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2951. Papyrus 1343

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1343
Title:
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.

2952. Papyrus 1346

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1346
Title:
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.

2953. Papyrus 1353

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1353
Title:
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.

2954. Papyrus 1360

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1360
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1362, TM 19820)
Scope & Content:
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, concerning the delivery of some palm trunks necessary for the construction of the palace of the Caliph in Fustat. Dated to the 9th indiction, Mesore 26.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
19 August 710
Extent:

Long fragment from a papyrus roll, broken at the top with traces of one line, and lacking a few letters at the beginning of each line. On the recto, one Arabic line; on the verso two lines containing the endorsement.

2955. Papyrus 1361

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1361
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (SB X 10453, P.Lond. IV 1340, TM 16760)
Scope & Content:
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, other parts of which are to be found in P.Sorb. inv. 2233. The letter corncerns arrears of taxes and is dated to the 8th indiction, Phaophi 23; with docket on the verso.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
20 October 709
Extent:

Two fragments of different sizes belonging to the same document as the Sorbonne Papyrus inventoried as 2233; the upper fragment preserves the first five lines of the letter, with Arabic text in line 1, and has the docket on the verso with one line written the other way up; the lower fragment has no writing on the back.

2956. Papyrus 1374

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1374
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1378, TM 19833)
Scope & Content:
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, concerning a requisition for palm wood. The trunks that Basilius has to send to Babylon must be 10 and 12 cubits long and are to be used for the palace at Fustat, which is being built by the river under the su...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
8 May 710
Extent:

Joining fragments of varying size from a papyrus roll, with small gaps in the left-hand lower part which do not affect the text, and a larger lacuna affecting most of lines 2-4. With Arabic writing in line 1 and docket on the verso in two lines.

2957. Papyrus 1375

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1375
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1379, TM 19834)
Scope & Content:
Fragment of an official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito: Basilius is ordered to send six solidi for the supply of three men who are employed in the building of a barn in Fustat. Dated to the 9th indiction, Pauni 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
26 May 710
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus roll, broken at the bottom and with a few letters missing mostly on the left-hand side; with the docket on the verso, one line being written the other way up.

2958. Papyrus 1376

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1376
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1380, TM 19835)
Scope & Content:
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, who is being scolded for a delay in the delivery of two thirds of the gold taxes: there is no good excuse for this, given the good produce of the fields, and the arrears shall be dispatched immediately. Dated ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1 June 710
Extent:

Long and well preserved fragment from a papyrus roll, lacking one line at the beginning and a couple of letters on the right-hand side of the first few lines. On the verso, one line with the endorsement.

2959. Papyrus 1377

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1377
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1344, TM 19802)
Scope & Content:
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, to whom an order already issued in the past is being repeated: he is to send back fugitives from the Arsinoite nome. Why he did not do this earlier is unknown to the governor. The document is dated to the 8th ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
After 2 April 710
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus roll, quite damaged throughout, although the writing is affected only in a few cases; with the docket on the verso.

2960. Papyrus 1378

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1378
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1381, TM 19836)
Scope & Content:
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, concerning the issue of fugitives moving from one pagarchy to another. Basilius does not seem to be doing much about this problem in his pagarchy. The dating clause is lost.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
708-710
Extent:

Fragment from a papyrus roll, written on one side and broken at the top, with one line missing; approximately 10 letters are missing on the right-hand side; well preserved as to the rest. Housed in one glass frame and mounted on cardboard.

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