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41. Papyrus 2851

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2851
Title:
Strenght report of the cohors I Veterana Hispanorum equitata (ChLA III 219 + XLVIII 219, CPL 112, TM 69875)
Scope & Content:
This military report refers to the part-mounted cohors I Veterana Hispanorum equitata. It is a detailed inventory of personnel, with accessions, losses, soldiers absent on duty, both inside and outside the province, as well as with sick listed. The papyrus closely resembles a pridianum, a yearly ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
105 or 106
Extent:
Fragment from a papyrus roll written on one side along the fibres with the back being blank. Two columns: column 1 preserves 36 lines and column 2 has 45 lines with top (36 mm) and the bottom (40 mm) margins extant. Written with black ink. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

42. Papyrus 3124

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 3124
Title:
Bilingual Latin-Arabic Private Letter (TM 397934)
Scope & Content:
A private letter in Latin and Arabic languages, written in Latin alphabet, in which a certain Sati writes to an acquaintance named Iohanne, asking for news about Iohanne’s health and some economical matters concerning merchandise and trading of linen. A third man, named Custantin, is mentioned. T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Latin
Date Range:
7th century-9th century
Extent:

One papyrus sheet, fully preserved, with damages presumably due to folding; written on both sides, with 22 lines across the fibres on the recto, and 2 lines along the fibres on the verso. In the first six lines of the recto, the language used is Latin, but then it switches to Arabic, still written in Latin alphabet (rest of recto and verso). Mounted in one glass frame.