1. Papyrus 2231
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 2231
- Title:
- Petition (SB VI 9239, TM 17881)
- Scope & Content:
- Petition to Flavius Melas, tachygraphos (shorthand writer) of the governor’s office in the province of Arcadia, from Christodora, of Oxyrhynchus, complaining that her son-in-law, with whom she had been living, took her possessions, threw her out of the house, and beat her. She asks that he be sum...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 15 October 548
- Extent:
- Medium-brown papyrus sheet, complete and well preserved, with minor surface damage at the bottom; bearing writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 24 lines running along the fibres. All margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
