Register of land and rents (P.Duk.inv. 1321 R)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Register of land and rents, [2nd cent. B.C.]
Subject: Rent --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
	Tenant farmers --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
	Crown lands --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
	Temple lands --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
	Registers (lists) --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, nine joining fragments mounted in
	glass, incomplete ; 23 x 29 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 22.2 x 28.2 cm.
	20 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto in two columns.
	Upper margin of 3.5 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 1321 R was extracted from mummy cartonnage
	with P.Duk.inv. 1318-1320 and P.Duk.inv. 1322-1371.
	List of land and rents from the Arsinoite Nome (modern
	name: Fayyum), Egypt, written on papyrus. Lists rents
	charged on land and is arranged alphabetically by
	tenants of state and temple land. Some land is used
	for growing wheat, fodder (as a crop) and sesame.
	Most rents are paid in kind, but some are paid in
	money. This section covers mu to pi. One entry is
	for Mestasytmis son of Horos, Onnophris and their
	associates. Verso has an account of rents and taxes
	in kind in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 1321 V).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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