1. Papyrus 731
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 731
- Title:
- Military Receipt ( ChLA III 205, P.Grenf. II 110, TM 69873)
- Scope & Content:
- This receipt for money concerns cavalrymen of an unknown unit. Although the exact nature of the payment is not expressed in the surviving text, the word fides in line 4 points to a fiduciary transaction. Perhaps such payment was needed for food supplies.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Latin
- Date Range:
- 293
- Extent:
-
Fragment from a papyrus roll, broken to the left. The document is written on the recto, along the fibres. The verso is blank. Portions of six lines survive. The light-brown papyrus preserves the top (18 mm), the right (7 mm), and the bottom (52 mm) margins. The black ink is faded in the right edge and is darker in lines 4-6. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
