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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Papyrus 1-3136 Name Qurrah ben Sharik, Governor of Egypt, 709-715 Digitised Content Platform BL Digitised Manuscripts (2024-)

1. Papyrus 1343

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1343
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1346, TM 19804)
Scope & Content:
Letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, urging him to dispatch materials and supplies for the ships at Klysma, in the Eastern Desert, and provisions for the sailors before the water of the canal of Trajan subsides. The governor had already written about this, b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3 January 710
Extent:
Papyrus roll, written across the fibres having been rotated 90 degrees (transversa charta), complete and overall well preserved, with some damage at the top and along the folds; written on both sides. On the front, there are 20 lines; margins are extant. The original clay seal is still attached at the bottom. The back bears two lines running along the fibres, one of which is written the other way up in relation to the other. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2. Papyrus 1379

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1379
Title:
Official Letter of the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius on Fugitives (P.Lond. IV 1382, TM 20487)
Scope & Content:
Letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, who is urged to hand over any fugitives who may be in his administrative district as they should return to their respective pagarchies. There will be consequences should he fail to do so. P.Georg.Ross. IV 1 preserves the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2 April 710
Extent:
Left-hand half of a papyrus roll, darker in places; broken off at the top; Writing runs on one side across the fibres. The front bears 32 lines written across the fibres. Left and lower magins are extant. The right-hand portion of the same papyrus alongside two other fragments from the top are now at the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg and have been published as P. Ross.Georg. IV 1. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3. Papyrus 1558

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1558
Title:
Official Letter of the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius on Wages for Sailors (P.Lond. IV 1374, TM 19830)
Scope & Content:
Letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, instructing him to collect and dispatch seven solidi as wages for seven sailors from his administrative district who had gone to Syria for the raiding expedition (cursus) and had stayed there. The original clay seal feat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1 May 710
Extent:

Papyrus roll, medium-dark brown, lacking the upper right-hand corner; with holes and minor surface damage along the folds; written on both sides. The front bears 13 lines written across the fibres and fairly spaced; lines 1-7 lack the ends. Upper, left and lower margins are extant; the right, which is minimal and irregular, survives from line 8. At the bottom the original clay seal survives. On the back, two faded lines run along the fibres at the top, written upside down in relation to each other. A small papyrus strip was glued diagonally on the right-hand side. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

4. Papyrus 1559

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1559
Title:
Official Letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1363, TM 19821)
Scope & Content:
Fragmentary letter of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, ordering him to send taxes of the churches in his district to the treasury. He also instructs him to draw up a register of the quota collected from each church and to send a list arranged by person. With origi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4 September 710
Extent:
Lower portion of a medium-brown papyrus, broken off at the top and left and with surface damage and holes in places; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of 12 lines lacking the beginnings, fairly spaced; at the bottom, there is the original clay seal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

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