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Title Letter
Citations
Inv. Id P. O.I. 13757 (P. Qurra I)
Support/Dimensions papyrus ; 35.0 x 20.0 cm
Condition Medium brown, very fine papyrus. Slightly worm-eaten; right half much broken, mostly between lines. The entire document is preserved and consists of three pieces put together between lines 2-3 and 15-16. The small writing on verso has suffered more damage than the writing on recto.
Lines Recto: 17 lines in Arabic; Verso: 2 lines in Arabic
Recto/Verso Source of description: On recto and verso: letter
Origin Aphrodito, modern Kom Ashkauh, Upper Egypt.
More from Aphrodito, modern Kom Ashkauh, Upper Egypt.
Language Arabic
Date January 18-February 16, 709 A.D.
More from the period between 709 CE and 710 CE
Note (general) The sahib, or governor of Ashkauh is in all probability Basil, mentioned in P. O.I. 13756 (P. Qurrah III).
Note (general) Location: Oriental Institute
Note (general) Pub. status: Published: recto and verso
Subjects Ashkauh; Letter; Documentary; papyrus
Associated Names Kurrah ibn Sharik
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

APIS Translation (English)

P. O.I. 13757 (P. Qurra I) recto: (1) In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. (2) From Kurrah ibn Sharik to (3) the sahib of Ashkauh. I (4) praise God, than whom there is (5) no other God. (6) Now to proceed: Look up the balance due (7) from the bishop of your district (8) of the amount imposed on him by (9) Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Malik (10) and collect the first (amount) and rush it to me (11) by my messenger and the messenger of the (12) bishop; and do not delay (13) any of the balance, be it little or (14) much. Peace be with (15) those who follow the guidance. (16) Written in the month of Rabi (17) I of the year ninety. (seal) P. O.I. 13757 (P. Qurrah I) verso: (1) ... the bishop's people [official marks] Ashkauh regarding his account (?) (2) [official marks].