1. Papyrus 1830
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1830
- Title:
- Letter about the Payment of Cloth-Workers (P.Hib. I 67, Chrest.Wilck. 306, TM 8217)
- Scope & Content:
- Asclepiades, banker of the district, instructs Cleitarchus, banker of the toparchy, to pay the weavers at Ankyropolis. With Asclepiades’ subscription at the end
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 8 January 228 BC
- Extent:
-
Papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, dark-brown in the upper and lower portions, and with plaster residue and surface damage in places; lacking the upper left corner and the lower right corner. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. One column of 35 lines remains, with line 33 being fully lost. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
