1. Papyrus 1561
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1561
- Title:
- Private Letter (SB III 6265, TM 25445)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter to Serenus from Ascles, who hopes to see the recipient soon and enquires about his health. He was grieved that he missed the ship. With address on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- late 1st century
- Extent:
- One medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete, with a few insect-holes at the bottom (front); written on both sides. On the front, there are 14 complete lines running along the fibres, the last being written after some blank space; all margins are extant, the lower being ample. The back bears one line written across the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
