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481. Papyrus 3024

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3024
Title:
Fragment of a Letter (P.Hib. II 260, TM 5218)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary letter from mummy cartonnage, of which little remains.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
260-240 BC
Extent:

Two fragments from a medium-brown papyrus sheet, extracted from mummy cartonnage; written on one side across the fibres; the front bears parts of 2 and 3 lines. The back is covered with plaster. The fragments are mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

482. Papyrus 188

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 188
Title:
Register (P.Lond. II 188, TM 11647)
Scope & Content:
A list arranged in columns with names of tax-payers, each followed by amounts stated in artabas of wheat. The beginning of the text is preserved in BGU II 585, from which it becomes clear that this is a report addressed to the strategus from the grain collectors (sitologi) of the village of Sebe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
212-250
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus roll the beginning of which is preserved in papyrus of the Berlin collection published as BGU II 585. Writing runs on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The papyrus is damaged by holes and is abraded and rubbed off occasionally. The front contains portions of six columns; of the first, only the ends of the lines survive; the third and fourth columns lack part of the top; the second and the fifth are complete; the sixth only has the beginnings of the lines. Upper and lower margins are extant. The back preserves parts of four columns, with the first lacking the left portion and the second and third damaged at the top. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

483. Papyrus 1060

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1060
Title:
Receipts (P.Lond. III 1060, TM 39589)
Scope & Content:
Receipt for the payment of twenty-three carats as rent issued by the Holy Church of Hermopolis through Theodosius, tax-collector of gold taxes in the Hermopolite nome, to Daniel. The other side bears another seventh-century receipt, unpublished.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7th century
Extent:

Medium-brown papyrus sheet, written on both sides along the fibres. On one side, the text is complete, on the other, the line beginnings are missing. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

484. Papyrus 1636

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1636
Title:
Letter (P.Lond. V 1788, TM 36949)
Scope & Content:
Letter concerned with sums of money and mentioning various individuals. The editor suggested that the papyrus could originate from Aphrodito, based on a reference to Hadrianus, a man connected with the administration in Aphrodito. The letter continues on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, broken off on the left, complete on the other sides; with minor surface damage in places; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 8 lines written across the fibres, lacking the beginnings; lower, right and upper margins are minimal. A sheet-join runs horizontally along the lower edge. On the back, there is one line continuing the text on the front, written at the top along the fibres, and, perpendicularly, two lines written across the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

485. Papyrus 1859

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1859
Title:
Miscellaneous Fragments (TM 62145, 64880, 64883, 65196-65197)
Scope & Content:
Upper left papyrus (A) (P.Lond.Lit. 241, TM 65196, LDAB 6438): Fragment of a Christian prayer, barely legible, assigned to the sixth or seventh century. Upper right papyrus (B) (P.Lond.Lit. 210, TM 62145, LDAB 3305): Fragment of the same papyrus codex of the Book of Job as two fragments now in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
5th century-7th century
Extent:

Thirteen papyrus fragments, only some of which belong together, housed in the same glass frame.

Upper left papyrus (A): Fragment of a papyrus, with surface damage throughout; written on one side; portions of 13 lines running along the fibres, barely readable in places.

Upper right papyrus (B): Upper part of a leaf from a papyrus codex, with surface damage; from the same codex as two other fragments, now in Manchester, John Rylands Library (Gr. 2), and New York, Pierpont Morgan Library (Amherst Gr. 4). The fragment is written on both sides, along and across the fibres, and preserves portions of 10 and 11 lines, illegible in places. The upper margin measures 40 mm, the side margin measures 70 mm.

Two fragments in the centre on the left (C): Two small papyrus fragments, broken off on all sides; written on both sides across the fibres.

Right fragment in the centre (D): Papyrus fragment of light colour from a codex, broken off on all sides; written on both sides, along and across the fibres.

All other fragments (E): Eight medium-to-dark brown fragments of varying size from a papyrus codex; broken off on all sides; writing on both sides, along and across the fibres.

486. Papyrus 2019

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2019
Title:
Marriage Contract (SB VI 8986, TM 17839)
Scope & Content:
Marriage contract between a certain Heraclides from Apollonopolis and the daughter of Philemon and Thecla from Apollonopolis. Dated to the 31st year of Heraclius and Heraclius Neos Constantinus, Mecheir, 14th indiction. The papyrus belongs to the archive of Philemon and Thecla.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 Jan-24 Feb 641
Extent:

Fragment from a papyrus roll written on one side, lacking the left-hand side; the preserved portion is in good condition. Mounted on cardboard in one glass frame.

487. Papyrus 1015

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1015
Title:
Cession of Land (P.Lond. III 1015, TM 38237)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary contract for the cession of land located in the Hermopolite nome by Aurelius Joseph, son of Aphous; with subscriptions of Joseph written by the same person who wrote the body of the document, and of five witnesses. The document has been cancelled.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:
Mid-dark brown papyrus, long and narrow, broken off at the top and right, with minor damage along the horizontal folds; written on one side, the back being blank. The front bears 27 lines across the fibres, which have been crossed out; left and lower margins are minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

488. Papyrus 1519

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1519
Title:
Seals from Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1492, TM 39809)
Scope & Content:
Collection of twenty-four detached seals of brown clay from Aphrodito, displaying various devices, including an animal (wolf?) facing right with a star, two individuals (possibly women) facing one another, a helmeted head, an Arabic inscription.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
early 8th century
Extent:

Twenty-four seals of brown clay, detached from the papyrus rolls. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

489. Papyrus 1625

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1625
Title:
Order to Pay (P.Lond. V 1798, TM 19769)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary order from the dossier of Flavia Cyria, landowner in Oxyrhynchus, to supply wheat to the donkey drivers of the cursus velox (fast branch of the postal service).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
19 September 470
Extent:

Papyrus piece lacking the right-hand half; darker along the right edge; with some holes in places; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. There are 5 lines; upper, lower and left margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

490. Papyrus 1631

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1631
Title:
Lease of Land (P.Lond. V 1765, TM 19756)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary lease of land located in the Hermopolite nome for a period of two years, the lessees being the priest Victor and a sub-deacon. Dated to 24-28 August or 25 June-24 July.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
554
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and sides, and with a few small holes in the preserved portion; the writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back baing blank. There are portions of 15 lines from the top of a column, lacking beginnings and ends. The upper margin is minimal, and no other margin survives. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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