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581. Papyrus 1038

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1038
Title:
Tax Receipts (P.Lond. III 1038, TM 38253)
Scope & Content:
Two receipts for payments in kind made on account of the grain tax, issued by the same official to two inhabitants of Hermopolis. The tenth indiction is mentioned. With docket on the back. Column 1: Receipt acknowledging that Cosmas has paid 6 1/3 artabas of wheat. Column 2: Receipt acknowledg...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:

Papyrus slip, complete and well preserved, with few small insect holes; written on both sides. On the front there are two columns of 5 lines each, complete, running across the fibres; on the back there is one line written along the fibres. All margins are extant; folding lines are visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

582. Papyrus 1530

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1530
Title:
Private Letter (P.Oxy. III 530, TM 28370)
Scope & Content:
Letter from Dionysius to his mother Tetheus, notifying her of the taxes he has paid, and sending her 112 drachmas through the bearer of the letter, Chaeremon. Of these, 108 drachmas should be used to redeem the clothes he had pawned in order to obtain a loan from Sarapion. The sum he is sending ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete but damaged by insect holes and with minor abrasion in places; written on both sides along the fibres. The front bears one column of 29 lines, with 2 additional lines written in the left margin along the fibres, perpendicularly to the main text. On the back there is the address, with two words separated by blank space. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. III. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

583. Papyrus 1557

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1557
Title:
Receipt for Rent (SB XX 14460, TM 7905)
Scope & Content:
Philippus acknowledges payment of 2500 bronze drachmas from Pheris as rent of a pigeon house. With date at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
23 April 254 BC or 22 April 143 BC
Extent:
Papyrus sheet of good quality, torn along the right edge and with some surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 8 complete lines; left, upper and lower margins survive; the right margin is damaged. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

584. Papyrus 1657

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1657
Title:
Fragmentary Agreements (P.Lond. V 1902, TM 19790)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Portion of a contract, the details being lost. Verso: Conclusion of an agreement, with additions by Dioscorus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:
Fragment of a medium- to dark-brown papyrus sheet, written on both sides. On the front, there are 7 complete lines written across the fibres; the ends of a few additional lines are visible at the top. Side margins are extant. On the back, there are 9 lines from the bottom of a column, running along the fibres. The lower margin is ample. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

585. Papyrus 1747

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1747
Title:
Letter (P.Lond. V 1840 descr., TM 36957)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a letter, either private or official, possibly from the archive of Dioscorus of Aphrodito. The names of the correspondents are lost.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:

Fragment from a dark-brown papyrus sheet, broken off to the left, imperfect on the right, complete at the top and bottom; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears the central portions of 7 lines; upper and lower margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

586. Papyrus 1788

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1788
Title:
Loan Contract (P.Lond. V 1736, TM 19749)
Scope & Content:
Patermouthis and Kako borrow from the boatman Ioannes four solidi repayable on demand at 8% per annum interest (1 solidus per year) and pledge all their property as guarantee of payment.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
25 February 611
Extent:
Papyrus, incomplete, broken off at the top, margins preserved at left, right and bottom; 34 lines on recto, written along the fibres, 1 line on verso written along the fibres. Housed in a glass frame.

587. Papyrus 1791

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1791
Title:
Surety Bond (P.Lond. V 1732, TM 19747)
Scope & Content:
Iakob, an otherwise unknown boatman, guarantees to Patermouthis that two other persons will appear at an arbitration hearing before a judge and will accept his decision. He supports his guarantee with a pledge of three gold solidi. Presumably Patermouthis was a party in the arbitration.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
16 August 586
Extent:
Papyrus, complete, all margins preserved; 10 lines on recto, written across the fibres, 1 line on verso written along the fibres; housed in a glass frame.

588. Papyrus 2523

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2523
Title:
Cession of Land (P.Diog. 31, TM 26618)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of a cession of a share of settlers’ land located near Philadelphia from Marcus Tullius Apollonius to a person whose name is damaged, acting with a guardian. Marcus Tullius Apollonius acknowledges receipt of payment.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
132-248
Extent:
Medium-to-dark-brown papyrus sheet, broken off at the bottom and with surface damage throughout; with writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 15 lines written along the fibres from the top of a column, with upper, right and left margins. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

589. Papyrus 2535

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2535
Title:
Sale of Land (P.Diog. 24, TM 10696)
Scope & Content:
Contract for the sale of a vacant lot with houses, located in Philadelpheia, sold by Plution, aged 28, who had inherited the land from his mother, to Thenapynchis. Plution acknowledges receipt of payment. His subscription is at the end.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
138-161
Extent:

Mid-dark brown papyrus sheet, broken off to the left, with holes and abrasion in the preserved portion; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There is one column of 32 lines, lacking the beginnings; upper and lower margins partly survive; no margin was left to the right. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

590. Papyrus 2982

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2982
Title:
Loan (?) (P.Hib. II 210, TM 5193)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a document, apparently a loan; the name of the borrower is lost, the lender is Zenodorus, financial official (oikonomos) of the Lower Toparchy of the Oxyrhynchite nome. The top left fragment does not belong to this text.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
250-240 BC
Extent:
Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, from mummy cartonnage, with writing on one side. The top left fragment is in poor condition; traces of a few lines, now illegible run across the fibres. The larger fragment preserves portions of 12 lines running across the fibres, overall complete. The fragments are mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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