Draft of an official memorandum(?) (P.Duk.inv. 345 R)

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150 dpi image of 345r

Catalogue Record

Title: Draft of an official memorandum(?), [Year 28? [154/153? B.C. or 143/142? B.C.]
Subject: Scribes --Egypt --Heracleopolite Nome --332-30 B.C.
	Wheat --Taxation --Egypt --Heracleopolite Nome --332-30 B.C.
	Accounting --Egypt --Heracleopolite Nome --332-30 B.C.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --Heracleopolite Nome --332-30 B.C.
	Memorandums --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, four fragments of which two join,
	mounted in glass, top part is broken off.
Note: Dimensions of fragments are 9.5 x 12.2 cm. or smaller.
	19 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto in two columns;
	written across the fibers on the verso in a different hand.
	Lower margin of 1.5 cm.; left margin of 1 cm.
	Extracted from mummy cartonnage with P.Duk.inv. 324-344
	and P.Duk.inv. 346-434.
	P.Duk.inv. 345 R was formerly P.Duk.inv. AF74 22 R.
	Papyrus draft of a memorandum(?) from the Herakleopolites
	(Heracleopolite Nome), Egypt relating to scribes
	and a court session(?). An account of wheat paid
	as taxes in kind is given as well. Year 28 (154/153
	B.C. or 143/142 B.C.) is mentioned. Corrections are
	indicated by brackets. Verso has an account(?) in
	Greek (P.Duk.inv. 345 V).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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