1. Papyrus 1779
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1779
- Title:
- Letter to the Village Headman (protokometes) Apollos from an Official of Menas, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. V 1684, TM 19702)
- Scope & Content:
- A letter from one of the officials of Menas, the chief administrator of a city (pagarch), addressed to the village headman (protokometes) Apollos. Reference is made to a certain Demosthenes, described as most glorious (endoxotatos).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 29 August 566-567
- Extent:
- Broad sheet of papyrus, folded from the bottom upwards and possibly from each side towards the middle. Incomplete at the bottom-right side, where two small fragments, which do not directly join the major one, are still preserved. Written across the fibres, with a docket on the verso written along the fibers occupying. Mounted in glass.
