1. Papyrus 2978
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2978
- Title:
- Official Letter (P.Hib. II 206, TM 5190)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragmentary letter from Theophilus to Plutarchus, an official concerned with the collection of taxes in kind (perhaps a sitologos), urging him to send some seed corn and ordering him to charge a fee in the future given that a cultivator had failed to register his requirements in seed. With addres...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 21 June 262 BC (?)
- Extent:
- Fragments from a medium-brown papyrus, reused as mummy cartonnage; one of the fragments at the bottom may come from another papyrus; written on both sides. On the front, there are portions of 28 lines written along the fibres; on the back, there is the end of a word written along the fibres, and remains of plaster and decoration. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
