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1981. Papyrus 559

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 559
Title:
Receipt of a Charioteer (P.Petr. II 25b, P.Lond. III 559 descr., TM 7496)
Scope & Content:
The driver Cephalon acknowledges that he has received from Charmus, agent of Asclepiades, the financial official (oikonomos) of the Arsinoite nome, bread, oil and wine for the drivers, bread and oil for the grooms, besides oil for lighting and further goods on account of a disabled horse and add...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 March 226 BC
Extent:

Fragments that do not belong together of two papyrus sheets from mummy cartonnage, written across the fibres and mounted on cardboard in the same glass case.

Upper papyrus: Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, rubbed and with other surface damage in places; written across the fibres on one side. 22 lines from the top of a column survive, with a trace of another line at the bottom; blank space separates lines 2 and 3; side and upper margins are extant.

Lower papyrus: Small fragment from a light-brown papyrus sheet, with portions of four lines, lacking the beginnings.

1982. Papyrus 701

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 701
Title:
Receipt for Wage Payment (P.Grenf. II 43, P.Lond. III 701 descr., TM 11326)
Scope & Content:
Copy of a receipt acknowledging the payment of 80 drachmas made through the bank of Sarapion in Arsinoe by Tesenouphis, chief of police (archephodus) of Soknopaiou Nesos, to Hathres, a guard in the metropolis, as a wage for two months.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
9 June 92
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, almost complete, lacking part of the lower edge, and damaged by small insect holes and minor abrasion. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There is one column of 17 lines, the last of which is indented. All margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1983. Papyrus 1959

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1959
Title:
Offer to Lease (P.Fam.Tebt. 47 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 47, TM 10756)
Scope & Content:
Herakleos son of Maximus, of Arsinoe, offers to lease from Philantinous alias Herodes and Tanouphis and Didyme, assisted by him, three aruras of land located near the village of Theogonis for a period of four years. The rent is to be paid in kind. The land can be sown with any crop but safflower....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
14 August 195
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, medium-dark brown, with surface damage and breaks along the vertical folds on the left; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 34 lines, complete; blank space was left between lines 30 and 31, and 31 and 32. Lines 2-3, 31, 34 are indented. Margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1984. Papyrus 1985

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1985
Title:
Lease of Crops (P.Fam.Tebt. 5 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 5, TM 10757)
Scope & Content:
Lease of crops of beans and turnips, the lessee being Polemon, son of Heuremon, and the lessor Hermes, son of Didymus. The rent is to be paid in kind and money (40 drachmas). Transport-charges are partly on the lessor and partly on the lessee; with subscription of Polemon written by someone else...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 November 98
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, darker in places, lacking the upper left corner and part of the bottom; damaged along the vertical folds; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 23 lines; margins survive; no blank space was left on the right. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1985. Papyrus 231

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 231
Title:
Letter from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 9, Chrest.Wilck. 322, P.Lond. II 231 descr., TM 16866)
Scope & Content:
Letter to Abinnaeus from Demetrius, reiterating the request to seize all natron imported in Arsinoe or elsewhere, which had been made in an earlier communication. Abinnaeus should keep guard over the natron of the treasury, detain the people whom he might catch, and inform Demetrius. With addres...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 346
Extent:

Papyrus sheet of lighter colour in the upper part, torn at the top (front) but otherwise well preserved; writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back bearing two lines. On the front there is one column of 20 lines, the first of which is mutilated. Lines 17-19 are written in the right margin, and line 20 almost in the middle of the sheet, after some blank space. Left and lower margins are extant; the right margin is minimal and the upper margin is damaged. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1986. Papyrus 419

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 419
Title:
Petition from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 54, P.Lond. II 419 descr., SB VIII 9691, TM 10045)
Scope & Content:
A fragmentary petition from Flavius Agathus, who accuses some individuals and complains about a police officer's (eirenarch) negligence due to the fact that his son was among the perpetrators.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
346
Extent:

Fragmentary papyrus sheet, mutilated at the top and left and damaged throughout, with the surface abraded in places and a few holes in the preserved portion. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; parts of thirty-three lines are preserved. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1987. Papyrus 679

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 679
Title:
Sale of a Share of Priests’ Accommodation (P.Grenf. II 35, P.Lond. III 679 descr., TM 115)
Scope & Content:
Contract drawn up in Pathyris before Hermias, representative of the notary Paniscus, for the sale of a quarter of a pastophorion (accommodation of a priest) located in the temple in Pathyris at the price of 3000 drachmas. The sellers are two brothers of Harsiesis, priests in the temple, and the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
February 98 BC
Extent:

Papyrus roll made up of three sheets, well-preserved and almost complete, only lacking the bottom right corner and displaying some holes and minor surface damage in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front there is one wide column of 11 lines, under which there is a line, indented, and another small and narrow column of 6 lines. Margins survive. There are two sheet-joins running along the height of the roll. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1988. Papyrus 765

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 765
Title:
Copy of a Sale of House Property (P.Oxy. I 99, P.Lond. III 765 descr., TM 20758)
Scope & Content:
Copy of a deed of sale whereby a three-storey house in Oxyrhynchus is being purchased for 32 talents of copper by Tryphon, son of Dionysius, from Pnepheros, his mother’s cousin, son of Papontos. Descriptions of the physical features of the men and of the location of the house are provided. At th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4 September 55
Extent:

Papyrus sheet written on one side and nearly fully preserved, although damaged by holes throughout and lacking the portion on the right-hand side. A fragment is misplaced in the frame, currently covering parts of the ends of lines 3-10; it belongs in the gap at the bottom, containing letters from lines 16-19; mounted on cardboard in one glass case.

1989. Papyrus 919(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 919(A-B)
Title:
Tax Receipt (P.Lond. III 919a, TM 11814), and Census Declaration (P.Lond. III 919b, TM 22715)
Scope & Content:
Left papyrus (A) (P.Lond. III 919a, TM 11814): Receipt acknowledging money payments made to Horus and the other tax collectors of Soknopaiou Nesos on account of the tax on pasture. Dated to 3 February 152. Right papyrus (B) (P.Lond. III 919b, TM 22715): Census declaration by Tyrannus, who lives...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
152-175
Extent:

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

Left papyrus (A): Complete sheet, damaged by holes throughout and abraded in the left portion; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 11 lines; all margins are extant, the right being minimal.

Right papyrus (B): Sheet broken off at the top and bottom, with few holes; slightly abraded, especially in the right portion. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are 16 lines, with traces of another line at the top. The left margin is extant; no margin was left to the right.

1990. Papyrus 1873

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1873
Title:
Homer, Iliad II (P.Lond.Lit. 6, TM 60260, LDAB 1380, MP3 643), and Other Texts (TM 113039)
Scope & Content:
Portions of a papyrus roll containing lines from Homer’s Iliad II, with marginal annotations and stichometry, end-title, and a prose introduction to the Iliad; other texts (further lines from the Iliad, a name, and documentary texts) are present at the end of the recto and on the verso. Papyrus...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1-87
Extent:

Fragments of a medium-brown papyrus roll, darkened in places; housed in seven glass frames named Papyrus 1873(1), Papyrus 1873(2), Papyrus 1873(3), Papyrus 1873(4), Papyrus 1873(5), Papyrus 1873(6), and Papyrus 1873(7). Each sheet forming the roll is about 165 mm wide; the front of the roll has 22 columns written parallel to the fibres, with each column measuring 190 x 180 mm on average and having about 35 lines.Occasionally, there is writing on the back, running across the fibres. Seven fragments of the same roll are now in Manchester, John Rylands Library (Gr. 540 Ro), one fragment at the Library of Congress of Washington (inv. 4082 B), another at the Pierpont Morgan Library (inv. M662B(6b) + (27k)), and one at the Universitätsbibliothek in Giessen (inv. 213).

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