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2161. Papyrus 113 (11)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 113 (11)
Title:
Contract (P.Lond. I 113.11(a), CPJ III 512, TM 37020) and Petition (P.Lond. I 113.11(b), TM 37021)
Scope & Content:
Upper document (P.Lond. I 113.11(a), CPJ III 512, TM 37020): A contract, fully preserved, between Apollos, son of Antonius, from Ptolemais Arabon in the Arsinoite nome, and a Jew named Abramus, from Arsinoe. Apollos agrees to take sour wine in exchange for sweet wine of the suceeding year. Dated...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th-7th century
Extent:
Two papyrus strips written across the fibres, the upper one fully preserved, the lower one damaged on both sides; the lower bears writing on the other side. Housed in one frame.

2162. Papyrus 530

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 530
Title:
Letter to Cleon (P.Petrie Kleon 55, C.Ptol.Sklav. 218, P.Petr. II 13(1), P.Petr. III 42c(12), TM 7647)
Scope & Content:
Letter to Cleon from the foremen (dekatarchoi) of the stonecutters, who complain that they are being wronged, and urge Cleon to ensure that Dionysius and Diotimus provide the supplies to them as per agreement. With address on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12 July 255 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet from mummy cartonnage, complete but with some surface damage and plaster residue; writing runs across the fibres on the front, with 11 complete lines. Margins are minimal. The back bears one word written along the fibres, upside down in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame; a small opening shows the text on the back.

2163. Papyrus 585

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 585
Title:
Letter to Cleon (P.Petrie Kleon 10, P.Petr. II 42c, P.Petr. III 42h(6), P.Lond. III 585 descr., TM 7672)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary letter of Philonides to his father Cleon. The subject is unclear owing to the loss of text, but several men are mentioned, among which is Xanthippus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
260-249 BC
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments from mummy cartonnage, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The larger fragment contains portions of 24 lines, all lacking the beginnings and some mutilated at the end too; the smaller fragment bears few letters of 6 lines. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2164. Papyrus 1833(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1833(A-B)
Title:
Sale of Wheat (P.Hib. I 84(a), Chrest.Mitt. 131, TM 2817), and Date (P.Hib. I 84(b), TM 8293)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (P.Hib. I 84a, TM 2817): Contract for the sale of 30 artabas of wheat from Epimenes, Athenian, to Timocles, Chalcidian. Epimenes has received the payment, and shall deliver the corn out of the new crops. The back bears the names of the witnesses and of the parties. Lower papyr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
285-284 BC
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments extracted from the same mummy cartonnage, housed in one glass frame. The modern annotations in red on the back refer to the publication in P.Hib. I.

Upper fragment (A): Sheet, broken off at the bottom, damaged by holes in the preserved portion and with plaster residue; written on both sides. The text on the front runs along the fibres; there are 28 lines; on the back there are remains of 2 lines against the fibres.

Lower fragment (B): Upper left portion of a sheet, with the beginning of one line, written along the fibres.

2165. Papyrus 113 (5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 113 (5)
Title:
Leases of Houses or Rooms in Arsinoe (P.Lond. I 113.5(a-c), TM 41022-41024)
Scope & Content:
Parts of leases of houses or rooms in Arsinoe. Upper fragment on the left-hand side (P.Lond. I 113.5(a), TM 41022): Beginning of a lease of a house in Arsinoe, the lessor being Flavius Plutammon, from the military unit of the Transtigritani, and the lessee Aurelius Thomas. Dated to 23 March 498...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
498-600
Extent:

Papyrus fragments of varying size, belonging to three different documents and broken at the bottom; written on both sides and housed in one glass case. The lower text consists of two fragments, one of which was formerly in the Bodleian Library.

2166. Papyrus 531

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 531
Title:
Business Letter to Cleon (P.Petrie Kleon 21, P.Petr. II 13(2), P.Petr. III 42c(10), P.Lond. III 531 descr., TM 7634)
Scope & Content:
Letter to Cleon by a sender whose name is damaged, asking him to provide thirty ropes to the village head, which are to be used for repairing the sluice gates, and to send the man in charge of the gates.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
14 August 255 BC
Extent:

Long and narrow papyrus slip extracted from mummy cartonnage, damaged at the bottom, with holes in the upper portion and plaster residue; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There is a column of 16 lines, with blank space between lines 14 and 15. The upper margin is extant, no margin was left at the sides. A sheet-join runs along the height of the sheet in the left margin, with the right-hand sheet being on top of the left-hand sheet. The modern annotation at the top indicates the mummy from which the papyrus derives. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2167. Papyrus 754(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 754(A-B)
Title:
Documents Concerning a Dispute over Property with Copy (P.Oxy. I 67, P.Lond. III 754 descr., Chrest.Mitt. 56, Jur.Pap. 87, FIRA III 173, TM 20727)
Scope & Content:
Petition addressed to Aurelius Aetius, former magistrate in Oxyrhynchus, with regards to a dispute between Aurelius Ptolemaeus, son of Horion, and two other men from the village of Lile. The dispute concerns some property inherited by Ptolemaeus from his grandmother and occupied by the defendant...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
28 March 338
Extent:

Fragments of two incomplete papyrus sheets, written on one side, one being the copy of the other; mounted on cardboard and housed in two glass cases named Papyrus 754(A) and 754(B). Both sheets display gaps throughout. The numbers in red refer to the publication in P.Oxy I.

2168. Papyrus 20

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 20
Title:
Petition on the Allowance due to the Twin Sisters of the Serapeum (P.Lond. I 20, UPZ I 22, TM 3413)
Scope & Content:
Petition to the hypodioiketes Sarapion from Ptolemaeus and the twin sisters of the Serapeum Taous and Taues concerning the allowance still due to them. The twins had petitioned the king, and Sarapion is asked to deal with the matter according the king's decision. There follow two official docket...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
162 BC
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved, with some damage along the left edge and the vertical folds. The writing runs on one side, and the back is blank. On the front, there are 31 lines running along the fibres; all margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2169. Papyrus 717

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 717
Title:
Letter about Funeral Expenses (P.Nekr. 18, P.Grenf. II 77, Chrest.Wilck. 498, P.Lond. III 717 descr., TM 22633)
Scope & Content:
A letter to Sarapion and Silvanus from Melas, who complains about their behaviour and claims some funerary expenses: instead of collecting the body of their brother Phibion, taken there by a funerary worker (nekrotaphos), and of paying for the funeral expenses, they just took the possessions of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
260-275
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, damaged throughout, especially in the left half; writing is on both sides along the fibres, the back bearing the docket; on the front, three lines were written perpendicularly to the main text, from top to bottom of the left margin. Vertical and horizontal folds are visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

2170. Papyrus 113 (14)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 113 (14)
Title:
Private Letter (SB I 5308, TM 33996), Scholia on Iliad (P.Lond.Lit. 177, TM 60984, LDAB 2116, MP3 1181) and Liturgical Text (?) (P.Lond.Lit. 248 descr., TM 65195, LDAB 6437)
Scope & Content:
Left-hand side upper fragment (SB I 5308, P.Lond. I 113.14(a)descr., TM 33996): Fragment from a papyrus sheet, written on one side across the fibres and containing a portion of a letter concerning help in some matter. Right-hand side upper fragment (P.Lond.Lit. 177, P.Lond. I 113.14(b) descr., ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th-7th century
Extent:

Three fragments from different texts (one document, two literary works); the lower one bears writing on the back, the upper ones are written across the fibres. Housed in one frame.

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