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1601. Papyrus 1259

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1259
Title:
Accounts (P.Lond. III 1259 ro., TM 22864; SB XVI 12827, P.Lond. III 1259 vo. descr., TM 16304)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. III 1259 ro., TM 22864): Account of daily expenses over various months, recording the prices of various items, such as pickled fish, pigs, birds, oil, meat, wood. Dated about 330. Verso (SB XVI 12827, TM 16304): Account headed 'first pagus, schedule of chlamydes (military garment...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
330-343
Extent:
Papyrus roll, broken off on the right and fragmentary at the top (front); with surface damage throughout; written on both sides. The front bears the feet of five columns written along the fibres; the first sheet of the roll displays vertical fibres. Lower and left margins survive; sheet-joins are visible. On the back, the top of five columns written across the fibres the other way up in relation to the text on the front; left and upper margins survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

1602. Papyrus 1332

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1332
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1332, TM 19791)
Scope & Content:
Letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, with instructions to provide assistance to three Arab officials who are searching for fugitives: Basilius has to send certain agents and each official will take three of them. A summary is provided at the end in a smal...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
25 December 708
Extent:

Two fragments from a papyrus roll, written on one side: the top fragment only contains a word from a line, with traces of another line above it; the bottom fragment is well preserved and contains a letter the beginning of which is lost.

1603. Papyrus 1333

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1333
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1333, TM 19792)
Scope & Content:
Letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, with instructions to provide assistance to three Arab officials who are searching for fugitives: Basilius has to send certain agents and each official will take two of them. A summary is provided at the end. The letter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
25 December 708
Extent:

Two joining fragments of different sizes from a papyrus roll, written on one side and preserving a letter the beginning of which is lost; the fragment on the right-hand side additionally lacks four lines on top.

1604. Papyrus 1338

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1338
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1339, TM 19797)
Scope & Content:
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, repeating the orders already given in Papyrus 1337 (P.Lond. IV 1338), written one month earlier. Basilius is urged to come to the head-quarters with some four men mentioned in a previous letter, and to bring t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
9 October 709
Extent:

Well preserved fragment of a papyrus roll, written on one side across the fibres, broken at the top but without gaps in the preserved portion; mounted on cardboard in one glass frame.

1605. Papyrus 1341

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1341
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1343, TM 19801)
Scope & Content:
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, instructing him to send back fugitives with their families and their properties, and to draw up a list containing full details of them. Heavy punishment in case of disobedience shall be inflicted on Basilius a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
30 December 709
Extent:

Long fragment of a papyrus roll written on one side and well preserved, although broken at the top. Mounted on cardboard in one glass frame.

1606. Papyrus 1342

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1342
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1345, TM 19803)
Scope & Content:
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, concerning a fine to be levied. The reason is not stated in the preserved portion of the letter, but the sanction was to be fairly divided among the individuals involved on the basis of their wealth. Dated to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1 January 710
Extent:

Long fragment of a papyrus roll written on one side, broken at the top and with a few gaps mostly affecting the first lines; ink is well preserved, with the exception of the last lines. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in one glass frame.

1607. Papyrus 1346

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1346
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1349, TM 19807)
Scope & Content:
Letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, who is being reproached because of his delay in the collection and delivery of the taxes. The governor reminds Basilius of the duties and responsibilities of a good official, among which there certainly is a diligent c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
14 January 710
Extent:

Long fragment from a papyrus roll, broken at the top and with the first five lines lacking their right-hand side, but well preserved as to the rest; written on one side and mounted on cardboard in one glass frame.

1608. Papyrus 1377

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1377
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1344, TM 19802)
Scope & Content:
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, to whom an order already issued in the past is being repeated: he is to send back fugitives from the Arsinoite nome. Why he did not do this earlier is unknown to the governor. The document is dated to the 8th ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
After 2 April 710
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus roll, quite damaged throughout, although the writing is affected only in a few cases; with the docket on the verso.

1609. Papyrus 1378

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1378
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1381, TM 19836)
Scope & Content:
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, concerning the issue of fugitives moving from one pagarchy to another. Basilius does not seem to be doing much about this problem in his pagarchy. The dating clause is lost.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
708-710
Extent:

Fragment from a papyrus roll, written on one side and broken at the top, with one line missing; approximately 10 letters are missing on the right-hand side; well preserved as to the rest. Housed in one glass frame and mounted on cardboard.

1610. Papyrus 1380

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1380
Title:
Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (P.Lond. IV 1383, TM 19837)
Scope & Content:
Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, concerning fugitives of the Arsinoite, Herakleopolite and Oxyrhynchite nomes. Basilius is to select two men, who will be responsible for those fugitives who have been caught; apparently, they will also have to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
708-710
Extent:

Fragment of a papyrus roll, damaged throughout, broken at the bottom and lacking the left-hand side of the text; with docket on the verso. Housed in one glass frame and mounted on cardboard, with the exception of the part of the verso bearing writing.

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