1. Papyrus 507
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 507
- Title:
- Letter of Introduction (P.Petr. II 2(4), P.Petr. III 28c, P.Lond. III 507descr., TM 7408)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter of Dioscurides to his father Diophanes, recommending Asclepiades, the bearer of the letter, who is sailing up the Nile, should he need anything. With docket on the back including the name of the sender, the recipient, the Macedonian and Greek dates, and the subject of the letter, which is...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 26 April 222 BC
- Extent:
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Two fragments of a papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, with some 20 letters lost in between; mutilated at the bottom (front), and with few small insect holes in the preserved fragments. Writing runs across the fibres on the front and along them on the back. On the front, the left fragment bears the beginnings of 3 lines and the right fragment the ends of 6 lines. Both fragments have modern annotations. On the back there are three rubbed lines arranged in one column and a word written next to it; on the other fragment, written in the reverse direction, there is another line. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
