Papyri and Ostraka Collection

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The University of Minnesota's collection of documents from ancient Egypt consists of twenty-one fragments of papyri written in Greek, one fragment written in Egyptian hieroglyphic script, and two ostraka, one in Greek, the other in demotic Egyptian.(1) They come from various areas within Egypt, some of which were documented int the dealer catalogues. The collection has been amassed through six sepaprate purchases, the largest of which was the acquisition of twleve papyri fragments in [1952?] from a Dutch dealer, Erik von Scherling.(2)

Only two of the twenty-four items in the University of Minnesota collection have been published to date.(3) Some research, however, had been done on various other pieces within the collection before our work began in 1994. Hand-written notes were stored with some of the papyri, presumably coming from the dealer.(4) Our work began during a seminar held at the University of Minnesota in the spring of 1994, entitled "Documents from Greco-Roman Egypt". The goal of the seminar was the publication of a portion of the Univesity library's collection. The course was co-ordinated by Dr. Nita Krevans and consisted of presentations by various faculty members,(5) coinciding with a visit by Dr. Jennifer Sheridan. Dr. Sheridan worked individually with students to present completed editions of single fragments within the collection.

Notes

1. The texts appear here with the permission of the University of Minnesota Libraries. The authors acknowledge the kind assistance of Dr. Jennifer Sheridan of Wayne State University and Dr. Nita Krevans of the University of Minnesota for coordinating the project. We would also like to acknowledge Roger Bagnall for prompting the publication of our collection; Thomas W. Shaughnessy (retired), University Librarian, University of Minnesota, for giving us permission to publish the documents; John Jenson (retired), Assistant Curator for Special Collections, Wilson Library; Carol Urness (retired), Curator of the James Ford Bell Collection, Wilson Library; and R.A. Coles of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University, for consultation on accession no. 1381093. Thanks are also extended to Almira Poudrier and J. Kent Gregory for help in conservation. The digital images and web page encoding were provided by the Department of Special Collections & Rare Books, University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers interested in using these images should contact Timothy J. Johnson, Curator, for permission. The Department of Special Collections & Rare Books offers additional thanks to Prof. Dr. K. A. Worp of the Papyrological Institute, Leiden University, The Netherlands, for assistance with additional information on these fragments.

2. Five pieces, including the ostraka and hieroglphic papyrus, were purchased in 1933 from the Dutch dealer P. von Scherling. In 1937, three more papyri were bought from the elder von Scherling. Two separate purchases from the Maggs Brothers brought three more documents in 1939-1940, and the most recent acquisition was that of the Bell papyrus in 1956, from Frances Edwards in London.

3. Accession no. 762404 was published by W. Nichipor and L. Ricketts in BASP 18(1981):131-32

4. Notes accompanied the following documents: accession nos. 762402, 1381982, 1381985, 1981990, and 1391992.

5. Dr. Oliver P. Nicholson discussed the historical aspects of Greco-Roman Egypt, Dr. Philip Sellew the religious aspects, and Dr. Sheila J. McNally the artistic aspects, including textiles and archaeological ethics.

Ostrakon 1

Ostrakon 1, front and back.

Accession number: 554185
Date of acquisition: January 6, 1933
Dealer: Erik von Scherling
Description: Ostrakon, red pottery
Provenance: Egypt
Date: 4th to 5th century CE
Size:
Condition:

Ostrakon 2

Ostrakon 2, front and back.

Accession number: 554186
Date of acquisition: January 6, 1933
Dealer: Erik von Scherling
Description: Fragment from ostrakon
Provenance: Egypt
Date: Unknown
Size:
Condition:

Papyrus Fragment 1

Fragment 1, front and back.

Accession number: 554183
Date of acquisition: January 6, 1933
Dealer: Erik von Scherling
Description: Greek deed
Provenance: Egypt
Date: Unknown
Size:
Condition:

Papyrus Fragment 2

Fragment 2, front and back

Accession number: 554184
Date of acquisition: January 6, 1933
Dealer: Erik von Scherling
Description: Document or letter, 17 lines
Provenance: Egypt
Date: Byzantine period, 6th century CE
Size: 6.5 x 19.5 cm
Condition: M

Transcription:
1. κωμα . αιφ ^~ . . ν ′ . . . με . θ .
2. φ . . . . . .
3. τῶν κωμοκατοίκων
4. κ . μ . κ . προφάσι
5. πολυκωπιτῶν μα . θη
6. . ω . . . κριουμ . . . σφ .
7. . . ω . . . ερην ο χοροσ
8. κωμοκατοί ῭ κ . . ´ αιδιεξειξαι
9. . οτ . ονυ . τω διὰ
10. . . . . χ . κἐναι δὲ καὶ
11. . . . των διαφἑρον
12. ω πιτ(τακιου) τω . . . ἡμῶν
13. . ουτω . . . . . . . . καἰ τη
14. . . υπ . . . . οπα
15. δὲ καὶ ποιεῑ . π
16. οι . ν . . ωρισοπινα
17. που η . . . . τη . . σ

Notes

The text is written on a light colored piece of papyrus. It appears to be the upper right area of a document or letter; the right and top edges of the papyrus are complete, but the left and lower edges are ragged with an undetermined amount of text missing. The text is punctuated by a number of holes, most of which are located along two vertical lines running the length of the papyrus.

At this point, the exact nature of the text is unclear. The words πολυκωπιτῶν (line 5) and κωμοκατοίκων (lines 3 and 8), which are fairly uncommon, mark the text as unusual. διαφἑρον (line 11) is possibly affiliated with the πολυκωπἱται, suggesting some sort of nautical transport activity.

Line 3. κωμοκατοίκων -- also found in P. Muench vol. 3%31, doc. 72; CPR vol. 5, doc. vindob G 39847,27,616; P. Ryl. vol. 4, doc. 657 (a sworn declaration dating to A.D. 323-4). The editor of P. Ryl. translates κωμοκατοίκων as "residents in the villages", and notes that the appearance of πολιῶυ in the line preceding helps to clarify the meaning of κωμοκατοίκων as "residents in a city or its territory" as distinct from the cives (as suggestion first put forward by Wilcken, GZ 315, N.2).

Line 4. προφάσι -- Read προφάσει

Line 5. πολυκωπιτῶν is also found in P. Long. 5.1712; P. Turner 1.45; P. Vind. Bosw. 13; SB 12.10926; SB 14.11593. πολυκωπίτης is translated by the editor of P. Lond. (a divorce contract dating to A.D. 569) as "a rower or sailor in the state galley (πολύκωπον)". This editor also cites Cair. Masp. i, 67058, vii, II and Cair. Masp. ii, 67136, 16 as further evidence of this word.

Line 6. κριου -- Possibly this is the name of a river, also found in P. Oxy. 1.43 (κριου ποτάμου), although here ποτάμου does not appear.

Line 8. 'κ . . ' is most likely an abbreviation by suspension.
⁶Line 10. χ . κἐναι is possibly a perfect form of ἕχω.

Papyrus Fragment 3

Frament 3, front

Accession number: 554187
Date of acquisition: January 6, 1933
Dealer: Erik von Scherling
Description: Egyptian papyrus, hieroglyphics
Provenance: Egypt
Date: 400-200 BCE
Size:
Condition:

Papyrus Fragment 4

Fragment 4, front and back.

Accession number: 762402
Date of acquisition: December 22, 1937
Dealer: Erik von Scherling
Description: Greek papyrus, portion from a document containing the name of the Emperor Domitian, verso blank
Provenance: Egypt
Date: about 90 CE.
Size:
Condition:
Note: dealer catalog reads "Claudios…Gajus Julius…to the Emperor Domitianus Germanicus."

Papyrus Fragment 5

Fragment 5, front and back.

Accession number: 762403
Date of acquisition: December 22, 1937
Dealer: Erik von Scherling
Description: Fragment from a private letter, end of lines missing, verso blank
Provenance: Egypt
Date: 3rd century CE.
Size:
Condition:The end of each line is missing, otherwise good

Transcription	Translation
1. [traces]	1. . . . . . .
2. αὐρἠλια ρ	2. to Aurelia R. . . . .
3. γω ἀπἠλα[σαν]	3. . . . . . . departed . . . . .
4. ὠριὼνα σ	4. Orion S . . . . .
5. ναιμαι πα	5. . . . . . . .
6. να λὸγον ελ [μἠνος]	6. . . . account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . month
7. Λὼου δ αι	7. of Loou 4 . . . . .
8. κεὶται και	8. lies and . . . . .
9. Αὐρἠλιος πα	9. Aurelios . . . . . . .
10. ἀδἐλφη μο[υ]	10. my sister . . . . .
11. τα ἦμαι ται [ἔγγρα]	11. . . . . . I sit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I have written
12. ψα ὑπὲρ αὑτῶ [ν μὴ εἰδὀτων γρἀμμ]τα	12. on behalf of them not knowing letters.

Notes

Twelve lines of Greek in block script on light-colored papyrus. Left margin is intact, bottom margin intact. Top margin and right margin torn away with considerable loss of letters. Thin centimeter-long vertical tear beginning .7 centimeters from left margin and 2.1 centimeters from the top. 94 characters present; approximately 200 letters missing, including first line consisting only of ink traces. Tape located in lower right corner. Although over half the letter is absent, it is discernable as a letter by its general format, namely by the use of names and the formulaic ending.

Line 2. The case of Αὐρἠλια is ambiguous here, but is likely dative, if Aurelia is the ἀδἐλφη μο[υ] of line 10, to whom the letter is being sent.

Line 3. ἀπἠλα. . . . is probably an aorist form of ἀπέλαυνω "to depart". I have restored it in the plural ἀπήλασαν since the formula in line 12 uses αὐτῶν, indicating that the senders are plural.

Line 7. The Macedonian month Λωἱος, here in the genitive Λώου, is equivalent to Pauni. Although there is no symbol for dating formula present in the text, this is the usual spelling for the genitive of the month name. There are few other possibilities for this combination of letters; one is Πἁπλωου, a village in the Hermopolite Nome, the other is the personal name Χἁλωου. Neither of these seems likely since the following delta alpha iota combination is not likely to follow either of these conjectures. In addition, the delta following is enlarged and in good position to be the numerical symbol for the day of the month. The alpha iota combination is then the beginning of the next word. Macedonian month names are not commonly used in the third century, in fact not commonly used after the first century C.E., but they do occur until the fourth century with decorative function. (1) Third century examples of the use of Macedonian months include SB 1.4370.4 dated at 228/9, SB 1.5274.4 dated at 225, SB 14.11386.4 dated at 288; POxy 42.3054.3 dated at c.265, and POxy 4.723.1 dated at 251-3. There are also several such uses in first and second century papyri as well as in later documents. Macedonian months are always followed by the corresponding Egyptian month name, as in each example listed above. Examples of specifically Λὡου/Παὑνι dates are POxy 42.3054.3 dated at c.265 and SB 6.9619.2 dated at 184. Macedonian months occur alone in very few exceptions, which will be discussed later; Λὡου is used alone in only one example I have found: P Turner 22, dated at 142 C.E.

This papyrus shows no corresponding Παὑνι date, since the following letters are unquestionably delta, alpha, and iota. The Egyptian month always follows the Macedonian one, so it is unlikely that the Pauni date could be located in the missing portion of the previous line. In fact, the usual presence of the word μἡνος preceding the Macedonian name has allowed me to make the conjecture of this word appearing in line 5. There are two possible exceptions to the rule that Macedonian months never occur alone. One is in an agoronomische (2) document. Because the papyrus is very fragmentary it is difficult to argue with certainty that this letter was the sort of official document implied by the appelation agoronomische; however, the use of the word λὁγον, if read as "account", might indicate a bureaucratic or official nature for the document.

The second exception involves the origin of the document. If it was not from an established Egyptian area, the use of the month may be in reference to another calendar which is neither Egyptian nor Macedonian, but is similar enough to the Macedonian that it uses the same month-names. (3) It is impossible to tell the origin of this papyrus from the fragment which remains, and so this possibility remains, though the extant names of the principals, Aurelia and Orion, would seem to indicate that its origins are in fact Eygyptian.

1. See Ursula Hagedorn, "Gebrauch und Verbreitun Makedonischer Monatsnamen im Romischen Agypten", Zeitschrift fur Papyrologie und Epigraphik, volume 23 (1976), pp. 143-167, for a discussion of the use of Macedonian month-names and a fuller catalogue of their use.

2. Hagedorn, pp. 144-145, defines the agoronomische document of "state notary's office document", as one of a specific group of documents of clerical or minor political importance which are contracts between private citizens drawn up in a state office.

3. Hagedorn does not specify which calendars would be so similar to the Macedonian in making this claim.

Line 9. Reconstructions of this line and line 10 hinge on the πα at the end of line eight. If the word is πατἡρ then a possible reconstruction might be πα[τὴρ ἐπιστόλην γρἁφη] ἀδέλφη μο[ῦ], definitely indicating a personal letter. This reconstruction uses as a guideline the approximately 26-letter line given by the calculations in note 12. It is possible, however, that the πα is the remnant of a name, such as Πατήρμουθις. If this conjecture is the correct one, it supports the possibility of an agoronomische document as discussed in note 6. Unfortunately, the context provides no other clues.

Line 12. The first letter in the line seems to be a kappa, but the diagonal stroke cutting through the horizontal that would form the upper diagonal of the kappa is written more lightly. The heavier ink therefore is a correction of the mistake, to make a psi. This allows the reconstruction of lines 11-13 ... ἔγγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν μὴ εἰδότων γράμματα, the formulaic ending of the scribe writing on behalf of the illiterate sender. Sixteen letters of the formulaic ending are missing from the text in line 12, which would then have 26 letters total. This indicates that over half of the letter is missing.

Papyrus Fragment 6

Fragment 6, front and back.

Accession number: 762404
Date of acquisition: December 22, 1937
Dealer: Erik von Scherling
Description: Fragment of a private letter in a fine Ptolemaic cursive script
Provenance: Egypt
Date: 2nd century BCE
Size: 8 x 12.5 cm
Condition: I

Transcription	Translation
1. - - - - -	1. - - - - -
2. κεκόμισ[μαι]	2. I have cared for
3. τὴν οἰκίαν• μ̣ὴ̣	3. the household; do not
4. οὖν ὀλιοψυχεῖ	4. thus worry,
5. καταβήσομαι	5. I will come down
6. [σ]υν θεοῖς τὴν	6. with the gods as
7. ταχίστην καὶ	7. quickly as possible; and
8. τὸ ἱμάτιον εὐθὺ	8. the garment straight
9. τῶι ὑφάντηι	9. to the weaver
10. . . . . . αδ̣ευεσ̣κ̣ . .	10. - - - - -
11. . α̣σ τησ τ . .	11. - - - - -
12. . ι . φ . . . θ . . . .	12. - - - - -
13. . . . . ε εἰς . .	13. - - - - -
14. . . . . μα̣ . . . . .	14. - - - - -
15. . . . ε̣τ̣ι̣ . . . . . .	15. - - - - -
16. . . . . . . . . . .	16. - - - - -

Notes

The document SB 16.12330 (1) in the Special Collections Department of the University of Minnesota Elmer L. Andersen Library is in fine Ptolemaic cursive script of the late 2nd century BCE. (2) Sixteen lines are preserved of which only eight (lines 2 - 9) remain legible. Traces at the top show that the existing fragment does not preserve the beginning of the document and, after line 9, the loss or damage of some back figers has made reading the remainder of the letter impossible. This personal letter, measuring 8 x 12.5 cm, is from someone who had been tending or caring for a household (perhaps, but not necessarily, his/her own). The recipient of the letter is then assured that there is no need for worry, the sender will come down soon, in fact as quickly as possible, with the protection and speed of the gods, no less! The next portion regarding a particular garment is missing its main verb, but it must in some way be associated with "to give" or "to send", since the related words mean "straight to the weaver".

1. See note ##. The present study makes an emendation to the first readable line.
2. The letter forms are datable to the late 2nd century BCE by comparison with the chart in P.W. Pestman, The New Papyrological Primer (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1994), pp. 60-63. The letters are especially comparable, and the letters and, though slightly more flamboyant in this document than they appear in Pestman, are similar as well.

Line 3. I do not see the μ that Nichopor and Ricketts do, but agree that their reconstruction of μὴ makes sense in the context of the document. Furthermore, it would fit nicely into the remaining space in the line.

Line 4. ὀλιοψυχεῖ is an attested alternate spelling of ὀλιωψυχεῖ. Nichopor and Ricketts state that ὀλίος is frequently used for ὀλίγος after 300 BCE.

Line 5. καταβαίνω here might mean "come or go downstream" with specific reference made to the Nile, but may simply mean "come down", as I have used it here.

Line 6. The mention of the gods here presumably implies that the one writing the letter will come with the protection of, or with the speed of, the gods, i.e. with their blessing? τὴν ταχίστην is adverbial, meaning "by the quickest way", "most quickly".

Line 8. εὐθύ, as the neuter adverbial usage of εὐθύς (straight), is associated with place, as in motion or direction to. Here it means to take the garment "straight to" the weaver as quickly as possible.

Papyrus Fragment 7

Fragment 7, front.

Accession number: 819633
Date of acquisition: June 19, 1939
Dealer: Maggs Brothers
Description: Petition to a high official…Upper Egypt
Provenance: Egypt
Date: Unknown
Size:
Condition:

Papyrus Fragment 8

Fragment 8, front and back.

Accession number: 942989
Date of acquisition: August 7, 1940
Dealer: Maggs Brothers
Description: Manuscript, money account, perhaps of a club, recording receipts and expenditure. 17 lines of Greek
Provenance: Egypt
Date: 1st century CE
Size:
Condition:

Papyrus Fragment 9a

Fragment 9a, front and back.

Accession number: 942990
Date of acquisition: August 7, 1940
Dealer: Maggs Brothers
Description: Manuscript fragment of uncertain character
Provenance: Egypt
Date: 2-3 century CE.
Size:
Condition:

Papyrus Fragment 9b

Fragment 9b, front and back.

Accession number: 942990
Date of acquisition: August 7, 1940
Dealer: Maggs Brothers
Description: Manuscript fragment of uncertain character
Provenance: Egypt
Date: 2-3 century CE.
Size:
Condition:

Papyrus Fragment 10

Fragment 10, front and back.

Accession number: 1381982
Date of acquisition: In or after 1952 (see note below)
Dealer: Erik von Scherling
Description: General description--12 Greek documents of papyrus (one on leather) small fragments each with a date or to which a date can be assigned. The rarest of all these documents is doubtless the 5th century deed. Dated papyri of that period are very scare (cf. Schubart Papyruskunde, p. 90 and Thompson, Introduction, p. 174) [from library catalog card] Specific description of item: Papyrus fragment, census return dated in the reign of Domitianus
Provenance: Egypt
Date: 89-90 CE (G130)
Size:
Condition:

Notes

The "G" number may be a bibliographic or catalog reference. It appears on older labels used to describe this twelve document collection.

Fragments 10-21 were offered for sale by von Scherling in 1952, as noted in volume 6 of Rotulus, the catalog/bulletin produced by von Scherling. It is likely that the University acquired these fragments in that year, or shortly thereafter. Our thanks to Prof. Dr. K. A. Worp of the Papyrological Institute, Leiden University, The Netherlands, for assistance with additional information on these fragments.

Papyrus Fragment 11

Fragment 11, front.

Accession number: 1381983
Date of acquisition: In or after 1952 (see note below)
Dealer: Erik von Scherling
Description: Papyrus fragment, petition
Provenance: Egypt
Date: 1st century CE
Size: 4 x 7.5 cm
Condition: Left edge of document is missing, some small holes

Transcription	Translation
1. [Δίωι στρ(ατηγῶι)]	1. [To Dius, strategus,]
2. [παρὰ Name] Εὐδαίμονος τῶ̣ν	2. [from somebody], son of Eudaimon,
3. [ἀπ´ Ὀξυρύγχων π]όλεως⋅ Δέωμαι	3. from the city of the Oxyrhynchites. I request that
4. [ἐπιστλήναι ἐκ το] ῦ̣ δ̣ημοσί[ο]	4. the (drachmas) owed to me on
5. [ὀφειλομένας μοι ὑ]πὲρ τειμῆς πυ	5. account of the price of
6. [ρου συναγοραστι]κοῦ οὗ ἐμέτρησα	6. requisitioned wheat be
7. [τοῦ διελθόνος γ] ενήμα(τος) τοῦ β (ἔτους)	7.
8. [Τραιανοῦ Καίσαρος τ]οῦ κυρίου	8.
9. r10c1	9.
10. r11c1	10.
11. r12c1	11.
12. r13c1	12. (artabas? drachmas?) in the
13. r14c1	13. [Second hand:](storehouse?) of Hippodamos.
14. r15c1	14. (Somebody) of Thmoinepsobthis . . .

Notes

The second year in line 7 is probably that of Trajan (98-99 CE) since Pompeius in line 9 may be the Prefect of Egypt, Pompeius Planta (Prefect 98-99 CE).]

The "G" number may be a bibliographic or catalog reference. It appears on older labels used to describe this twelve document collection.

Fragments 10-21 were offered for sale by von Scherling in 1952, as noted in volume 6 of Rotulus, the catalog/bulletin produced by von Scherling. It is likely that the University acquired these fragments in that year, or shortly thereafter. Our thanks to Prof. Dr. K. A. Worp of the Papyrological Institute, Leiden University, The Netherlands, for assistance with additional information on these fragments.

The document is nearly complete on the right side, with space for approximately 12-15 letters missing on the left. There is a hole in the middle of line 4, resulting in the loss of one letter; the hole continues into lines 5 and 6, where no letters are lost.

The papyrus appears to have a top margin, and so the beginning of the document seems to be intact. However, given this document's similarity to others (see notes), there ought to be a greeting to the strategus. This address, on the other, similar documents, is short, so it would not show in this right-hand piece of the document. Thus, it has been recontructed as being on the missing left side of the papyrus, and what appears to us to be line 1 is actually line 2. The closing lines have been lost. The back is blank.

The text itself is a request for refund of price of ????? ??????????????. It is virtually identical to P.Oxy. XLI 2958 and XLI 2959 in terms of vocabulary; further, all three documents refer to the second year, as well as to Pompeius Planta, and use similar abbreviations, such as si as for ?????????. It is also similar in subject to P.Oxy.XLI 2960 and XLII 3335 and may, in fact, be in the same hand as XLI 2060. (1) For more on ????? ?????????????? in general, see S.L. Wallace, Taxation in Egypt from Augustus to Diocletian, pp. 22ff, and A.C. Johnson, Roman Egypt to the Reign of Diocletian, pp. 620ff. Further references and a discussion of contemporary wheat prices are provided by R.A. Coles at P.Oxy. XLI 2958.

Papyrus Fragment 12

Fragment 12, front and back.

Accession number: 1381984
Date of acquisition: In or after 1952 (see note below)
Dealer: Erik von Scherling
Description: Papyrus fragment. Receipt for green (fodder?)
Provenance: Egypt
Date: dated in the 5th year of Hadrian, 120-121 CE.
Size:
Condition:

Notes

The "G" number may be a bibliographic or catalog reference. It appears on older labels used to describe this twelve document collection.

Fragments 10-21 were offered for sale by von Scherling in 1952, as noted in volume 6 of Rotulus, the catalog/bulletin produced by von Scherling. It is likely that the University acquired these fragments in that year, or shortly thereafter. Our thanks to Prof. Dr. K. A. Worp of the Papyrological Institute, Leiden University, The Netherlands, for assistance with additional information on these fragments.

Papyrus Fragment 13

Fragment 13, front.

Accession number: 1381985
Date of acquisition: In or after 1952 (see note below)
Dealer: Erik von Scherling
Description: Papyrus fragment. Contract
Provenance: Egypt
Date: dated 4th year of Antoninus Pius, 141 CE.
Size:
Condition:

Notes

The "G" number may be a bibliographic or catalog reference. It appears on older labels used to describe this twelve document collection.

Fragments 10-21 were offered for sale by von Scherling in 1952, as noted in volume 6 of Rotulus, the catalog/bulletin produced by von Scherling. It is likely that the University acquired these fragments in that year, or shortly thereafter. Our thanks to Prof. Dr. K. A. Worp of the Papyrological Institute, Leiden University, The Netherlands, for assistance with additional information on these fragments.

Papyrus Fragment 14

Fragment 14, front and back.

Accession number: 1381986
Date of acquisition: In or after 1952 (see note below)
Dealer: Erik von Scherling
Description: Papyrus fragment. Antichretic loan, reign of Antoninus Pius
Provenance: Egypt
Date: 138-161 CE.
Size:
Condition:

Notes

The "G" number may be a bibliographic or catalog reference. It appears on older labels used to describe this twelve document collection.

Fragments 10-21 were offered for sale by von Scherling in 1952, as noted in volume 6 of Rotulus, the catalog/bulletin produced by von Scherling. It is likely that the University acquired these fragments in that year, or shortly thereafter. Our thanks to Prof. Dr. K. A. Worp of the Papyrological Institute, Leiden University, The Netherlands, for assistance with additional information on these fragments.

Papyrus Fragment 15

Fragment 15, front and back.

Accession number: 1381987
Date of acquisition: In or after 1952 (see note below)
Dealer: Erik von Scherling
Description: Papyrus fragment. Fragment of lease, Oxyrhynchus
Provenance: Egypt
Date: dated in the joint reign of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, 176-180 CE.
Size:
Condition:

Notes

The "G" number may be a bibliographic or catalog reference. It appears on older labels used to describe this twelve document collection.

Fragments 10-21 were offered for sale by von Scherling in 1952, as noted in volume 6 of Rotulus, the catalog/bulletin produced by von Scherling. It is likely that the University acquired these fragments in that year, or shortly thereafter. Our thanks to Prof. Dr. K. A. Worp of the Papyrological Institute, Leiden University, The Netherlands, for assistance with additional information on these fragments.

Papyrus Fragment 16

Fragment 16, front and back.

Accession number: 1381988
Date of acquisition: In or after 1952 (see note below)
Dealer: Erik von Scherling
Description: Papyrus fragment. Census return
Provenance: Egypt
Date: 188 CE.
Size:
Condition:

Notes

The "G" number may be a bibliographic or catalog reference. It appears on older labels used to describe this twelve document collection.

Fragments 10-21 were offered for sale by von Scherling in 1952, as noted in volume 6 of Rotulus, the catalog/bulletin produced by von Scherling. It is likely that the University acquired these fragments in that year, or shortly thereafter. Our thanks to Prof. Dr. K. A. Worp of the Papyrological Institute, Leiden University, The Netherlands, for assistance with additional information on these fragments.

Papyrus Fragment 17

Fragment 17, front.
Accession number: 1381989
Date of acquisition: In or after 1952 (see note below)
Dealer: Erik von Scherling
Description: Papyrus fragment. Act of indemnity, reign of Commodus, 10th Pachon of the 31st year
Provenance: Egypt
Date: 191 CE. (G12)
Size:
Condition:

Notes

The "G" number may be a bibliographic or catalog reference. It appears on older labels used to describe this twelve document collection.

Fragments 10-21 were offered for sale by von Scherling in 1952, as noted in volume 6 of Rotulus, the catalog/bulletin produced by von Scherling. It is likely that the University acquired these fragments in that year, or shortly thereafter. Our thanks to Prof. Dr. K. A. Worp of the Papyrological Institute, Leiden University, The Netherlands, for assistance with additional information on these fragments.

Papyrus Fragment 18

Fragment 18, front.

Accession number: 1381990
Date of acquisition: In or after 1952 (see note below)
Dealer: Erik von Scherling
Description: Papyrus fragment.
Provenance: Egypt
Date: Reign of Caracalla, 211-217 CE (G300)
Size:
Condition:

Notes

The "G" number may be a bibliographic or catalog reference. It appears on older labels used to describe this twelve document collection.

Fragments 10-21 were offered for sale by von Scherling in 1952, as noted in volume 6 of Rotulus, the catalog/bulletin produced by von Scherling. It is likely that the University acquired these fragments in that year, or shortly thereafter. Our thanks to Prof. Dr. K. A. Worp of the Papyrological Institute, Leiden University, The Netherlands, for assistance with additional information on these fragments.

Papyrus Fragment 19

Fragment 19, front and back.

Accession number: 1381991
Date of acquisition: In or after 1952 (see note below)
Dealer: Erik von Scherling
Description: Fragment on leather with remains of a date in the reign of Valerian, Gallienus and Saloninus
Provenance: Egypt
Date: 253-260 CE (G133).
Size:
Condition:

Notes

The "G" number may be a bibliographic or catalog reference. It appears on older labels used to describe this twelve document collection.

Fragments 10-21 were offered for sale by von Scherling in 1952, as noted in volume 6 of Rotulus, the catalog/bulletin produced by von Scherling. It is likely that the University acquired these fragments in that year, or shortly thereafter. Our thanks to Prof. Dr. K. A. Worp of the Papyrological Institute, Leiden University, The Netherlands, for assistance with additional information on these fragments.

Papyrus Fragment 20

Fragment 20, front and back.

Accession number: 1381992
Date of acquisition: In or after 1952 (see note below)
Dealer: Erik von Scherling
Description: Papyrus fragment. Petition or official letter, joint reign of Constantine, Maximinus and Maximinanus
Provenance: Egypt
Date: 305-306 CE (G149)
Size:
Condition:

Notes

The "G" number may be a bibliographic or catalog reference. It appears on older labels used to describe this twelve document collection.

Fragments 10-21 were offered for sale by von Scherling in 1952, as noted in volume 6 of Rotulus, the catalog/bulletin produced by von Scherling. It is likely that the University acquired these fragments in that year, or shortly thereafter. Our thanks to Prof. Dr. K. A. Worp of the Papyrological Institute, Leiden University, The Netherlands, for assistance with additional information on these fragments.

Papyrus Fragment 21

Fragment 21, front and back.

Accession number: 1381993
Date of acquisition: In or after 1952 (see note below)
Dealer: Erik von Scherling
Description: Papyrus fragment. Prescript of an agreement. The only name preserved is that of Aurelius Theodorus of Oxynhynchus.
Provenance: Egypt
Date: Dated the year after the consulship of Falvius Eudoxius and Dioscorus, Hathyr, 442 CE. (G52).
Size:
Condition:

Notes

The "G" number may be a bibliographic or catalog reference. It appears on older labels used to describe this twelve document collection.

Fragments 10-21 were offered for sale by von Scherling in 1952, as noted in volume 6 of Rotulus, the catalog/bulletin produced by von Scherling. It is likely that the University acquired these fragments in that year, or shortly thereafter. Our thanks to Prof. Dr. K. A. Worp of the Papyrological Institute, Leiden University, The Netherlands, for assistance with additional information on these fragments.