Title: Private memorandum, [1--] Subject: Bricks --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Wheat --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Documentary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Memorandums --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, right part is broken off ; 15 x 6 cm. Note: Actual dimensions of item are 14.8 x 5.7 cm. 7 lines. P.Duk.inv. 975 R (b) was written along the fibers in the intercolumnium of another text. Upper margin of 0.5 cm.; lower margin of 11.5 cm. Private memorandum from Egypt, written on papyrus. Has a list of items not to forget: old wheat (sitos) for the beer brewers(?); cutting(?) reed; sending(?) wheat (pyros); baked tiles; sawing beams(?). Written in between the columns of a documentary text in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 975 R (a)). Verso has an account of expenses in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 975 V). In Greek. Descriptive database available in repository.
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