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2001. Papyrus 406

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 406
Title:
Petition of Maria to Abinnaeus (P.Abinn. 56, P.Lond. II 406, Chrest.Mitt. 128, TM 10047)
Scope & Content:
A petition addressed to Flavius Abinnaeus from Aurelia Maria of Hermopolis, who complains that her parents’ inheritance has been seized and partly sold by her brother. Maria asks that her brother be compelled to return the property so that it may be divided equally.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 346
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and left. Writing is on one side along the fibres. Portions of 15 lines are preserved, lacking c. 4 letters at the beginning; the last line is more fragmentary. The upper margin is preserved, the right is minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2002. Papyrus 660

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 660
Title:
Acknowledgment of Repayment of a Loan (P.Grenf. II 26, P.Lond. III 660 descr., TM 70)
Scope & Content:
Document drawn up in the notarial office in Pathyris before Hermias, recording the repayment of a loan of money from Peteharsemtheus and his three brothers to Horus, son of Paous. Peteharsemtheus and his brothers had requested the loan on behalf of their grandmother Tareesis, who had borrowed th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
10 December 103 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete but damaged along the central horizontal fold and along the upper and lower edges; well preserved as to the rest. Writing runs along the fibres on both sides; the back bears two lines and displays some dark spots throughout; on the front there is one column of 26 lines; margins are extant, with the upper and lower being wide and the right irregular and minimal. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

2003. Papyrus 2446

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2446
Title:
Homer, Iliad XV (P.Oxy. XI 1392, P.Lond.Lit. 23, TM 60831, LDAB 1959, MP3 921)
Scope & Content:
Left-hand portion of a column with parts of Iliad XV, 303-325, from the library of Aurelia Ptolemais. On the back there are remains of a third-century document.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

Fragment of papyrus, broken off at the bottom and right (front), with small insect holes and minor surface damage; written on both sides. On the front there are the beginnings of 23 lines; upper and lower margins survive. On the back there are some strips of papyrus glued onto the surface in order to strengthen the roll; traces of writing running across the lines survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

2004. Papyrus 2652

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2652
Title:
Account, Archilochus and Euripides (Pap.Lugd.Bat. XX 14-15, P.Lond.Lit. 54, 73, TM 1845-6, 91989)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (Pap.Lugd.Bat. XX 14, P.Lond.Lit. 54, TM 91989, TM 1845, LDAB 333, MP3 130): On one side (verso in Milne, Roberts, et al., possibly recto in Prodi 2019), Archilochus’ tetrameters, perhaps from the end of the work (Prodi 2019); on the other side (possibly verso in Prodi 2019), p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Mid 3rd century BC
Extent:

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

Upper papyrus (A): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, with writing on both sides along the fibres; on one side, there are portions of 8 lines lacking the beginnings; a blank space of 40 mm follows on the right; on the other side are portions of 1 column, written perpendicularly in relation to the other text.

Lower papyrus (B): Medium-brown papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides; with writing on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, portions of two columns survive, originally of 27 lines; intercolumn extant.

2005. Papyrus 582

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 582
Title:
Letter to Elephant Hunters (P.Petr. II 40a, P.Petr. III 53g, Chrest.Wilck. 452, P.Lond. III 582 descr., TM 7473)
Scope & Content:
Letter of Marnes to Nektenibis, Atibis and others, reassuring them that the time left for them to stay there is little: the change-over is being prepared and the elephant hunters will soon be there. They should expect a supply of grain from Heroonpolis. Marnes inquires about the price of grain a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
30 November 224 BC
Extent:

Three fragments of a long and narrow papyrus sheet from mummy cartonnage, with holes and surface damage throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Part of one column remains, with some lines lost in between the fragments; traces of ink are visible in the left margin. A sheet-join runs along the height in the right margin. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2006. Papyrus 747

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 747
Title:
Draft of a Proclamation to Ephebi (P.Oxy. I 42, P.Lond. III 747 descr., Chrest.Wilck. 154, Sel.Pap. II 238, TM 20703)
Scope & Content:
Draft of a proclamation from Dioscorides, logistes (curator) of the Oxyrhynchite nome, with some corrections, concerning a contest of ephebi (youths) taking place the following day: the youths should do their outmost in the performances. Some blank space is followed by the date in a different ha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
18 January 323
Extent:

An incomplete papyrus sheet written on both sides along the fibres, with only a couple of words on the back, lacking much of its left-hand side. Number 42 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. Housed in one glass case. Presumably a draft.

2007. Papyrus 1728

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1728
Title:
Arbitration (P.Lond. V 1709, TM 19726) and Anthology with Miscellaneous Poems (P.Aphrod.Lit. IV 47, 37, 35, TM 59715, LDAB 819, MP3 351.01)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Arbitration over inheritance written in Coptic and concerning the same family as the one of P.Cair.Masp. 67006. The papyrus may well be part of the same roll as Papyrus 1745, with a lacuna between them. The plaintiffs, Victorine and Phoebammon, children of the deacon Ioannes, complain ab...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
ca. 566-568
Extent:

Fragment of a dark papyrus, which is the first part of the same roll of which Papyrus 1745 is the latter portion; a gap is between them. Better preserved than Papyrus 1745; written on both sides.

2008. Papyrus 412

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 412
Title:
Petition of Heron to Abinnaeus on Burglary (P.Abinn. 55, P.Lond. II 412, TM 10046)
Scope & Content:
A petition to Flavius Abinnaeus, ex protector and prefect of the ala at Dionysias, from Aurelius Heron, deacon of the village of Berenikis. Heron accuses a certain Euporus of the village of Philagris of burglary. Euporus allegedly stole Heron’s clothing. He should be apprehended.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
11 February 351
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, with a pattern of wormholes in its lower half and incomplete at the bottom; the surface is abraded in places. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. All margins are extant, the right being minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2009. Papyrus 563

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 563
Title:
Receipt of a Donkey Driver (P.Petr. II 25f, P.Lond. III 563 descr., TM 7500)
Scope & Content:
The donkey driver Horus acknowledges receipt of some goods, which the papyrus does not preserve, from Charmus, representative of Asclepiades, the financial official (oikonomos) of the Arsinoite nome. Double document, with the inner text being a shorter version.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
11 March 226 BC
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, reused for mummy cartonnage, broken off at the bottom, lacking the upper right corner and with surface damage in places; written on one side across the fibres. The beginnings of 8 lines remain, with line 8 being mutilated. Blank space separates lines 2 and 3. Upper and left margins survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2010. Papyrus 703

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 703
Title:
Application for Verification of Status (P.Grenf. II 49, P.Lond. III 703 descr., TM 11333)
Scope & Content:
Didymus and his wife Isis, residents of a quarter of Arsinoe, state that their son Anubas has entered his fourteenth year and apply for verification of his social and fiscal status, providing a list of the past census returns. With subscription of Apollonius, former exegetes and gymnasiarch, thr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 December 141
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, darkened in places, broken off at the top and left, and lacking part of the lower margin; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 17 lines, some of which lack the beginnings; the beginning of the text is not preserved. Part of the lower margin survives; no margin was left to the right; the other margins are lost. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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