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2171. Papyrus 166

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 166
Title:
Tax Receipt (P.Lond. II 166a, TM 11636), Certificate for Five-Day Work (P.Lond. II 166b, TM 11637), and Receipt (P.Lond. II 166c descr., TM 19953)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (P.Lond. II 166a, TM 11636): A receipt acknowledging that Longinus, son of Heraclianus, has paid to Aurelius Melas, scribe of the tax collectors of Karanis, 12 drachmas. Dated to 13 September 219. Lower papyrus on the left (P.Lond. II 166b, TM 11637): Certificate issued to Zosimus...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
177-219
Extent:

Three papyri that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass case.

Upper papyrus (A): complete, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; torn along the upper and lower edges, with few small wormholes; slightly abraded in the left half. The text is complete and consists of 5 lines; all margins are extant.

Lower papyrus on the left (B): Square-shaped, complete and perfect; the text is complete (6 lines) and runs along the fibres on the front; the back is blank. All margins are extant.

Lower papyrus on the right (C): Complete, with surface damage throughout; the text (4 lines) is complete and runs along the fibres on one side; the back is blank; all margins are extant, the right being minimal.

2172. Papyrus 519

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 519
Title:
Letter to Cleon (P.Petrie Kleon 33, P.Petr. II 4(12), P.Petr. III 42g(3), P.Lond. III 519 descr., TM 7659)
Scope & Content:
Letter to Cleon from Thamous on business matters, informing him that he had contracted the work and given Cleon’s receipt to Pasis. He also reported that the dyke was being flooded, and they were not responsible for this.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
260-249 BC
Extent:

Long and narrow papyrus slip covered with plaster, reused as mummy cartonnage, broken off at the bottom; the right edge was cut off. Writing runs across the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The front bears one column of 16 lines, few of which lack the ends. The upper margin measures 20 mm. The modern annotation at the top indicates the mummy from which the papyrus comes. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2173. Papyrus 543

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 543
Title:
Memorandum from Cleon (P.Petrie Kleon 68, P.Petr. II 13(17), P.Petr. III 42d(3), P.Lond. III 543 descr., TM 7652)
Scope & Content:
Cleon writes to Diotimus reporting on money matters: a debt in money and in kind registered in his name on account of the tax on vineyards, an excess to the wage he has not received, the five-per-cent-tax from the sum allocated for the stonecutters, and a credit in kind of 1000 drachmas.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
255-254 BC
Extent:

Fragment of papyrus from mummy cartonnage, broken off to the right and at the bottom, with plaster residue throughout; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are two columns, the first of 16 lines, with only few scanty traces of the last; of the second column, only the beginnings of 5 lines remain.The left margin measures 40 mm and the upper 30 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2174. Papyrus 547

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 547
Title:
Letter about Irrigation (P.Petrie Kleon 42, P.Petr. II 15(1), P.Petr. III 45(3), P.Lond. III 547 descr., TM 7455)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary letter, with the names of the correspondents being lost, mentioning some sailors presumably engaged in irrigation works.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
238-237 BC
Extent:

Two fragments from a papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, with traces of plaster and surface damage; broken off at the top and right, with the right half being lost. Writing runs across the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The upper fragment bears portions of 3 lines, broken to the sides; the lower fragment has 14 lines, lacking the ends. The left margin measures 20 mm and the lower 25 mm. The modern annotation indicates the mummy from which the papyrus derives. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2175. Papyrus 549

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 549
Title:
Letter of Recommendation (P.Petrie Kleon 83, P.Petr. II 15(3), P.Petr. III 43(4), P.Lond. III 549 descr. TM 7443)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary letter of recommendation for a man whose name is lost. The recipient is asked to do his best so that a secretarial office is registered for the man. With marginal texts, including figures.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
260-236 BC
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, broken off at the top, lacking the lower corners and with some surface damage in places; written on one side, the back being blank. There are 9 lines written along the fibres; opposite line 6, 6 short lines running along the fibres were added in the left margin; at the bottom there are 5 lines written across the fibres. The left margin measures 15 mm; no margin was left to the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

2176. Papyrus 815-816

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 815-816
Title:
Commentary on Aristotle’s Topics (P.Fay. 3, P.Lond.Lit. 180, TM 59295, LDAB 392, MP3 165), and Homer, Iliad VIII (P.Fay. 4, P.Lond.Lit. 17, TM 61207, LDAB 2347, MP3 830)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (Papyrus 815, P.Fay. 3, TM 59295): Portion of a commentary on Aristotle’s Topics II.2, with quotations and their paraphrasis. The quotations project to the left. Assigned to the second half of the first century AD. Lower papyrus (Papyrus 816, P.Fay. 4, TM 61207): Small fragment of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century BC-2nd half of 1st century
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, bearing writing on one side only; mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (Papyrus 815): Fragment of a papyrus roll, darkened at the top, broken off on all sides and with surface damage throughout; there remain portions of three columns, and the second is the best preserved. No margin survives; the intercolumn is minimal. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Fay.

Lower papyrus (Papyrus 816): Fragment of papyrus roll, broken off at all sides, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Portions of two consecutive columns are preserved; of the first, the ends of 5 lines remain; of the second the beginnings of 8 lines. Each column would have had 34 lines. The intercolumn survives. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Fay.

2177. Papyrus 2248

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2248
Title:
Tax Register (P.Lond. VI 1912r. descr., TM 91987) and Letter from the Emperor Claudius to the Alexandrians (P.Lond. VI 1912v., TM 16850)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. VI 1912r. descr., TM 91987): Unpublished tax register from Philadelpheia from 37/38, belonging to the tax archive of Nemesion, son of Zoilus, tax collector. Verso (P.Lond. VI 1912v., CPJ II 153, Sel.Pap. II 212, TM 16850): Column 1: Ends of lines from a register; Column 2: Edic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
37-41
Extent:

Long, yet imperfect roll, lacking the beginning, but well preserved as to the rest; written on both sides and housed in one glass case.

2178. Papyrus 1451(E-K)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1451(E-K)
Title:
Protocols from Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1462, TM 19896, 19897, 19898, 39777, 39778, 39779)
Scope & Content:
E (CPR III.I.2 48, P.Lond. IV 1462(e), TM 19896): Protocol in Greek and Arabic, from 705-715. F (CPR III.I.2 56, P.Lond. IV 1462(f), TM 19897): Protocol in Greek and Arabic, of 708-709. G (CPR III.I.2 93, P.Lond. IV 1462(g), TM 39777): Protocol in Greek and Arabic. H (CPR III.I.2 3, P.Lond. I...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
685-715
Extent:

Six papyrus fragments labelled E-K; F and I are written on both sides, with text in Greek and Arabic, the others bear writing in Greek and Arabic on one side only. The fragments are housed in a glass frame.

2179. Papyrus 1782(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1782(A-B)
Title:
Petition (P.Lond. V 1911 descr., TM 33202), and Receipt for Rent (P.Lond. V 1785, TM 38862)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. V 1911 descr., TM 33202): Beginning of a petition of the early fourth century from Aurelia Sarra, of Herakleopolis, to Aurelius Dorotheus and Aurelius Turbon, exactores of the city. Details are lost. Lower papyrus (B) (P.Lond. V 1785, TM 38862): Seventh-century receip...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century-7th century
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Upper portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, with some surface damage; written on one side. The front bears 5 lines from the top of a column running along the fibres, with traces of a further line at the bottom. The back is blank.

Lower papyrus (B): Light-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with little damage along the right edge; written on one side. The front bears 6 lines running across the fibres, written in the upper half of the sheet; the lower half is blank. Margins are extant. The back is blank. Folding lines are still visible; there are traces of the original seal, which has not survived.

2180. Papyrus 1947(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1947(A-B)
Title:
Loan of Money (P.Fam.Tebt. 6 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 6, TM 10763) and Official Document
Scope & Content:
Left papyrus (A) (Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 6, TM 10763): Copy of a loan of 112 silver drachmas, given from Lysimachus, son of Didymus, to Isidora, daughter of Lysimachus, acting with her son as a guardian, and her son Cronius; the loan is to be repaid with interest in the month of Epeiph. Dated to 98-99...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

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

Left papyrus (A): Medium-brown papyrus sheet, riddled with insect holes, lacking the left-hand side and imperfect at the top, complete on the right and at the bottom; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears 21 lines lacking the beginnings; the lower margin is extant; no margin was left to the right. Folding lines are still visible.

Right papyrus (B): Two non-contiguous fragments from a medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, with insect holes in places; the front bears 9 lines lacking their middle portion; upper and left margins are extant, no margin was left to the right. The back contains remains of the official red stamp.

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