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541. Papyrus 25

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 25
Title:
Account (P.Lond. I 25, UPZ I 87, TM 3478)
Scope & Content:
Accounts recording three money payments made on 4 Mecheir (4 March) of year 21, in the reign of Ptolemy VI Philometor and Cleopatra II, on the front, and money payments made in year 20 and year 21 on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4 and 18 March 160 BC
Extent:
Light-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved, with writing on both sides. On the front, there are four lines written along the fibres; margins are extant, and there is ample blank space at the bottom. On the back, there are six lines written across the fibres, with ample margin at the bottom. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

542. Papyrus 30

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 30
Title:
Account (P.Lond. I 30, UPZ I 105, TM 3496)
Scope & Content:
Account recording money payments for grain and especially for water, arranged in boxes. The account for water extends from the 16th of the month Pauni to the 26th of the month Epeiph. The back bears traces of two lines.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
172-152 BC (?)
Extent:
Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with some surface damage throughout. The writing runs on both sides along the fibres. On the front, there are 4 lines, followed by several tables with figures; all margins are extant. The back bears two lines, badly damaged. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame, with an opening for the text on the back.

543. Papyrus 153

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 153
Title:
Repayment of a Deposit (P.Lond. II 153, TM 33203)
Scope & Content:
A receipt acknowledging that Serenus, a guard (singularis) of the prefect of Egypt, has received back through Iulius Marianus the 1000 drachmas he had given as a deposit to a third party.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, irregularly cut and torn, damaged and abraded in places. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank; the text consists of 11 lines, the ends of which are often lost. All margins are extant, the right and bottom being minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

544. Papyrus 164

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 164
Title:
Report on Landed Property (P.Lond. II 164, TM 28012)
Scope & Content:
A report on some landed property in the village of Kerkesoucha that had been confiscated and subsequently sold. By mistake the land had still been assessed by the authorities, as if it were still confiscated land.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete, with damage located along some of the vertical folds. The text is complete and runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The last four lines are indented and separated from the rest of the text by some blank space. Left, upper and lower margins are extant; no margin was left at the right. The blank space at the bottom measures 55 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

545. Papyrus 203

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 203
Title:
Account of Money Paid (P.Lond. II 203, TM 28022)
Scope & Content:
Record of the money paid by Gemella in various months on account of the tax on weavers; the payments are usually of four drachmas. Dated in the third year of an unnamed emperor.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century-3rd century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, almost square, with surface damage along the horizontal folds; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The text is complete, and consists of 9 lines; all margins are extant, the right and upper being minimal; in the lower edge, a trace of a letter is visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

546. Papyrus 391

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 391
Title:
Agreement for Joint Tenancy (P.Lond. II 391, TM 37003)
Scope & Content:
A fragmentary agreement whereby three men, Heraclides, Theophilus and Naaraou, share a house.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of 7th century
Extent:
Badly damaged papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom, mutilated and with surface damage throughout. Writing runs across the fibres on one side, the back being blank. The text is incomplete and damaged at the left and bottom. Although mutilated, left, upper and lower margins survive, the right being irregular and minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

547. Papyrus 439

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 439
Title:
Statement of Wheat Received (P.Lond. II 439, TM 11745)
Scope & Content:
Acknowledgment of receipt of some artabas of wheat by Horion and his colleagues, collectors of grain (sitologi); dated in the reign of Commodus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
late 2nd century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, damaged by holes throughout, especially in its left half, and with the surface abraded in places. Writing runs across the fibres on one side, the back being blank. All margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

548. Papyrus 838

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 838
Title:
Fragment of a Lease (P.Lond. II 838, TM 22690)
Scope & Content:
End of a lease, with only the date and the subscriptions surviving. The subscription of the lessors was written by Eudaemon, son of Comon, as they were illiterate.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
31 October 123
Extent:
Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and bottom, with few holes and minor surface damage in the preserved part; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The text breaks off at the top; 14 lines are preserved, the first two of which are very mutilated; the last 5 lines are written in the right half of the sheet, separated by blank space from the rest of the text. Side margins are extant. A sheet-join runs across the fibres and along the height of the papyrus in the right edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

549. Papyrus 1152

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1152
Title:
Receipt for Tax Payment (P.Lond. III 1152, TM 22801)
Scope & Content:
Acknowledgment by Petrus of tax payment in corn with freight costs and expenses for the ship of the monastery of the Metanoia. The name of one taxpayer and the amount stated in artabas are provided. With Petrus’s subscription at the end. Dated to 632-633, 647-648, or 662-663.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
7th century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, darker by patches, with few small holes; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 10 lines, complete; blank space was not filled in line 4. Margins are extant, although the right is damaged. There are two sheet-joins running across the fibres and along the height of the sheet in the left and in the right edges. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

550. Papyrus 3042

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3042
Title:
Euripides, Oedipus (P.Oxy. XXVII 2459, TM 59872, LDAB 979)
Scope & Content:
Papyrus fragments preserving portions Euripides’s Oedipus, with the description of the Sphynx and her riddle.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:
Five fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, numbered 1-5 in the frame; with writing along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Fragment 1 bears the ends of 15 lines and part of the upper margin, measuring up to 25 mm; fragment 2 carries parts of 14 columns, lacking beginnings and ends; fragment 3 has a few letters from 6 lines; fragment 4 bears remains of 4 lines; fragment 5 carries a few letters from 3 lines. The fragments are housed in a glass frame.

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