1. Papyrus 1435
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1435
- Title:
- Official Order from the Governor Qurrah ben Sharik (P.Lond. IV 1408, TM 19855)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragment of an order of the governor Qurrah ben Sharik to the inhabitants of Pente Pediades, in Aphrodito, to make nails out of the unrefined iron they receive from their pagarch Basilius. The rest of the order is preserved in a fragment now at Heidelberg, inventoried as PSR 15 a.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- September 709
- Extent:
- Right-hand portion of a papyrus sheet, the left-hand portion of which is now in Heidelberg (PSR 15 a); written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are parts of 14 lines running across the fibres, in Arabic and Greek. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
