491. Papyrus 528
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 528
- Title:
- Letter of a Prisoner (P.Petr. II 10(2), P.Petr. III 32(b), P.Lond. III 528 descr., TM 7423)
- Scope & Content:
- Letter to Phaies, financial official (oikonomos), from Ammonius, scribe near Oxyrhyncha, who reports that he has been imprisoned at the door of the strategus’ office by the assistant.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 221-205 BC
- Extent:
-
Papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, with irregular lower margin; lacking the upper right corner and with a hole in the left portion; otherwise well preserved. Writing runs across the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are 14 lines, complete; the last word is written after a blank. Upper and side margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.