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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Papyrus 1-3136 Language Arabic Place Babylon (Fostat), Egypt

1. Papyrus 1360

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1360
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1362, TM 19820)
Scope & Content:
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, concerning the delivery of some palm trunks necessary for the construction of the palace of the Caliph in Fustat. Dated to the 9th indiction, Mesore 26.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
19 August 710
Extent:

Long fragment from a papyrus roll, broken at the top with traces of one line, and lacking a few letters at the beginning of each line. On the recto, one Arabic line; on the verso two lines containing the endorsement.

2. Papyrus 1374

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1374
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1378, TM 19833)
Scope & Content:
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, concerning a requisition for palm wood. The trunks that Basilius has to send to Babylon must be 10 and 12 cubits long and are to be used for the palace at Fustat, which is being built by the river under the su...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
8 May 710
Extent:

Joining fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, with small gaps in the left-hand lower part which do not affect the text, and a larger lacuna affecting most of lines 2-4. With Arabic writing in line 1 and docket on the verso in two lines.

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