1. Papyrus 993
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 993
- Title:
- Receipt for a Probation Letter (P.Lond. III 993 descr., P.Gascou 21, TM 22763)
- Scope & Content:
- The document is a receipt in epistolary form written in Greek. The bookkeeper (actuarius) of a Roman military unit, probably that of the Mauri Scutarii in Hermopolis, acknowledges that he has received the recruit’s letter of probation (epistula probatoria). The man is thus officially a member of ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek and Latin
- Date Range:
- 8 January 514
- Extent:
- Fragment from a papyrus sheet (12 lines). The document is written on the recto, along the fibres. The verso is blank. The papyrus is mounted on a cardboard in a glass frame.
