Official memorandum(?) (P.Duk.inv. 898 R)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Official memorandum(?), [2nd cent. B.C.]
Subject: Land use --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Scribes --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Documentary papryi --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Memorandums --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, incomplete ; 10 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 9.1 x 4.6 cm.
	6 lines.
	P.Duk.inv. 898 R was written along the fibers on the
	recto; written across the fibers on the verso in
	a different hand.
	Upper margin of 2 cm.
	Official memorandum(?) from Egypt, written on papyrus.
	Memorandum(?) about land that has dried up. Mentions
	village scribes and measurement of land. Verso has
	an account(?) in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 898 V).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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