1. Papyrus 1361
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1361
- Title:
- Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, Pagarch of Aphrodito (SB X 10453, P.Lond. IV 1340, TM 16760)
- Scope & Content:
- Official letter from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, other parts of which are to be found in P.Sorb. inv. 2233. The letter corncerns arrears of taxes and is dated to the 8th indiction, Phaophi 23; with docket on the verso.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Arabic and Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 20 October 709
- Extent:
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Two fragments of different sizes belonging to the same document as the Sorbonne Papyrus inventoried as 2233; the upper fragment preserves the first five lines of the letter, with Arabic text in line 1, and has the docket on the verso with one line written the other way up; the lower fragment has no writing on the back.
