1. Papyrus 1744
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1744
- Title:
- Petition from the Archive of Dioscorus (P.Lond. V 1676, TM 19695)
- Scope & Content:
- A man petitions the dux against the attempts of Petros to make the petitioner and his wife liable for taxes. The petitioner’s father had become a monk and left him in the care of his maternal uncle Colluthus, who later became his father-in-law, as the petitioner married his daughter. Upon their m...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 566-573
- Extent:
- Dark-brown papyrus, with lighter patches, rubbed in places; written on both sides. The front bears 32 lines written across the fibres; on the back, there are 36 lines written along the fibres, the other way up in relation to the front, with an interlinear addition of one line. Margins are minimal. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
