1. Papyrus 1538
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1538
- Title:
- Selection of a Slave Boy (P.Oxy. IV 714, TM 20414)
- Scope & Content:
- An application addressed to the strategus Philonicus, the royal scribe Hermodorus, to two keepers of the public archives, both called Dionysius, and to Apollonius, former exegetes and scribe, from Apollonius, who states that his house-born slave boy has reached the age of 13. Because his fiscal ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 14 February 122
- Extent:
-
Two fragments of a long and narrow papyrus slip, broken off at the top, lacking portions of the right half and with some lines lost between the two fragments; small holes and surface damage affect both fragments. The upper fragment preserves 7 lines, with traces of one line at the top and one line at the bottom; in the lower fragment 27 lines remain, some of which are mutilated. The left margin is extant, no margin was left at the right and the blank at the bottom measures 145 mm. A sheet-join runs along the height of the sheet at c. 10 mm from the right edge. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. IV. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
