Fragments from the Archive of Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1467, TM 19918)
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous fragments of letters from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito. Fugitives are mentioned in one of the letters.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
709-710
Extent:
Forty-four small papyrus fragments, housed in the same glass frame; some of these are dark-brown, while the majority of the fragments is medium-brown. Each fragment usually preserves a few words from one line, running across the fibres. Only a few fragments bear traces of two lines. Six fragments bear writing on the back too, which runs along the fibres.
FRAGMENTS of Epicurus, --------, bk. xi., from Herculaneum [Hercul. Pap. 1042]; in seven frames. Presented by H.M. King Edward VII. Herculaneum: Papyri from. Papyri: Greek. Literary and theological: 3rd cent.B.C.-5th cent. A.D. Epicurus: Fragments of: 1st cent.B.C.-1st cent. A.D.