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2071. Papyrus 673

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 673
Title:
Acknowledgment of the Repayment of a Loan (P.Grenf. II 31, P.Lond. III 673 descr., TM 75)
Scope & Content:
Deed drawn up in the notarial office of Paniscus in Pathyris before his agent Hermias, acknowledging that Paous, son of Horus, has paid the share due to Chaeremon, son of Paniscus, on account of a loan of money contracted by Patous, son of Horus and father of Tareesis. With summary on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 April 104 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete, only lacking a small part of the lower left edge, and with minor damage in places; writing runs along the fibres on the front and across them on the back; on the back there are two lines at the bottom of the sheet; the front bears 18 lines, complete. All margins are extant, the right being irregular and minimal. A sheet-join runs along at the height of the sheet at c. 20 mm from the left edge. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2072. Papyrus 714

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 714
Title:
Sale of a Camel (P.Nekr. 32, P.Grenf. II 74, P.Lond. III 714 descr., TM 22630)
Scope & Content:
Sale of a white female camel, purchased for nine talents by Aurelius Apianus, funerary worker (exopylites) of Kysis, from Aurelius Heron, cavalryman stationed in the village of Tentyra. With Heron’s subscription at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
27 April 302
Extent:

Fragments of a papyrus sheet, damaged along the vertical folds. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Four vertical folds and one horizontal are visible. Left, upper and lower margins measure 20 mm; the right margin is minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2073. Papyrus 33

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 33
Title:
Petition of the Twin Sisters of the Serapeum (UPZ I 39, TM 3430), and Private Letter (UPZ I 74, TM 3465)
Scope & Content:
Draft of a petition to the hypodioiketes Sarapion from the twin sisters Taous and Taoues, who ask for his assistance to receive the oil allowance still due to them. A draft of the beginning of a letter from Apollonius to various individuals is written in the right margin, the other way up in re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
161 BC
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete, but torn along the left edge and in the centre; written on one side along the fibres. On the front, there is a column of 35 lines and another small column of 10 lines written the other way up in relation to the first column, with traces of two erased lines; all margins are extant. The back is blank. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2074. Papyrus 557

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 557
Title:
Legal Proceedings (P.Petr. II 21(a-d), P.Petr. III 24, P.Lond. III 557 descr., Chrest.Mitt. 28, TM 7402)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary proceedings concerning a dispute on a loan of 300 artabas of wheat that Sosus borrowed from Sotaerus. The latter brought Diogenes as a witness; with names of the judges at the beginning and statement of the witness.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
232-231 BC
Extent:

Four papyrus fragments from mummy cartonnage, three of which were joined, with plaster residue and some surface damage; writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The detached fragment contains portions of 15 lines, with only few traces of lines 1 and 15; the larger fragment bears portions of two columns, the first of which is better preserved. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2075. Papyrus 713

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 713
Title:
Letter about a Body (P.Nekr. 28, P.Grenf. II 73, Chrest.Wilck. 127, P.Lond. III 713 descr., TM 31940)
Scope & Content:
A letter from Psenosiris, a presbyter in the Panopolite village of Toeto, to Apollon, a presbyter in the Great Oasis, reporting the arrival of the body of a woman, transported by and entrusted to some funerary workers (nekrotaphoi) until the arrival of her son. The docket is on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Late 3rd century
Extent:

Complete papyrus sheet, darker by patches; the surface is somewhat abraded in places. Writing is on both sides along the fibres, the back having a two-line docket. The left margin measures 5 mm, the upper 15 mm and the lower 60 mm; no margin was left at the right. Housed in a glass case.

2076. Papyrus 802

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 802
Title:
Loan for the Purchase of a House (SB X 10249, P.Oxy. II 318, P.Lond. III 802 descr., TM 16687)
Scope & Content:
A contract for a loan of 160 drachmas of silver to be repaid within the following year, the lessor being Antiphanes, son of Heraclas, and the lessee Tryphon, son of Dionysius, both of Oxyrhynchus. The loan is intended to cover the outstanding sum for the purchase of a house that Antiphanes himse...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
58-59
Extent:

Incomplete papyrus sheet, severely mutilated at the top and in the lower half, and worm-eaten throughout the preserved portion. The surface is abraded in few places. The text runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Parts of one column of 35 lines survive, with lines 5-17 being better preserved and mostly complete. The text was crossed out. Parts of the left and upper margins survive; no margin was left to the right. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2077. Papyrus 575

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 575
Title:
Register of Correspondence (P.Petrie Kleon 88, P.Petr. II 37, P.Petr. III 44(2), P.Lond. III 575 descr., TM 7450)
Scope & Content:
Register of outgoing letters concerning irrigation. Recto Column 1, lines 1-6: Order to supply materials, as the water is rising. Lines 7-end: Report on the gates that had been opened and are in operation, and order to write to the guard of the dyke. Column 2, lines 1-13: Fragmentary letter,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
242-241 BC
Extent:

Papyrus fragment with detached scrap from mummy cartonnage, with traces of plaster in places; lacking part of the top and bottom; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. Each side bears portions of 4 columns; three sheet-joins run along the height of the sheet. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2078. Papyrus 803

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 803
Title:
Notice on the Registration of a Mortgage (P.Oxy. VIII 1105, P.Oxy. II 339 descr., P.Lond. III 803 descr., TM 21730)
Scope & Content:
Phanias, agent of Phanias, asks the notary (agoranomos) of Oxyrhynchus to register a three-year mortgage contract of three-fifths of a three-storey house for a loan of 400 drachmas of silver. The house includes a cellar, courts, and a stone well among the other things. The mortgagee is Thonis, s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
81-96
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and with some surface damage in the preserved portion. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. One column of 23 lines survives, with the last three lines quite mutilated. Left and right margins are extant; no margin was left to the right. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2079. Papyrus 273

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 273
Title:
Dionysius, Epic Fragments (P.Lond.Lit. 40, TM 59691, LDAB 795, MP3 343), and Aratus, Phaenomena (P.Lond.Lit. 34, TM 59218, LDAB 313, MP3 115)
Scope & Content:
Fragments from two papyrus codices: Fragments 1-18 (P.Lond.Lit. 40, TM 59691): Portion of two epic poems by the poet Dionysius, Bassarica, on Dionysius’s conquest of India, and Gigantias on the battle of the giants against the Olympian gods. Assigned to the late fourth or early fifth century. T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century-early 5th century
Extent:

Nineteen fragments from two papyrus codices, housed in a glass frame.

Fragments 1-18: Fragments of varying sizes from a papyrus codex, most of which bear writing on both sides, along and across the fibres, with abrasion and surface damage in places. The largest fragment preserves a column of 59 lines, broken off at the bottom; margins are generous and measure up to 55 mm. The reconstructed dimensions of the page of the codex are c. 270 (height) x 135 (width) mm: the codex belongs to Group 8 of Turner, with the height being double the width.

Fragment B: Small fragment belonging to another papyrus codex, further portions of which are in Vienna (Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 29776); the fragment bears writing on both sides: the side written across the fibres comes first. No complete line.

2080. Papyrus 749

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 749
Title:
Letter from a Strategus about Tax Farming (P.Oxy. I 44, P.Lond. III 749 descr., Chrest.Wilck. 275, Sel.Pap. II 420, TM 20706)
Scope & Content:
Letter from Papiscus, strategus of the Oxyrhynchite nome, to Asclepiades, royal scribe (basilikos grammateus) of the same nome, informing him on the state of affairs with regards to tax farming. Because of the difficulty to find persons willing to undertake the farming of certain taxes, Papiscus...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
66-70
Extent:

A papyrus sheet, written on one side along the fibres, somewhat damaged at the top and broken off at the bottom. A word was deleted in the text. Number 44 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy I. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in one glass case.

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