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Customs-House Receipts (P.Lond. III 1265(a-f), TM 11775-11780)
Scope & Content:
Customs-house receipts, acknowledging payments made by individuals passing the gate of Soknopaiou Nesos and, in one case, of Philadelpheia. Upper left papyrus (P.Lond. III 1265(a), TM 11775): Receipt acknowledging the payment of customs-dues made by Satabous. Dated 1 February 83. With seal disp...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
83-177
Extent:
Six small papyrus sheets, written on one side, the back being blank; housed in the same glass frame.
Upper left papyrus (A): With surface damage; 6 lines running along the fibres; margins minimal with the exception of the lower; with original clay seal at the bottom.
Second papyrus from left (B): With surface damage; 6 lines running along the fibres; margins minimal with the exception of the lower; with original clay seal at the bottom.
Upper right papyrus (C): Imperfect on the right and with surface damage; 8 lines running along the fibres and lacking the ends; upper, lower and left margins are extant.
Lower left papyrus (D): Riddled with holes and abraded; 9 lines running along the fibres; margins are extant and minimal.
Second papyrus from left (E): Complete but badly abraded; 7 lines running along the fibres; margins are extant.
Lower left papyrus (F): Complete, with surface damage in places; 7 lines running along the fibres; margins minimal with the exception of the lower.
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1332, TM 19791)
Scope & Content:
Letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, with instructions to provide assistance to three Arab officials who are searching for fugitives: Basilius has to send certain agents and each official will take three of them. A summary is provided at the end in a smal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
25 December 708
Extent:
Two fragments from a papyrus roll, written on one side: the top fragment only contains a word from a line, with traces of another line above it; the bottom fragment is well preserved and contains a letter the beginning of which is lost.
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1333, TM 19792)
Scope & Content:
Letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, with instructions to provide assistance to three Arab officials who are searching for fugitives: Basilius has to send certain agents and each official will take two of them. A summary is provided at the end. The letter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
25 December 708
Extent:
Two joining fragments of different sizes from a papyrus roll, written on one side and preserving a letter the beginning of which is lost; the fragment on the right-hand side additionally lacks four lines on top.
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1338, TM 19796)
Scope & Content:
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, who is ordered to pay the outstanding taxes, both ordinary and extraordinary, at once. He is asked to come to the head-quarters, bringing four men mentioned in some previous letter, along with the register of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12 September 709
Extent:
Long fragment of a papyrus roll, written on one side, broken off at the top and with gaps affecting the beginning of the first three lines; well preserved as to the rest. Mounted on cardboard in one glass frame.
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1339, TM 19797)
Scope & Content:
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, repeating the orders already given in Papyrus 1337 (P.Lond. IV 1338), written one month earlier. Basilius is urged to come to the head-quarters with some four men mentioned in a previous letter, and to bring t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
9 October 709
Extent:
Well preserved fragment of a papyrus roll, written on one side across the fibres, broken at the top but without gaps in the preserved portion; mounted on cardboard in one glass frame.
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1343, TM 19801)
Scope & Content:
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, instructing him to send back fugitives with their families and their properties, and to draw up a list containing full details of them. Heavy punishment in case of disobedience shall be inflicted on Basilius a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
30 December 709
Extent:
Long fragment of a papyrus roll written on one side and well preserved, although broken at the top. Mounted on cardboard in one glass frame.
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1345, TM 19803)
Scope & Content:
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, concerning a fine to be levied. The reason is not stated in the preserved portion of the letter, but the sanction was to be fairly divided among the individuals involved on the basis of their wealth. Dated to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1 January 710
Extent:
Long fragment of a papyrus roll written on one side, broken at the top and with a few gaps mostly affecting the first lines; ink is well preserved, with the exception of the last lines. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in one glass frame.
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1346, TM 19804)
Scope & Content:
Letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, urging him to dispatch materials and supplies for the ships at Klysma, in the Eastern Desert, and provisions for the sailors before the water of the canal of Trajan subsides. The governor had already written about this, b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3 January 710
Extent:
Papyrus roll, written across the fibres having been rotated 90 degrees (transversa charta), complete and overall well preserved, with some damage at the top and along the folds; written on both sides. On the front, there are 20 lines; margins are extant. The original clay seal is still attached at the bottom. The back bears two lines running along the fibres, one of which is written the other way up in relation to the other. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1349, TM 19807)
Scope & Content:
Letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, who is being reproached because of his delay in the collection and delivery of the taxes. The governor reminds Basilius of the duties and responsibilities of a good official, among which there certainly is a diligent c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
14 January 710
Extent:
Long fragment from a papyrus roll, broken at the top and with the first five lines lacking their right-hand side, but well preserved as to the rest; written on one side and mounted on cardboard in one glass frame.
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1356, TM 19814)
Scope & Content:
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, who is invited to be more accessible to the people. Basilius is also asked to summon the village headmen and chief men and instruct them to select trustworthy persons for the assessment of the dioikesis, to be...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
15 April 710
Extent:
Long fragment from a papyrus roll, lacking a few letters on the right-hand side at the beginning of each line; one Arabic line on top; two lines with the endorsement on the verso.
