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691. Papyrus 147

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 147
Title:
Magical Spells (P.Lond. II 147 descr., PGM(2) II 11b, TM 64086, LDAB 5304)
Scope & Content:
Portions of three short magical spells; the third is a table gimmick to make people who have been drinking at the symposium appear to have donkey snouts from afar to outsiders.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, lacking the left-hand side, darkened and abraded in places, with a black stain at the bottom. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank; parts of 16 lines are preserved. Upper, lower and right margins are extant, with the right being irregular. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

692. Papyrus 993

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 993
Title:
Receipt for a Probation Letter (P.Lond. III 993 descr., P.Gascou 21, TM 22763)
Scope & Content:
The document is a receipt in epistolary form written in Greek. The bookkeeper (actuarius) of a Roman military unit, probably that of the Mauri Scutarii in Hermopolis, acknowledges that he has received the recruit’s letter of probation (epistula probatoria). The man is thus officially a member of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
8 January 514
Extent:
Fragment from a papyrus sheet (12 lines). The document is written on the recto, along the fibres. The verso is blank. The papyrus is mounted on a cardboard in a glass frame.

693. Papyrus 1292

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1292
Title:
List of Taxes on Land (SB XVIII 13149, P.Lond. III 1292 descr., TM 32980)
Scope & Content:
Document listing the taxes due from two properties comprising various types of land (private, public, alluvial, island, vineyard and garden). The size of each category of land is supplied; the tax on the property is stated in artabas; the total of 66 artabas on both properties follows.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of 4th century
Extent:
Papyrus sheet of good quality, complete, with insect holes and surface damage, especially along the creases; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There is one column of 17 lines. Margins are extant. The sheet was folded from right to left. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

694. Papyrus 1570(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1570(A-B)
Title:
Fragment of a Contract (Under publication) and Census declaration (SB XXII 15464, TM 43195)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A): Beginning of a contract drawn up in Nilopolis in the Arsinoite nome, dated to the reign of the emperor Nero (54-68). Under publication. Lower papyrus (B): Extract from a census register, listing members of a household. The declaration was probably filed in 119 and the copy wa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st century-2nd century
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Upper right corner of a medium-brown papyrus sheet, damaged by holes regularly distributed on the right-hand half; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears the ends of 6 lines; the upper margin is extant, the right margin is minimal. The back is blank.

Lower papyrus (B): Medium-brown papyrus sheet with detached scrap, broken off at the top and left, damaged along the other edges as well; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears the ends of 11 lines. Part of the lower margin is extant. The back is blank.

695. Papyrus 2294

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2294
Title:
Fragment of a New Comedy (P.Lond. Lit. 92, TM 65781, LDAB 7035, MP3 1676)
Scope & Content:
The papyrus contains a fragment from a new comedy of unknown authorship. The bad preservation prevents a satisfactory comprehension of the scene in question. The change of speaker is indicated by paragraphus or, if in the middle of the line, by a colon. At line 13 a new act begins.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Fragment of the upper part of a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres. Part of the upper margin survives. Portions of two columns are preserved, the first having remains of 15, the second of 8 lines; mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

696. Papyrus 429

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 429
Title:
List of Expenses for Celebrations (SB XIV 11983, P.Lond. II 429, TM 14537)
Scope & Content:
An account of expenses on the occasion of various celebrations, arranged in two columns on either side. Among the articles listed, figure wine, bread, oil, herbs and items of clothing. The list continues on the back.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
mid 4th century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, fully preserved despite a few holes and abrasion in places; writing is on both sides, along the fibres on the recto and across them on the verso. The verso is the continuation of the recto.

697. Papyrus 1134

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1134
Title:
Receipt for Freight Charge (SB XX 14450, P.Lond. III 1134 descr., TM 34044)
Scope & Content:
Receipt issued by the banker Hermias acknowledging the payment of 6 talents and 4000 drachmas on account of the freight charge (naulon) of grain made on Mecheir 11.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century
Extent:
Papyrus sheet in two fragments, complete but with holes and surface damage in places, and somewhat torn along the edges; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are 3 lines in the upper half of the sheet; all margins are extant, with the blank space at the bottom measuring 55 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

698. Papyrus 1271

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1271
Title:
Official Letter (P.Panop.Beatty App. 2, P.Lond. III 1271 descr., TM 19254)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of an official letter from the administrator of the emperor’s private property of the Thebaid to the strategus of a nome whose name is lost.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
301-302
Extent:
Fragment of a papyrus sheet, complete at the top, with few insect holes and minor surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 11 lines, lacking beginnings and ends. Only the upper margin survives. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

699. Papyrus 1707

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1707
Title:
Fragment of a Play (P.Lond.Lit. 84, TM 63511, LDAB 4720, MP3 1721)
Scope & Content:
Portions of iambic verses from an unknown play, presumably a tragedy. Division between lines 20 and 21 may mark the beginning of a new scene.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Fragment of a light-brown papyrus, broken off on all sides; with insect-holes and surface damage; the writing runs on one side, and the back is blank. On the front, there survive the central portions of 27 lines from one column, written along the fibres. No margin is extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

700. Papyrus 2950

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2950
Title:
Fragment of a Thebaid (P.Hib. II 177, TM 65732, LDAB 6986, MP3 1780)
Scope & Content:
Fragments of hexameters from mummy cartonnage; the poem is presumably a Thebaid. The right fragment, which corresponds to fragment 1 in the edition, is in direct speech, and a mother seems to be lamenting her son. The reference to a golden thrinax and to the dithyramb may suggest that he is Dion...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century BC
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments of different size, with surface damage, from mummy cartonnage; writing runs along the fibres on the front. The left fragment preserves remains of 12 lines, the right fragment, which comes first, has remains of 16 lines. The papyrus is badly stained and rubbed. It is housed in a glass case.

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