1. Papyrus 1336
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1336
- Title:
- Official Letter from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius (P.Lond. IV 1337, TM 19795)
- Scope & Content:
- Order from the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to Basilius, pagarch of Aphrodito, to raise and send the salaries of the sailors Qurrah had to recruit for the yearly raiding expedition (cursus Aegypti) as replacements of the sailors that Basilius had failed to send in time; the account of the money req...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 10 September 709
- Extent:
- Papyrus of light colour, broken off at the top, with some damage along the horizontal folds and few holes, otherwise well preserved; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 24 lines, the first of which is fragmentary. Left and lower margins survive, while no free space was left on the right. Two sheet-joins running horizontally are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
