Sale of land (P.Duk.inv. 631)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Sale of land, Year 34 Phaophi 2 [148 B.C. Oct. 30 or 137 B.C. Oct. 27]
Subject: Government sale of real property --Egypt --Heracleopolite
	Nome --332-30 B.C.
	Crown lands --Egypt --Heracleopolite Nome --332-30 B.C.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --Heracleopolite Nome --332-30 B.C.
	Deeds --Egypt --Heracleopolite Nome --332-30 B.C.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass ; 16 x 21 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 15.6 x 20.7 cm.
	18 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto; written across
	the fibers on the verso under a horizontal bar.
	Small upper margin; left margin of 2.5 cm. for the
	Greek text; right margin of 2.5 cm. for the Demotic text.
	P.Duk.inv. 631 was formerly P.Duk.inv. MF74 34.
	Papyrus sale of royal land from the Herakleopolites
	(Heracleopolite Nome), Egypt. Has a Greek summary
	in the first three lines. Mentions Eubios. Dated
	to Phaophi 2, year 34 (October 30, 148 B.C. or October
	27, 137 B.C.). Has the names of four witnesses on the verso.
	In Demotic and Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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