Draft of an official memorandum (P.Duk.inv. 342 V)


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Catalogue Record

Title: Draft of an official memorandum, [2nd cent. B.C.]
Subject: Government property --Egypt --Heracleopolite Nome --332-30 B.C.
	Shipment of goods --Egypt --Heracleopolite Nome --332-30 B.C.
	Grain --Egypt --Heracleopolite Nome --Transportation --332-30 B.C.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --Heracleopolite Nome --332-30 B.C.
	Memorandums --Egypt --Heracleopolite Nome --332-30 B.C.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, four joining fragments mounted in
	glass, top broken off ; 17 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 16.3 x 18.6 cm.
	10 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the verso; written along
	the fibers on the recto.
	Lower margin of 4.5 cm.
	Extracted from mummy cartonnage with P.Duk.inv. 324-341
	and P.Duk.inv. 343-434.
	P.Duk.inv. 342 V was formerly P.Duk.inv. AF74 19 V.
	Papyrus draft of a memorandum from the Herakleopolites
	(Heracleopolite Nome), Egypt relating to the shipment
	of government goods such as wheat, barley, and other
	grains. Corrections are indicated by brackets. Recto
	has a list of land in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 342 R).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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