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571. Papyrus 2960

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2960
Title:
Fragment of an Agricultural Handbook (P.Hib. II 187, TM 65737, LDAB 6991)
Scope & Content:
Portion of an agricultural manual concerning the culture of the almond and dealing with the induction of fruiting and the change from bitter to sweet almonds.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
Fragment of a papyrus roll, extracted from mummy cartonnage, broken off on all sides, dark-stained on the right and with plaster residue; written on one side along the fibres. Portions of two columns survive: 16 lines of column 1, 4 lines of column 2. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

572. Papyrus 159

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 159
Title:
Hesiod, Theogony (P.Lond.Lit. 33, TM 60145, LDAB 1259, MP3 495)
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a papyrus roll containing Hesiod’s Theogony: Left fragment: Theogony 210-238; Right upper fragment: Theogony 259-267; Second fragment from the top: Theogony 268-271; Third fragment from top: Theogony 296-297; Right lower fragment: Theogony 220 or 272 and traces of another line.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century-4th century
Extent:

Five fragments of varying size containing remains of three columns from a light-brown papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres. Three of the fragments contain few letters; the largest fragment contains part of a column of 29 lines, 164 mm high, with upper and lower margins surviving to 7 mm and 40 mm respectively. The remaining fragment preserves the bottom of a column, the lower margin measuring 33 mm. The fragments are mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

573. Papyrus 974

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 974
Title:
Surety for Fruit-Buyer (P.Lond. III 974, Chrest.Wilck. 429, TM 22753)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary surety for a man to act as a city contractor for the fruit supply (karpones) of the city of Hermopolis, the name of the guarantor being lost. The second column preserves the same text, but whether it concerns the same fruit-buyer and the same guarantor remains uncertain.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
June 306
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, imperfect at the top, bottom and left; darker along the upper edge; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, portions of two columns survive. The right margin and the intercolumn are extant. A sheet-join is visible at c. x mm from the left. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

574. Papyrus 1135

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1135
Title:
Business Order (SB XX 14451, P.Lond. III 1135 descr., TM 34045)
Scope & Content:
Order from Olympius, instructing the recipients to immediately collect half of the annona and informing them that he is coming early in the morning.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:
Papyrus slip, mutilated at the bottom and right, with insect holes and surface damage; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. There are 3 lines; left and upper margins are extant, right and lower margins are mutilated. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

575. Papyrus 1763

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1763
Title:
Court Proceedings (P.Lond. V 1825 descr., ChLA III 210, TM 19773)
Scope & Content:
Courts proceedings, presumably related to a debt, mentioning a workshop and possibly sailors from Panopolis.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
352
Extent:

Fragment of a brown papyrus roll, of lighter colour on the left-hand side, darker on the right; written on the recto: one column, 8 lines; the upper margin (1 cm) is preserved, the other ones are broken; verso blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

576. Papyrus 2948

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2948
Title:
Lexicon and Prose Text (P.Hib. II 175, TM 65730, LDAB 6984)
Scope & Content:
Portions of an alphabetical lexicon, arranged in the order of the first two letters, accompanied by a gloss. In column 1, the glosses are lost and the words begin with de-, in column 2 with eu-. The lemmata are not only Homeric and are given in various forms, possibly based on how they appeared ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
260-240 BC
Extent:
Two fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, extracted from mummy cartonnage, written on both sides. On the front, the writing runs along the fibres. Fragment 1 carries portions of 16 lines; fragment 2 bears portions of 6 lines. On the back, fragment 1 bears portions of 11 lines from one column, written across the fibres, the other way up in relation to the text on the front, and covered with plaster; fragment 2 is blank. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

577. Papyrus 2949

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2949
Title:
Tragedy (?) (P.Hib. II 176, TM 65731, LDAB 6985, MP3 1920)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a literary work, with parts of anapaestic dimeters, perhaps from a ritual song or the choral lyric from a tragedy; ritual accompaniments of worship such as the Phrygian flute are mentioned. On the back there are traces of writing, of which little remains.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
One medium-brown papyrus fragment from mummy cartonnage, darker on the right-hand side of the front; with plaster residue on the back; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are 10 lines running along the fibres and lacking the beginnings; right and lower margins survive. The back bears traces of writing across the fibres, mostly effaced. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

578. Papyrus 2951

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2951
Title:
Tragedy (?) (P.Hib. II 178, TM 65717, LDAB 6971, MP3 1720)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a literary work, presumably a tragedy, of which a few iambic trimeters survive. Traces of effaced writing are visible on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
Two non-contiguous fragments from a papyrus roll, extracted from mummy cartonnage; broken off on all sides and with plaster residue in places; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, the text runs along the fibres; the left-hand fragment preserves the central portions of 11 lines; on the right-hand fragment a few letters from the central portions of 9 lines survive. On the back, there are traces of writing across the fibres, entirely effaced. The fragments are housed in a glass frame.

579. Papyrus 2958

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2958
Title:
Ethnographical Work (P.Hib. II 185, TM 65735, LDAB 6989, MP3 2272)
Scope & Content:
Portions of an ethnographical work from mummy cartonnage, possibly on a location in the East; some wild creature and royal buildings are described.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Nine fragments of varying size reused as mummy cartonnage, written on one side across the fibres. The back bears no writing. The largest fragments, numbered 1-3, preserve portions of 22, 20, and 13 lines respectively. The smallest fragments bear a few letters from a few lines. The fragments are mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

580. Papyrus 925

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 925
Title:
Tax Receipts (P.Lond. III 925, TM 11817)
Scope & Content:
Two receipts issued by the tax collectors of Hephaistias to Dionysarion, daughter of Apollonius, for the payments of taxes for two years. Lines 1-8: Receipt acknowledging three payments of 20, 12 and 14 drachmas for taxes of the previous year; dated to 4 March 197. Lines 9-20: Receipt acknowle...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
197-198
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, almost complete, only lacking the lower part of its left margin; with few holes and minor abrasion in places. Written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 20 lines, complete, with a blank space of 30 mm between lines 8 and 9. Margins are extant, the right being minimal and irregular; the left margin, which survives up to line 15, measures 45 mm. Vertical folds are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

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