Arabic Papyrus #0365

Four pages of codex with remnant of binding cord. Script is naskhi book hand. See Malczycki, William Matthews. Literary Papyri from the University of Utah Arabic Papyrus and Paper Collection. Salt Lake City: University of Utah, 2006. See Samji, Karim. Studies in Arabic Literary Papyri. Salt Lake City: University of Utah, 2008 Good quality light brown papyrus 24 x 16.5 cm. Leaf written on both sides in black ink. A string made of twisted papyrus and bearing a knot is attached to the fold in the middle and must have served to bind other leaves. Recto: A blank space (1.7 cm) separates the two written sides of the leaf. The right half of the right side is missing and the text is upside down in opposite direction to the one on the left side. It contains 14 lines with an upper end margin (1 cm) and a lower end margin (1.8 cm). The text has suffered from breaks and peelings and is in mediocre condition. The left side has 13 lines with left edges slightly damaged. Margins: upper end (1.8 cm), lower end (1.2 cm). In tolerably good condition.