Art and Architecture Thesaurus Genre Headings


Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) headings were used in the papyrus records to represent the form and genre of the papyrus. These headings can be searched in Duke's online catalog as subject headings.

Accounts
Amulets
Business letters
Contracts
Correspondence
Declarations
Documentary papyri
Figure drawings
Inventories
Judicial records (used for proceedings)
Hymns
Leases
Ledgers
Legal notices
Letters of recommendation
Lists
Literary papyri
Liturgical manuscripts
Marks of origin
Martyrologies
Merchandise inventories
Memorandums
Official reports
Pattern books
Personal correspondence
Petitions
Prayers
Prescriptions
Receipts
Recipes
Registers (lists)
Sales records
Seals
Subliterary papyri
Tax returns
Treatises
Vouchers


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Last updated by Peter van Minnen on 12/7/95