken at the bottom but well preserved as to the rest. The upper margin survives to 3 cm. Ink is faded at places; the heading letter on one side, added at a later stage, is in black ink, the rest being in brown ink; housed in one glass case. Number 22 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy.

1913. Papyrus 781

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 781
Title:
Receipt for Payment in Wine (SB XXII 15368, P.Lond. III 781 descr., P.Oxy. I 207, P.Oxy.Descr. 20, TM 20807)
Scope & Content:
Receipt acknowledging that a quantity of wine (4 and a half knidia) has been given to the headman Alexander by the wine-steward Phoebammon as a payment for nine days’ expenses, from 22nd to 30th Phaophi of the 9th indiction.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 October 590
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, written on one side across the fibres; number 207 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. I. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard and housed in one glass case.

1914. Papyrus 1616(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1616(A-B)
Title:
Contract of Sale in Advance (P.Lond. V 1656, TM 33187) and Lease of Land (P.Lond. V 1833 descr., TM 33196)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. V 1656, TM 33187): Aurelius Apion acknowledges receipt of the price of more than 1000 double-jars (of wine) from Flavius Vitalianus, which he will deliver in the future; the endorsement is on the back. Lower papyrus (B) (P.Lond. V 1833 descr., TM 33196): Fragment of a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

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

Upper papyrus (A): Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and right, and lacking the upper left corner; written on both sides along the fibres. The front bears portions of 12 lines; the upper margin is generous. On the back, there is the beginning of one line.

Lower papyrus (B): Fragment of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and top, complete on the sides; written on one side along the fibres. 9 lines survive on the front, the first and last are fragmentary. Side margins are minimal. The back is blank.

1915. Papyrus 2214

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2214
Title:
Petition (?) (P.Wisc. II 49, TM 26683), and Liturgy List (P.Wisc. II 85, SB VIII 10193, P.Leit. 2, TM 15904)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Wisc. II 49, TM 26683): Fragment of a second- or third-century petition concerning a vineyard, presumably a draft. Verso (P.Wisc. II 85, TM 15904): List submitted by Heraclides, secretary (grammateus) of Oxyrhynchus, nominating men eligible for the supervision of irrigation works. The ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:

Two fragments of a medium-brown papyrus, two additional fragments of which are at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, inventoried as 51; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, the upper fragment bears 9 lines running along the fibres from the top of a column, with upper and left margins; the lower fragment bears portions from the feet of two columns, of which 5 and 3 lines survive; the lower margin measures 60 and 80 mm. The papyrus was cut to host another text on the other side. On the back, there are portions of one column written against the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1916. Papyrus 2383(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2383(A-B)
Title:
Account (P.Lond. VII 2166, TM 2388) and List from the Archive of Zenon (P.Lond. VII 2180, TM 2402)
Scope & Content:
Upper fragment (A) (P.Lond. VII 2166, TM 2388): Account of expenses from the late third or early second century BC, arranged by day (from 13 to 17 of an unknown month) mentioning ship-builders, price of wood, diggers, and transport charges. Lower fragment (B) (P.Lond. VII 2180, TM 2402): List f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

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

Upper fragment(A): Medium-brown, broken off at the top, right and bottom, complete on the left; 9 lines on the front, written along the fibres and lacking the ends; only some traces survive of the first line; the left margin is extant. Folding lines are still visible. A strip of papyrus was glued onto the back; traces of one line running across the fibres and effaced survive.

Lower fragment (B): Fragment of a light-brown papyrus sheet with a darker patch on the back, another portion of which is Papyrus 2384(C); complete at the top and left, and broken off on the other sides; with holes and some surface damage, especially at the bottom; written on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 12 lines from the top of a column, written across the fibres and lacking the ends; only a few traces survive of the last 2 lines. Upper and left margins are extant. Papyrus 2384(C) preserves portions of 6 other lines.

1917. Papyrus 705

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 705
Title:
Deed of Surety on Oath (P.Grenf. II 62, P.Lond. III 705 descr., TM 11364)
Scope & Content:
Statement on oath of Demetrius, son of Satyrus, addressed to the centurion Crenoleius Quintilianus, whereby Demetrius undertakes to be surety of Pasis, son of Apollonius, whom he shall produce whenever requested. With date at the end. The name of Geta was erased in the imperial oath but not in t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
5(?) April 211
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, darker by patches, almost complete but damaged along the sides and displaying some holes in the preserved portion; the back lacks a strip of fibres, which affects the text. Writing runs along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front bears 21 lines, with blank space between lines 16 and 17, which is indented, and between lines 17 and 18. Part of line 6 was erased. Traces of another column are visible at the bottom right margin. Two sheet-joins run along the side edges. Upper and lower margins are preserved. The back bears one column of 12 lines, lacking some letters at the beginning. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1918. Papyrus 718

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 718
Title:
Petition to the Praeses (P.Nekr. 38, P.Grenf. II 78, Chrest.Mitt. 63, TM 22634)
Scope & Content:
A petition to Satrius Arrianus from Syrus, son of Petechon, funerary worker (nekrotaphos), who reports that his wife Tseke and their children, although they are freeborn, have been imprisoned by another family of funerary workers. When he tried to free them, Syrus was beaten. He now asks that hi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
February-March 307
Extent:

Fragments of varying size from a papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres; one of this remain unplaced and is in a different hand. Further fragments of the same sheet are housed in the Sackler Library, Oxford, and contain the beginnings of lines 14-16, 20-21 and 23-36. The margins are 20 mm at the left, 15 at the top, 55 at the bottom, and less than 5 at the right. The back is blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1919. Papyrus 1908

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1908
Title:
Enrolment of new Landowner (P.Fam.Tebt. 25 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 25, TM 10743)
Scope & Content:
The officials of the registers of catoecic land notify another official of the division of Polemon in the Arsinoite nome of the fact that Heracleia, daughter of Hermes, had introduced her cousin Heracleia alias Ninnous as entitled to six aruras of catoecic land, inherited from Cronion.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
25 July-23 August 129
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, broken off to the left, with few insect-holes at the bottom and a break along the vertical fold; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 13 lines lacking the beginning and occupying the upper half of the sheet. The upper and lower margins are extant, the right is minimal and irregular. The blank space at the bottom measures 120 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1920. Papyrus 2049

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2049
Title:
Copy of a Letter about Six Recruits (P.Oxy. VII 1022, ChLA III 215, TM 78569)
Scope & Content:
This is the copy of the letter issued by Gaius Minucius Italus, prefect of Egypt, to Celsianus, commander of the cohors III Ituraerorum, about the enrollment of six recruits in the cohort. For each soldier tria nomina, age, and distinctive physical details are recorded. The senior clerk (cornicu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
after 24 February 103
Extent:
Light-brown papyrus sheet, rectangular in form. The document, consisting of 31 complete lines, is written on the recto, along the fibres. The verso is blank. Left (13 mm), and bottom (79 mm) margins survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

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