Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1422

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 247 MS Gen 1026/17
  • Dates of Creation
      AD 128
  • Language of Material
      Greek
  • Physical Description
      1 papyrus fragment. 16.2x6.4 cm. Encapsulated in laminated glass incorporating a UV filtering film, window mounted and enclosed in buckram covered boards by Glasgow University Library Conservation Department, 1996/97.

Scope and Content

Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1422. Letter from Demetrius, strategus of Gynaecopolite, to Agathodaemon, strategus of Oxyrhynchus, concerning absence of Achilleus whose arrest was required on the charge of harbouring a fugitive slave. About A.D. 128. Fragment from Oxyrhynchus.

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