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2051. Papyrus 24

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 24
Title:
Petitions (UPZ I 2, TM 3393; UPZ I 52, TM 3443)
Scope & Content:
Recto (UPZ I 2, TM 3393): Petition to the strategus of Memphis, Dionysius, by Harmais, a recluse in the Serapeum, against Nephoris. Nephoris’s daughter Tathemis, who had been living in the temple with Harmais, had deposited a considerable sum of money with Harmais for safekeeping. Nephoris claim...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
163-161 BC
Extent:

Long and narrow medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete, damaged along the folds; written on both sides. On the front, there is one column of 31 lines written along the fibres; all margins are extant, the right being minimal. The back bears two columns written along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2052. Papyrus 1538

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1538
Title:
Selection of a Slave Boy (P.Oxy. IV 714, TM 20414)
Scope & Content:
An application addressed to the strategus Philonicus, the royal scribe Hermodorus, to two keepers of the public archives, both called Dionysius, and to Apollonius, former exegetes and scribe, from Apollonius, who states that his house-born slave boy has reached the age of 13. Because his fiscal ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
14 February 122
Extent:

Two fragments of a long and narrow papyrus slip, broken off at the top, lacking portions of the right half and with some lines lost between the two fragments; small holes and surface damage affect both fragments. The upper fragment preserves 7 lines, with traces of one line at the top and one line at the bottom; in the lower fragment 27 lines remain, some of which are mutilated. The left margin is extant, no margin was left at the right and the blank at the bottom measures 145 mm. A sheet-join runs along the height of the sheet at c. 10 mm from the right edge. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. IV. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2053. Papyrus 113 (10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 113 (10)
Title:
Receipt for Payment (P.Lond. I 113.10r, Chrest.Wilck. 8, TM 11622) and Private Letter (SB I 5309, TM 33997)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. I 113.10, Chrest.Wilck. 8, TM 11622): Oath and receipt issued by the elders of Kaminoi, an Arsinoite village, and addressed to the pagarch Flavius Theodoracius, acknowledging the payment for the supplies provided by the inhabitants of the village. A requisition for the troops had ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7th century
Extent:
A papyrus sheet, written on both sides and damaged throughout; housed in one glass case.

2054. Papyrus 421

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 421
Title:
Receipts (P.Lond. II 421r. descr. TM 91815) and Fragment of a Letter (P.Abinn. 40, P.Lond. II 421v., TM 16867)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Receipts in two columns, dated in 322. Unpublished. Verso (P.Abinn. 40): End of a letter, in which it is requested that someone be compelled to contribute to the mooring fees for a ship and that something be fetched from the village of Taurinou. Details are unclear due to the portion lac...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
322
Extent:

Papyrus sheet made out of two separate fragments roughly joined; the join is visible at c. 67 mm from the left edge of the recto. Both sides bear writing, with the text running along the fibres on the recto and across them on the verso. The recto has remains of two columns in different hands: of the first, only the ends of the lines survive, whereas of the second the beginnings of the lines remain. The verso contains the end of one column. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

2055. Papyrus 2466

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2466
Title:
Letter from Alexandria (?) (P.Oxy. XII 1589, TM 33659), and Order for Payment of Barley (P.Oxy. XII 1575, TM 21938)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Oxy. XII 1589, TM 33659): A fragmentary letter in which the sender mentions his coming to Egypt, and gives instructions as to the dispatch of some wine. Verso (P.Oxy. XII 1575, TM 21938): An order from Sarapion to his sister Sarapias to give their brother Dionysius 1 artaba of barley. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

A small papyrus sheet, bearing writing on either side. The recto is written across the fibres and contains portions of two short columns; of the first only the ends of the lines survive. The intercolumn measures 15 mm. The verso is written along the fibres and has 4 complete lines. The papyrus is mounted in a glass case.

2056. Papyrus 1266(A-H)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1266(A-H)
Title:
Customs-House Receipts (P.Lond. III 1266(a-h), P.Customs 268, TM 11781-11784, 11786-11788, 20916)
Scope & Content:
Customs-house receipts acknowledging payments made for import and export of various goods. A (P.Lond. III 1266(a), TM 11781): Receipt acknowledging that Phanouphis paid the 1 and 2% tax at the gate of Soknopaiou Nesos for import of wine on one camel. Dated 9 July 214. With original clay seal at...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
171-215
Extent:

Eight small papyrus sheets bearing writing on one side, with the back blank; mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

A: Medium-brown, complete, with some surface damage; 10 lines running along the fibres; margins minimal. With original clay seal at the bottom

B: Riddled with holes and darkened at the top; 8 lines running along the fibres; margins minimal; with original clay seal at the bottom.

C: Complete, with damage along the two vertical folds; 7 lines running along the fibres; margins minimal; with original clay seal at the bottom.

D: Light-brown, with some holes and abrasion; 5 lines running along the fibres; margins minimal. With original clay seal at the bottom.

E: Light-brown, with some holes and abrasion, especially on the left; 7 lines running along the fibres; side and upper margins minimal.

F: Light-brown, with some surface damage; 5 lines written along the fibres in the upper part of the sheet; upper and side margins minimal. With original clay seal at the bottom.

G: Badly abraded at the top; 9 lines running along the fibres; margins minimal.

H: Broken off at the top and with some surface damage; 6 lines running along the fibres; margins minimal; remains of clay seal at the bottom.

2057. Papyrus 1552

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1552
Title:
Dioscorus of Aphrodito, Encomiastic Poems to Romanus (P.Aphrod.Lit. IV 4, P.Lond.Lit. 98, P.Lond. V 1817 descr., TM 59713, LDAB 817, MP3 348.02 = Pack 351 partim).
Scope & Content:
Iambic and hexameter encomiastic poems with titles, dedicated to Romanus and written by Dioscorus of Aphrodito. The second encomium is acrostic. Column 1, lines 1–18: Romanus is praised for his fortune, his class, his faculty as a protector of the public and his ability to write pleasant speec...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:
Well-preserved fragment from a papyrus roll; writing is along the fibres on one side and two columns are preserved; of the first column only the ends of lines survive and its biggest portion is contained in a papyrus held in the Institute of Papyrology in Sorbonne and published as P.Rein. II 82. The second column is fully preserved. A sheet-joint is visible. Mounted in a glass case.

2058. Papyrus 2053

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2053
Title:
The Exodus-Revelation Papyrus (P.Lond.Lit. 203, P.Oxy. VIII 1075, TM 62314, LDAB 3477; P.Lond.Lit. 219, P.Oxy. VIII 1079, TM 61636, LDAB 2786, Gregory-Aland P18, van Haelst 559 )
Scope & Content:
Recto: Exodus 11: 26-32 with colophon. Verso: Revelation 1: 4-7.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

Fragment of a roll or codex; writing is on both sides, along the fibres on the recto and across them on the verso; one column is preserved on both sides, the recto containing 23 lines, the verso 17 lines. Framed in a glass case.

2059. Papyrus 2055

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2055
Title:
Commentary on Iliad II (P.Oxy VIII 1086, P.Lond.Lit. 176, TM 61148, LDAB 2287, MP3 1173), and Medical Text (P.Oxy VIII 1088, P.Lond.Lit. 168, TM 63118, LDAB 2409, MP3 2409)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Oxy VIII 1086, P.Lond.Lit. 176, TM 61148): Commentary on Iliad II.751-827, product of the Aristarchean school; quoting Odyssey XI 164-203, Alcaeus (48 Lobel), Aristarchus, Pindar (fr. 92 Schroeder), Praxiphanes; assigned to the 1st century BC. Verso (P.Oxy VIII 1088, P.Lond.Lit. 168, T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century BC-1st century
Extent:

Portion of a papyrus roll, medium-brown, with detached scraps; fair condition, with minor surface damage in places; written on both sides. The text on the front runs along the fibres and is broken off on the sides; portions of three columns survive, with 40 lines to the column; the second column is complete and measures 155 x 205 mm; margins are very narrow. A sheet-join is visible left of centre. On the back, there are three columns, overall well preserved and almost complete, running across the fibres and written the other way up in relation to the text on the front; traces of a fourth column are visible. The first column is preceded by ample blank space; intercolumn and part of the upper and lower margins survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2060. Papyrus 113 (9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 113 (9)
Title:
Miscellaneous Documents (P.Lond. I 113.9(a-e), TM 38882-38884, 78451, 38886)
Scope & Content:
113.9(a) (P.Lond. I 113.9(A), TM 38882): A seventh-century receipt of 2 artabas and 7 twelfths of grain, dated 23th Thoth, 1st indiction; a place in the Arsinoite nome named Tarchion epoikion is mentioned. 113.9(b) (P.Lond. I 113.9(b), Stud.Pal. VIII 1159, TM 38883): A seventh-century document ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7th century
Extent:

Five documents of varying size, some of which have traces of writing on the other side as well; named ‘a-e’ inside the frame, which originally contained Papyrus 116 as well. d-e are on parchment.

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