Customs receipt (P.Duk.inv. 2)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Customs receipt, [1--]
Subject: Tariff --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Livestock brands --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --Fayyum --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Receipts --Egypt --Fayyum --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass ; 8 x 7 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 7.6 x 6.7 cm.
	9 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the recto.
	Upper margin of 0.5 cm.; lower margin of 2 cm.; left
	margin of 0.5 cm.; small right margin.
	P.Duk.inv. 2 was formerly P.Duk.inv. G 2.
	Customs receipt for the payment of customs duties from
	the Arsinoite Nome (modern name: Fayyum), Egypt,
	written on papyrus. Written for Hermaion. Payment
	is through the harbor of Memphis. Mentions a brand
	on a camel(?).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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