Title: Loan of wheat and olives(?), [4--] Subject: Loans, Personal --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Wheat --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Olive --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Documentary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Material: 1 item : papyrus, reconstructed from numerous fragments, mounted in glass, incomplete ; 27 x 9 cm. Note: Actual dimensions of item are 26.3 x 8.8 cm. 34 lines. Written along the fibers on the recto. Small lower margin(?). P.Duk.inv. 22 was formerly P.Duk.inv. G 22. Loan of wheat and olives(?) from Egypt, written on papyrus. Loan of three artabas, a measure, of wheat and perhaps an amount of olives from someone to another person with "enios" in his name who is the son of Pekysios. A person who is the son of Silbanos, a deacon, writes the signature of the debtor since he is illiterate. In Greek. Descriptive database available in repository.
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