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2021. Papyrus 246

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 246
Title:
Undertaking from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 61, P.Lond. II 246, TM 10053)
Scope & Content:
Aurelius Iulius of Dionysias undertakes to produce Ammonius, son of Soouk, of the village of Taurinou, whenever he is requested. The document is addressed to Flavius Abinnaeus. After some blank space there is the date and the undertaking is repeated. Paulus wrote on behalf of Iulius, who is illi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
21 August 346
Extent:

Fully preserved papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres. All margins are extant, the upper being slightly damaged. Vertical folds are visible. The blank space at the bottom measures 90 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2022. Papyrus 350

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 350
Title:
Application for Lease of Land (P.Lond. II 350, Chrest.Wilck. 353, TM 11731)
Scope & Content:
An application addressed to Monimus Gemellus, royal scribe of the division of Herakleides, from five men of Soknopaiou Nesos, Stotoetis, Panephremmis, Horus, Pacysis, and Amunis, for leasing 150 aruras of shore-land. The lease is for one year and the rent is of two drachmas per arura. With subsc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 October 212
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete but damaged at the bottom and along the vertical folds. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The text is complete and consists of one wide column of 20 lines. Left, upper and lower margins are extant, with the blank space at the bottom measuring 50 mm; no margin was left at the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2023. Papyrus 422

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 422
Title:
Memorandum from the Abinnaeus Archive (P.Abinn. 42, P.Lond. II 422, TM 32679)
Scope & Content:
End of a memorandum from Romanus to Geladius, two military officers, the beginning of which is contained in a Geneva papyrus formerly published as P.Gen I 79. Geladius, who is going to Arsinoe, is reminded to look for a certain Cronius, a barber who had escaped from Lykopolis after having pawned...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
325-375
Extent:

Lower portion of a papyrus sheet, the upper part of which is a Geneva papyrus published as P.Gen. I 79. The two fragments join. Writing is on both sides along the fibres, with the back having one line split between the two fragments. On the front the Geneva papyrus contains twelve lines of a text, the BL fragment has the remaining five lines. The BL papyrus is housed in a glass case.

2024. Papyrus 1934

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1934
Title:
Tax Receipts (P.Fam.Tebt. 26 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 26, TM 10744)
Scope & Content:
Two receipts issued by the tax-collector Castor for payments made by Heraclides son of Maron on account of taxes, including those also chargeable to his wife Didyme, daughter of Lysimachus. Lines 1-6: First receipt, dated 16 December 129. Lines 7-12: Second receipt, dated 6 January 131.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
129-131
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, medium-brown, damaged along the left edge and at the bottom; with insect-holes in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 12 lines, with blank space between lines 6 and 7. The upper margin is extant, no margin was left on the right; four vertical folds are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2025. Papyrus 346

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 346
Title:
Receipts for Payments of Grain (P.Lond. II 346 a-c, TM 11725-11727)
Scope & Content:
Three receipts issued by Sarapion and the other directors of the granary (sitologi) of Neilopolis for the payments of three artabas of wheat made by two inhabitants of Soknopaiou Nesos. Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. II 346a, TM 11725): Receipt issued for Anchopis, son of Pabous, dated to 30 May 19...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
May-June 194
Extent:

Three papyrus sheets written on one side and with the back blank; mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Complete, damaged by small holes; bearing 6 complete lines, written along the fibres. Margins are extant, with no margin having been left to the right.

Papyrus in the centre (B): Light-brown, square-shaped; almost complete, only lacking the bottom left corner; bearing 8 complete lines, written along the fibres.

Lower papyrus (C): Complete, light-brown along the left edge; bearing 5 complete lines, written across the fibres. Margins are extant, the upper and right being minimal.

2026. Papyrus 881

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 881
Title:
Sale of Land (P.Lond. III 881, Chrest.Mitt. 153, TM 86)
Scope & Content:
Deed drawn up in the office of the notary Sosus by his agent Hermias recording the sale of one and a quarter arura of land in the plain of Pathyris by Pmois, son of Thotortaeus, to Kobahetesis and her four sons at the price of three bronze talents; with summary of the deed (scriptura interior) in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
10 March 108 BC
Extent:
Light-brown papyrus roll of fine quality, complete and well preserved. On the front, there are 3 columns; the first column has 8 lines written across the fibres, as the first sheet of the roll displays vertical fibres; the second column is wide and has 16 complete lines; the third column has 7 lines in Greek, followed by some blank space and 7 lines in Demotic. Margins are extant; sheet-joins are visible. On the back, there are dark spots and traces of ink. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2027. Papyrus 736

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 736
Title:
Account (P.Lond. III 736 ro. descr., TM 29240), and Homer, Iliad (P.Lond.Lit. 15, P.Lond. III 736 vo. descr., TM 60677, LDAB 1802, MP3 817)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. III 736 ro. descr., TM 29240): Remains of accounts written the other way up in relation to the text on the back, and other writing, unpublished. Verso (P.Lond.Lit. 175, TM 60832): Portions with Homer, Iliad VIII 1-22 (line 6 omitted), 49-52, 63-65 67(?), 95, 98-109, 111-120, 128-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:
Fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, with some insect holes, written on both sides; the front is darkened in places and preserves portions of some lines from various texts, some written upside down in relation to the text on the back. On the back, there are portions of four columns written across the fibres, with no complete line; each column had 48 lines. Part of the upper and lower margins and of the intercolumn survive. The fragments are mounted in a glass frame.

2028. Papyrus 2435

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2435
Title:
Abstracts of Contracts (P.Oxy. XIV 1648, TM 29012), and Acta Appiani (P.Oxy. I 33, P.Lond.Lit. 119, Chrest.Wilck. 20, TM 58945, LDAB 40)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Oxy. XIV 1648, TM 29012): Late-second-century register containing abstracts of contracts and other transactions concerning the property of a family, deposited in the archives of Oxyrhynchus. The transactions include sale of slaves, house-property and land, tax-receipts, a loan, division...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Late 2nd century- 1st half of 3rd century
Extent:

Portion of a papyrus roll another fragment of which is in the Beinecke Library, Yale; with some surface damage throughout; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are portions of four columns running along the fibres, the last being fragmentary. The papyrus was then cut to size and pasted onto other discarded papyrus to host the text on the other side. On the back there are five columns of 14-15 lines each, written across the fibres; the Yale fragment preserves the rest of the first column and the two preceding columns. The modern annotation in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. I. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2029. Papyrus 18

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 18
Title:
Accounts on the Grain Allowance of the Twin Sisters of the Serapeum (P.Lond. I 18, UPZ I 54-55, TM 3445-6)
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 3445): Account recording the amounts of olyra (a type of wheat) received as allowance by the twin sisters of the Serapeum Taous and Tages during the 18th, 19th, and part of the current 20th year (reign of Ptolemy VI and Cleopatra II). With closing greetings. Verso (TM 3446): Account o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
161 BC
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved. The writing runs on both sides. On the front, there are 35 lines running along the fibres; all margins are extant. On the back, there are 7 lines running along the fibres and traces of 2 other lines written along the fibres the other way up. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2030. Papyrus 707

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 707
Title:
Contract for the Hire of Two Dancers (P.Grenf. II 67, Chrest.Wilck. 497, P.Lond. III 707 descr., TM 11366)
Scope & Content:
Aurelius Asclas, president of the village council of Bakchias, wants to hire from Aurelius Theon two female dancers, who are to perform for ten days and will receive 36 drachmas per day besides some goods in kind and three donkeys for their commute. With dating clause at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6 August 237
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, incomplete, lacking part of the left portion and damaged by insect holes, especially along the vertical folds; minor abrasion affects the lower portion of the sheet. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There is one column of 27 lines, many of which lack the beginnings. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

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