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681. Papyrus 473

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 473
Title:
Sale of a Donkey (P.Lond. II 473, TM 11754)
Scope & Content:
Sarapion, aged 45, has purchased a white-coloured female donkey at the market-place in Arsinoe. The document is signed by Melas.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 March 193
Extent:

Square-shaped papyrus sheet of small size, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. The text, complete, occupies half of the sheet and consists of seven lines, the ink of some of which is dripped. All margins are extant, with no margin at the right. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

682. Papyrus 1818

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1818
Title:
Fragments of Contracts (P.Lond. V 1859 descr., TM 36974)
Scope & Content:
34 fragments of contracts, belonging to the Patermouthis archive.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of 6th century
Extent:
34 non-contiguous papyrus fragments of various sizes, incomplete, written across or along the fibres by different hands, verso blank, mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

683. Papyrus 2957

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2957
Title:
Logical Exercise (P.Hib. II 184, TM 65734, LDAB 6988)
Scope & Content:
Portions of a logical exercise, possibly based on Platonic logic, with a series of syllogisms having premises and conclusions; the first editor (E. G. Turner) considered it a school exercise written by a student working through a logical handbook.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:
Two larger fragments with detached scraps from a papyrus roll, reused as mummy cartonnage; dark and stained; written on one side along the fibres. Portions of three narrow columns of varying length survive; the second is 55 mm wide, and has an average of 16 letters to the line. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

684. Papyrus 3005

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3005
Title:
Fragment of a Letter (P.Hib. II 241, TM 8290)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of a letter to Apollonius, with reference to a prison. The back bears remains of the painted cartonnage decoration.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
mid 3rd century BC
Extent:

Upper portion of a medium-brown papyrus sheet extracted from mummy cartonnage, broken off at the bottom and on the sides, and shredded on the left; written on one side across the fibres. The front bears parts of 6 lines; on the back, there are traces of the painted decoration. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

685. Papyrus 3008

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3008
Title:
Fragment of a Letter (P.Hib. II 244, TM 5203)
Scope & Content:
Beginning of a letter to Phoinix, financial official (dioiketes), from Theodotus.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
260-235 BC
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus fragment, extracted from mummy cartonnage; traces of plaster are visible on the back. The front bears a few letters from 3 lines, written along the fibres. The back contains two letters only. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

686. Papyrus 3031

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3031
Title:
Fragments from a Tax-Register (P.Hib. II 267, TM 5222)
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a tax-register, listing various individuals who made purchases. Most of the fragments are unpublished.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 230 BC
Extent:

Five papyrus fragments recovered from mummy cartonnage, possibly from the same roll, with surface damage; written on one side along the fibres. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

687. Papyrus 3044

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3044
Title:
Euripides, Cretans (P.Oxy. XXVII 2461, TM 59823, LDAB 928)
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a papyrus roll preserving parts of Euripides’ Cretans, with a description of the Minotaur.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd 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 mid portions of 26 lines; fragment 2 carries the ends of 8 lines from one column, and the beginnings of 9 lines of a second column; fragment 3 preserves parts of 7 lines, fragment 4 has portions of 4 lines and fragment 5 of 5 lines. The upper margin survives to 6 mm; the longest line may have been about 85 mm, while the column was presumably 93 mm. Letters are 2-3 mm wide and high on average. The fragments are housed in a glass frame.

688. Papyrus 3106

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3106
Title:
Letter concerned with Military Supply (P.Michael. 29, TM 33536)
Scope & Content:
Letter of Besas to Apollonius and Heron, concerned with a delay in the distribution of wine to the soldiers; the recipients are asked to deal with this and send a boat to Psonis. The address is on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century (?)
Extent:
Long and narrow light-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with a few holes in places; writing runs on both sides. On the front, there is a column of 24 lines written along the fibres; all margins are extant, the right being minimal and the lower wide. On the back, there is one line written along the fibres. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

689. Papyrus 3037

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3037
Title:
Hercules on Oeta (P.Oxy. XXVII 2454, TM 63523, LDAB 4732, MP3 1711, TrGF II 653)
Scope & Content:
A fragmentary monologue in iambic trimetres by Heracles during his last moments of life on mount Oeta. He compares his present wretchedness with his glorious past, recounting his deeds: the Nemean lion, Hydra, Antaeus, Alcyones and giants, Erymanthian boar, Thracias mares of Diomedes, Cerberus, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Fragmentary sheet from a papyrus roll written on one side along the fibres, containing portion of two columns of 30 lines each; of column 1 the ends of the lines survive, of column 2 only the beginnings. The lower margin survives to 3 cm. Housed in one glass case.

690. Papyrus 129

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 129
Title:
Accounts and Homer, Iliad I (P.Lond.Lit. 1, TM 60504, LDAB 1627, MP3 567)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Portions of accounts. Unpublished. Verso: Homer, Iliad I: ends of Iliad I 37-54, with traces of further lines at top and bottom; Iliad I 62-67; first letters of Iliad I 72-79; ends of Iliad I 207-229.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Three fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, with surface damage; written on both sides, along the fibres on the front and across them on the back. Each side bears portions of 3 columns. On the back, the text was written upside down in relation to the text on the front. Each column would have had an average of 35 lines; the intercolumn is of varying width. The fragments are mounted in two glass frames bound as a booklet.

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