Browsing by geographical names

Browsing by geographical names

The following "nomes" (districts the size of New York City) are represented among the Duke papyri. In time-honored Egyptian fashion they are arranged from South to North (the way the Nile flows), so that Alexandria and the rest of the Mediterranean world follow at the end. For orientation consult the sketch map. Select an item to see images of the papyrus as well as the catalogue record describing the item.

Nubia:

Private letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 177 R)

The Great Oasis:

Sale of a donkey in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 9)
Contract for the sale or exchange of a donkey in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 10)
Declaration on oath in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 11r)
Private letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 11v)

The Thinite nome:

Account of money in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 651 R)
Official correspondence in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 706)
Literary text in Hieratic (P.Duk.inv. 800)

The Panopolite nome:

Draft of a petition to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 18 R)
Another draft of the same petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 18 V)
Power of attorney in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 19 R)
Another draft of the petition to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 19 V)
Private letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 177 R)
List of land in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 177 V)
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 179 R)
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 179 V)
Declaration of property in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 180)
Declaration of property in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 181)
Declaration of property in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 182 R (a))
Declaration of property in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 182 R (b))
Declaration of property in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 182 R (c))
Declaration of property in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 182 R (d))
Declaration of property in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 182 R (e))
Declaration of property in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 182 V)
Declaration of property in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 183)
Declaration of property in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 184)
Sale of a house and land in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 185)
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 186 R)
Another draft of the petition to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 187 R)
Another draft of the petition to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 188 R)
Draft of a petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 188 V)
Another draft of the petition to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 189 R)
Another draft of the petition to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 189 V)
Account of income from estates in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 199)
List of land in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 201)
List of property in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 203)
List of property in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 204)
Contract in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 205 V)
List of property(?) in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 206)
Draft of a petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 207)
Draft of a petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 208)
Another draft of the petition to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 217 R)
List of land in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 220)
List of land in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 222)
List of land in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 226)
Draft of a petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 229 V)
Declaration to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 1278 R)
Another draft of the petition to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 1278)
Another draft of the petition to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 1279)
Another draft of the petition to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 1280)
List of property in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 1281)
List of property in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 1282)
Draft of a petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 1283)
Sale of a house and land in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 1284)

The Antaeopolite nome:

Contract in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 76)

The Apollonopolite nome (the one of which the capital is Apollonopolis Heptakomias):

List of candidates for public office in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 512 R)
Account of money taxes in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 512 V)

The Lycopolite nome:

Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 879)

The Cussite nome:

Account of wheat in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 984)

The Hermopolite nome:

Account of expenses in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 20)
Account of wheat in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 93)
List of villages in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 521 V)
Official letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 666)
Account of expenses in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 671)
Account in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 705)
Private letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 913)

The Antinoite nome:

Draft of a petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 209)
Martyrdom in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 438)
Lease of land in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 760)
Letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 917)

The Oxyrhynchite nome:

Loan of money in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 16)
Documentary text in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 17)
Petition(?) in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 92)
Draft of a petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 209)
Petition(?) against assault in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 338)
Request to inherit in Latin (P.Duk.inv. 466)
List of names in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 523)
Sale of wine in advance in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 524)
Cession of three slaves in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 527 R)
Account of income and expenses(?) in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 527 V)
Declarations on oath in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 531 R)
Draft of a petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 546 R)
Order to supply seed in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 547)
Documentary text in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 552)
Official correspondence in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 706)
List of persons in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 742)
Order for payment in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 747)
Lease of a vineyard in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 749)
Declaration on oath in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 754 R)
Lease of land in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 760)
Epikrisis declaration in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 776 R)
Division of property in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 780)
Order to supply seed in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 785)
Receipt for barley in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 786)
Order to supply seed in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 794)
Register of land in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 981)
Documentary text in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 986 R)
Account of expenses in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 1012 V)

The Cynopolite nome:

Letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 300)
Petition(?) against assault in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 338)
Documentary text in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 534)
Account of money in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 979 V)

The Heracleopolite nome:

Letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 26)
Documentary text in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 135)
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 304)
Petition(?) against assault in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 338)
List of land in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 342 R)
Official memorandum(?) in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 344)
Account(?) (P.Duk.inv. 345 V)
Receipt of tax payment (P.Duk.inv. 361)
Official letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 599)
Declaration of wheat in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 600)
Official report in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 602)
Petition(?) in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 603 R)
Official letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 605 R)
Draft of an official letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 605 V)
Official letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 607 R)
Official letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 608 R)
Official memorandum in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 608 V)
Account of oil in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 621 R)
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 781 R (b))
Account of expenses in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 840 R)
Account of expenses in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 840 V)

The Arsinoite nome (or the Fayyum):

Loan of money in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 7)
Memorandum in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 42)
Official report in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 78)
Account of wheat(?)in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 83 V)
Lease of a palm grove in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 85)
Receipt for rent paid in kind in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 99)
Register of unusable land in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 100 R)
Account of taxes in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 101 R)
Account of expenses in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 120)
Cession of land in Greek in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 170)
Tax register in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 174 V)
Documentary text in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 313 R (a))
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 314)
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 316)
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 317 V (b))
Private letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 319)
Business letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 320 R)
Official letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 326)
Official letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 329)
Official letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 336)
Declaration in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 491)
Account of taxes in kind in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 589)
Account of money taxes in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 590)
Official letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 607 R)
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 674)
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 676)
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 677)
Official letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 680)
Account of payments in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 685)
Official memorandum in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 690)
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 698)
Account of money taxes in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 699 R)
Account of money taxes in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 699 V)
Account of money taxes in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 700 R)
Account in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 703)
Account in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 705)
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 707)
Lease of land in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 710)
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 714)
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 715)
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 716)
Tax account in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 720)
Tax register in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 723 V)
Receipts of tax payments in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 726 R)
Declaration of land in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 753 R)
Census declaration in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 971 R)
Account of taxes in kind in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 1327 R)
Report on taxes in kind in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 1332)
Account of taxes in kind in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 1345 V)

The Aphroditopolite nome:

Official letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 614)

The Memphite nome:

Customs receipt in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 2)
Documentary text in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 43)
Private letter in Demotic (P.Duk.inv. 675 (b))
Draft of a petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 721 V)

The Prosopite nome:

Account of wheat in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 984)

The Athribite nome:

Private letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 913)

The Pharbaithite nome:

Official account of deliveries in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 169)

The Mendesian nome:

Literary text in Hieratic (P.Duk.inv. 800)

Pelousion:

Business letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 97)

Alexandria:

Draft of a petition to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 18 R)
Another draft of the same petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 18 V)
Power of attorney in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 19 R)
Another draft of the petition to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 19 V)
Daily account of money expenses in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 33)
Memorandum(?) in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 45 V)
Private letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 177 R)
Sale of a house and land in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 185)
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 186 R)
Another draft of the petition to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 187 R)
Another draft of the petition to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 188 R)
Another draft of the petition to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 188 V)
Another draft of the petition to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 189 R)
Another draft of the petition to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 189 V)
Another draft of the petition to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 217 R)
Draft of a petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 229 V)
Proceedings in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 650 V)
Private letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 675 (a))
Account in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 705)
Order for payment in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 747)
Declaration to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 1278 R)
Another draft of the petition to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 1278)
Another draft of the petition to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 1279)
Another draft of the petition to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 1280)
Sale of a house and land in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 1284)

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