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31. Papyrus 1430

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1430
Title:
Miscellaneous Accounts Concerning Naval Stores and Sailors (P.Lond. IV 1449, TM 19888; CPR III.I.2 11, TM 463877)
Scope & Content:
Recto: Column 1a: Arabic (CPR III.I.2 11). Column 1: beginning of the whole account, with a list of sailors requisitioned for various services; Column 2: continuation of column 1 recto, written in the same ink as column 3 verso; Column 3: account of provision for the fleet, written in the sa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
after 26 May 711
Extent:

Fragments forming a continuous, yet incomplete papyrus roll folded; written on both sides in an uncertain order, with ink of varying intensity; one additional detached fragment, which, according to the editor, may not belong to this document.

32. Papyrus 1436

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1436
Title:
Official Order from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1407, SB I 5641, TM 19854)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of an order of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik in Arabic and Greek, addressed to the inhabitants of Aphrodito. The recipients are ordered to pay one thousand artabas of wheat for the grain tax and deliver them to the granaries in Babylon. Dated in July or August 709 AD. The rest of the do...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
709
Extent:
Right-hand portion of a papyrus sheet, the left-hand portion of which is now in Heidelberg (PSR 15 b); written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are parts of 15 lines running across the fibres in Arabic and Greek. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

33. Papyrus 1437

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1437
Title:
Official Order from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1410, SB I 5639, TM 19857)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of an order of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik in Arabic and Greek, addressed to the inhabitants of Aphrodito. The recipients are asked to supply four skilled workmen to repair ships in Babylon. Details of the salaries are included. Dated in October or November. The rest of the document i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
709
Extent:
Right-hand portion of a papyrus sheet, further fragments of which are now in Heidelberg (PSR 14 and 19g); written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are parts of 10 lines running across the fibres in Arabic and Greek. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

34. Papyrus 1446

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1446
Title:
Account from the Archive of Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1450, TM 19889)
Scope & Content:
Account concerning the wages of the sailors on the raiding expedition of Egypt on the 8th indiction; at the top, there is the address and summary in Arabic. The account was found with Papyrus 1338 (see P.Lond. IV, p. 377), but sent with Papyrus 1336, where the governor Qurrah ben Sharik orders Ba...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
709-710
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, with surface damage and holes, especially on the right; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are 6 lines; margins survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

35. Papyrus 1451(A-D)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1451(A-D)
Title:
Protocols from Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1462, TM 39775, 39776; P.Lond. IV 1540, TM 19931)
Scope & Content:
A (CPR III.I.2 89, P.Lond. IV 1462(a), TM 39775): Protocol in Greek and Arabic. B: Transferred to the Department of Oriental Manuscripts. C (CPR III.I.2 86, P.Lond. IV 1462(c), TM 39776): Protocol in Greek and Arabic. D (CPR III.I.2 12, P.Lond. IV 1540, TM 39775): Protocol in Greek and Arabic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
early 8th century
Extent:

Three papyrus fragments labelled A, C-D, written on both sides, with text in Greek and Arabic. Fragment B has been transferred to the Department of Oriental Manuscripts. The fragments are housed in a glass frame.

36. Papyrus 1451(E-K)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1451(E-K)
Title:
Protocols from Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1462, TM 19896, 19897, 19898, 39777, 39778, 39779)
Scope & Content:
E (CPR III.I.2 48, P.Lond. IV 1462(e), TM 19896): Protocol in Greek and Arabic, from 705-715. F (CPR III.I.2 56, P.Lond. IV 1462(f), TM 19897): Protocol in Greek and Arabic, of 708-709. G (CPR III.I.2 93, P.Lond. IV 1462(g), TM 39777): Protocol in Greek and Arabic. H (CPR III.I.2 3, P.Lond. I...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
685-715
Extent:

Six papyrus fragments labelled E-K; F and I are written on both sides, with text in Greek and Arabic, the others bear writing in Greek and Arabic on one side only. The fragments are housed in a glass frame.

37. Papyrus 1451(L-N)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1451(L-N)
Title:
Protocols from Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1462, TM 19899, 19900, 19901)
Scope & Content:
L (CPR III.I.2 21, P.Lond. IV 1462(l), TM 19899): Protocol in Greek and Arabic from 705-709. M (CPR III.I.2 44, P.Lond. IV 1462(m), TM 19900): Protocol in Greek and Arabic from 705-709. M (CPR III.I.2 24, P.Lond. IV 1462(n), TM 19901): Protocol in Greek and Arabic from 708-709.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
705-709
Extent:

Three papyrus fragments labelled A, C-D, written on both sides, with text in Greek and Arabic. The fragments are housed in a glass frame.

38. Papyrus 1481

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1481
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1411, TM 19858)
Scope & Content:
Letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik containing an order addressed to the inhabitants of Aphrodito to send money (four nomismata) for the wage of an employee working on the mosque of Damascus; it was apparently sent together with Papyrus 1339 (P.Lond. IV 1341) and is dated to 7 Hathyr, 8th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3 November 709
Extent:

Small fragment from a papyrus roll, written on one side across the fibres, preserving the end of one Arabic line on top and of three Greek lines; mounted on cardboard in one glass case.

39. Papyrus 1504

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1504
Title:
Account from the Archive of Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1418, TM 19868)
Scope & Content:
Account of receipts and expenses recorded by Sergius, a tax-official (hypodektes), from Emphyteuton Epoikion near Aphrodito for the fifth indiction; the first column lists names of individuals, followed by amounts of money; the second column records various purposes for which sums were paid out. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
706-707
Extent:
Papyrus roll, medium-brown, damaged at the bottom, otherwise well preserved; with writing on both sides. On the front, there are two columns written along the fibres in Greek; the first sheet of the roll, which displays vertical fibres, bears Arabic lines, written along the fibres perpendicularly to the Greek text; another Arabic line runs across the fibres on the second sheet. Sheet-joins are visible. On the back, there is one Greek line written across the fibres at the top. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame with a small opening for the text on the back.

40. Papyrus 1519

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1519
Title:
Seals from Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1492, TM 39809)
Scope & Content:
Collection of twenty-four detached seals of brown clay from Aphrodito, displaying various devices, including an animal (wolf?) facing right with a star, two individuals (possibly women) facing one another, a helmeted head, an Arabic inscription.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
early 8th century
Extent:

Twenty-four seals of brown clay, detached from the papyrus rolls. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.