1. 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.
