1. Papyrus 237
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 237
- Title:
- Letter of Agathus to Abinnaeus concerning the Annona (P.Abinn. 26, P.Lond. II 237, TM 10024)
- Scope & Content:
- A letter to Abinnaeus from Agathus, a military accountant (actuarius), who is being detained in Arsinoe. Agathus asks that a certain Uranius be kept at Dionysias until his return so that he may check the accounts for the collection of the annona. Regulations of the dux as to the annona quotas co...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- c. 346
- Extent:
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Light-brown papyrus sheet, fully preserved, although somewhat damaged at the bottom and slightly defaced in places. Writing is on both sides along the fibres, the back having a two-line docket. The recto has a two-line postscript written across the fibres, perpendicularly to the main text, running from the top to the bottom of the left margin. Vertical folds are visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.
