1. Papyrus 1738
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1738
- Title:
- Letter to Dioscorus of Aphrodito (P.Lond. V 1682; TM 19700)
- Scope & Content:
- A letter to Dioscorus of Aphrodito from an unknown sender about a troublesome shepherd who has been troubling Dioscorus’s tenants at the village of Mounkrechis; the writer was accompanying Menas the pagarch. The address is on the back.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 566-567
- Extent:
- Papyrus sheet, dark brown in places, written against the fibres. Possibly folded from the bottom upwards and then perhaps once from each side towards the middle. The address on the back is written along the fibres. The text is complete.
