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501. Papyrus 119

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 119
Title:
Register of Contributors for Tax on Land (Geometria) (P. Lond. I 119, TM 20001)
Scope & Content:
Official register of contributors for the geometria, a tax on land, arranged according to districts and alphabetical order. Each entry would have contained the name of the individual, details concerning the property, the tax rate.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
143-144
Extent:

Fragments from a long papyrus roll written on one side along the fibres. Most of the columns that survive are mutilated, but where it is preserved the writing is in good condition. A further portion of the text is to be found in Papyrus 109A (= SB XIV 11704). The fragments are mounted on cardboard in two glass frames; an additional glass frame contains unpublished fragments.

502. Papyrus 2560

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2560
Title:
Fragment from a Tragedy (P.Lond.Lit. 78, TM 63522, LDAB 4731, MP3 1712)
Scope & Content:
A fragment from an unknown tragedy, perhaps ‘Iphigenia in Aulis’, where a marriage and a sacrifice are mentioned.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Late 2nd century - early 3rd century
Extent:

Papyrus fragment, broken to the right and containing a column of 28 lines, the beginnings of which are preserved. The upper margin survives to 47 mm. Writing is along the fibres and the back is blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

503. Papyrus 441

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 441
Title:
Scope & Content:
Pap. CCCCXLI. FRAGMENTS Of a deed, or register of deeds. 1st or 2nd cent. 5 in. x 2 1/2 in. and 5 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in. Imperfect; in a very small cursive hand, with abbreviations and symbols. Arsinoë, Egyptian Nome: Papyri relating to places in: 1st-7th centt.: Gr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1st century-2nd century
Extent:
1 item

504. Papyrus 455 and 1849

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 455 and 1849
Title:
Lections for Lent (P.Lond.Lit. 234, TM 65202, LDAB 6444)
Scope & Content:
Leaf of a papyrus codex containing a directory for the readings of Saturday and Sunday services from Quinquagesima Sunday until Palm Sunday. The readings include a Psalm, a Pauline epistle, and a Gospel (usually Matthew); incipits of the readings are provided.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:

Light-brown leaf from a papyrus codex, with a darker stain at the top on the front, partly mutilated at the sides and broken off at the top. It originally consisted of four fragments, two inventoried as Papyrus 455 and two as Papyrus 1849.

It bears writing on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. The front bears portions of 24 lines, the back parts of 21 lines. The ink has turned brown. The papyrus is housed in a glass case named Papyrus 455+1849.

505. Papyrus 1031

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1031
Title:
List of Expenses (SB XXII 15489, P.Lond. III 1031 descr., TM 38246)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary list of expenses for vegetables, wine, oil, a statue and various taxes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and bottom, lacking part of the right-hand side, too; the right edge is irregularly cut; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 25 lines, some of which are mutilated. The left margin measures 5 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

506. Papyrus 1974

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1974
Title:
Order to Supply Barley (P.Lond. VII 2190, SB VI 9600, TM 2460)
Scope & Content:
Letter of Apollonius to Apollonius, ordering him to supply twelve artabas of barley as fodder for the horses to the eight men who had been dispatched from the Hermopolite nome in transit to the camp with the king. With address on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
17 A pril 169 BC
Extent:
Long and narrow papyrus slip, complete and overall well preserved, with holes regularly distributed along the left edge; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 21 lines written along the fibres; margins are extant. Horizontal folds are visible. On the back, there is one line running across the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

507. Papyrus 2906

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2906
Title:
Troparion for Easter (SB V 7695, TM 36227, LDAB 6443, van Haelst 0765)
Scope & Content:
A fragment of a troparion to be recited on Easter day, with quotations from Matthew 28, 11-13, 27.64 and Psalm 118.24.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus sheet, written on one side across the fibres and broken at the top and bottom. Whether this was an isolated text or part of a liturgical roll is unknown. Words do not overflow into the following line but are completed above the line. Nomina sacra are abbreviated. Housed in one glass case.

508. Papyrus 128

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 128
Title:
Scope & Content:
Pap. CXXVIII. HOMER'S ILIAD; fragments of books xxiii., xxiv. The following lines are preserved, in whole or in part: xxiii. 1-79, 402-633, 638-897, xxiv. 1-83 (ll.1-40 in a different hand), 100-144, 150-243, 248-282, 337-341, 344-351, 382-387, 402-479, 490-520, 536-548, 559-579, 596-611, 631-65...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of the 1st century
Extent:
1 item

509. Papyrus 2985

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2985
Title:
Agricultural Accounts, and Contributions for Religious Festivals (P.Hib. II 214, P.Feste 59, TM 8288)
Scope & Content:
Fragments from mummy cartonnage containing agricultural accounts; only the fragments numbered as 1 and 2 are published. Fragment 1 is one of three pieces apparently of the same character, and lists quantities of provender on succeeding days on a number of estates. Fragment 2 contains in its s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Mid 3rd century BCE
Extent:

Papyrus fragments of varying size, four of which larger and the remaining scraps; all badly damaged, coming from mummy cartonnage (mummy A); they are possibly part of the same batch as other papyrus fragments published as P.Hib. I 118, now in New York, Columbia University. Written on one side along the fibres; remains of two columns are contained in the larger fragments. Mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

510. Papyrus 371

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 371
Title:
Receipt for Payment of an Instalment (P.Lond. II 371, TM 25631)
Scope & Content:
Receipt for the payment of an instalment on a property located in a quarter of Arsinoe provided with a tower and including a dyer’s workshop.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, square-shaped, lacking the lower right edge; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The text is complete and consists of 6 lines, the first of which is separated by blank space. All margins are extant, with no margin left to the right and minimal margin at the top. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

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