Title: Receipt, [not before 1] Subject: Ostraka --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Receipts --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Ostraka --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Material: 1 item : postsherd, right part is broken off ; 7 cm. Note: Actual dimensions of item are 7 x 5.5 cm. 5 lines. Written on the convex side of the ostracon against the ribs. Small upper margin; lower margin of 3.5 cm.; small left margin. P.Duk.inv. 233 was formerly O.Duk.inv. 1. Receipt from Egypt, written on a potsherd. Receipt is for 4 drachmas. Dated to Thoth (late August to late September), year 17. In Greek. Descriptive database available in repository.
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