Library of Congress Subject Headings


The following Library of Congress Subject Headings have been used to describe the papyrus in the MARC records. Additional genre headings have been used to describe the form and genre of the papyrus.

Abbots -- Egypt
Accountants -- Egypt
Accounting -- Egypt
Actions and defenses -- Egypt
Actions and defenses -- Egypt -- Registers
Administration of estates -- Egypt
Adultery -- Egypt
Agricultural laborers -- Egypt
Agricultural wages -- Egypt
Agriculture -- Egypt
Agriculture -- Egypt -- Costs
Altars, Hellenistic -- Egypt
Alimony -- Egypt
Aphrodite (Greek deity)
Aphrodisiacs -- Egypt
Architects -- Egypt
Assault and battery -- Egypt
Associations, institutions, etc. -- Egypt
Astrology (not subdivided geographically)
Auctions -- Egypt
Bankers -- Egypt
Banks and banking -- Egypt
Barley -- Egypt
Baskets -- Egypt
Bathhouses -- Egypt
Beans -- Egypt
Beekeepers -- Egypt
Bible -- Allegorical interpretations
Bishops -- Egypt
Birds -- Egypt
Brahmans -- India
Bronze (not subdivided geographically)
Building -- Estimates -- Egypt
Building, Wooden -- Egypt
Building materials -- Egypt
Buildings -- Egypt -- Repair and reconstruction
Butchers -- Egypt
Byzantine Empire -- Officials and employees
Calydonian boar (Greek mythology)
Cameleers -- Egypt
Camels -- Egypt
Carpenters -- Egypt
Cashiers -- Egypt
Cavalry -- Egypt
Cavalry horses -- Egypt
Charms -- Egypt
Children -- Egypt
Chile saltpeter -- Egypt
Choral conductors -- Egypt
Churches, Coptic -- Egypt
Christian martyrs -- Egypt
Climbing plants -- Egypt
Cloaks -- Egypt
Clothing trade -- Prices -- Egypt
Colophons of manuscripts
Commercial products -- Egypt
Complaints (Civil procedure) -- Egypt
Complaints (Criminal procedure) -- Egypt
Condiments -- Egypt
Contracts -- Egypt
Coptic Church -- Clergy
Coptic Church -- Liturgy -- Texts -- Manuscripts
Coptic Church -- Sermons.
Coptic language -- Alphabet
Coptic language -- Study and teaching
Coptic language -- Writing
Coracinus -- Egypt
Costume -- Egypt
Costume -- Egypt -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500
Costume -- Egypt -- History -- To 500.
Courts -- Egypt
Crocodiles -- Egypt
Crown lands -- Egypt
Cryptography -- Egypt
Date palm -- Egypt
Deacons -- Egypt
Debt relief -- Egypt
Debtor and creditor -- Egypt
Deeds -- Egypt
Delivery of goods -- Egypt
Demonology -- Egypt
Deposits (Roman law) (not subdivided geographically)
Dreams -- Sermons
Dikes (Engineering) -- Egypt
Dispute resolution (Law) -- Egypt
Distribution of decedents' estates -- Egypt
Donkeys -- Egypt
Easter -- Egypt
Egypt -- Appropriations and expenditures
Egypt -- Armed Forces
Egypt -- Armed Forces -- Cavalry
Egypt -- Armed Forces -- Officers
Egypt -- Armed Forces -- Supplies and stores
Egypt -- Census
Egypt -- Civilization
Egypt -- Description and travel
Egypt -- Kings and rulers
Egypt -- History--Chronology
Egypt -- Officials and employees
Egypt -- Officials and employees -- Correspondence
Endogamy and exogamy (not subdivided geographically)
Epigrams
Eschatology -- Early works to 1800
Ethics, Ancient
Excavation -- Egypt
Exchange -- Egypt
Executions and executioners -- Egypt
Extortion -- Egypt
False imprisonment -- Egypt
Farm income -- Egypt
Farm managers -- Egypt
Farm manure -- Egypt -- Transportation
Farm produce -- Egypt
Farm rents -- Egypt
Farm tenancy -- Egypt
Farm tenancy -- Economic aspects -- Egypt
Farmers -- Egypt
Farms -- Egypt
Feeds -- Egypt
Ferries -- Egypt
Fig -- Egypt
Finance, Personal -- Egypt
Fines (Penalties) -- Egypt
Fishes -- Egypt
Fishes -- Egypt -- Fiction
Fishes -- Egypt -- Food
Flowers -- Egypt
Flowers -- Taxation -- Egypt
Flute players -- Egypt
Friendship -- Egypt
Food
Food -- Costs
Forced labor
Fortification -- Egypt
Fraud -- Egypt
Fruit -- Egypt -- Drying
Fruit -- Egypt -- Storage
Fruit trade -- Economic aspects
Fruit trees -- Egypt
Fugitives from justice -- Egypt
Galanthus nivalis -- Egypt
Games -- Egypt
Gardeners -- Egypt
Garum -- Egypt
Geese -- Egypt
Gods (not subdivided geographically)
Gods, Egyptian
Gold coins -- Egypt
Government executives -- Egypt
Governmental investigations -- Egypt
Government correspondence -- Egypt
Government property -- Egypt
Government purchasing -- Egypt
Government sale of real property -- Egypt
Governors -- Egypt
Grain -- Egypt
Grain -- Egypt -- Transportation
Granaries -- Egypt
Greek drama (Comedy)
Greek language -- Alphabet
Greek language -- Study and teaching (Primary)
Greek language -- Writing
Greek language, Hellenistic (300 B.C.-640 A.D.) -- Writing
Grievance arbitration -- Egypt
Guardian and ward -- Egypt
Gymnasiums -- Egypt
Gypsum -- Egypt
Hadith -- Texts
Harvesting -- Egypt
Hawks -- Egypt
Helen of Troy (Greek mythology)
Herders -- Egypt
Home ownership -- Egypt
Honey -- Egypt
Horoscopes -- Egypt
House buying -- Egypt
House selling -- Egypt
Husband and wife -- Egypt
Ibis -- Egypt
Indictments -- Egypt
Infants -- Egypt
Inheritance and succession -- Egypt
Inheritance and succession (Roman law) (not subdivided geographically)
Ink (not subdivided geographically)
Innocence (Theology) (not subdivided geographically)
Inscriptions, Greek
Inspection (not subdivided geographically)
Interest -- Egypt
Intermediate state
Irrigation -- Egypt
Irrigation -- Egypt -- Management
Jesus Christ -- Person and offices -- Early works to 1800
Jockeys -- Egypt
Judges -- Egypt
Judgment -- Religious aspects
Land settlement -- Egypt
Land tenure -- Egypt
Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Egypt
Land titles -- registration and transfer
Land use -- Egypt
Land value taxation -- Egypt
Landlord and tenant -- Egypt
Landowners -- Egypt
Larceny -- Egypt
Law -- Egypt
Lawyers -- Egypt
Leases -- Egypt
Legumes -- Egypt
Lentils -- Egypt
Letter-writing, Arabic
Letter-writing, Coptic
Letter-writing, Greek
Libel and slander -- Egypt
Linen -- Egypt
Livestock -- Egypt
Livestock brands -- Egypt
Liturgies -- Early Christian
Loans -- Law and legislation -- Egypt
Loans, Personal -- Egypt
Locks and keys -- Egypt
Magic -- Egypt -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Early works to 1800
Magic, Ancient
Magic, Coptic -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Early works to 1800
Magic drawings
Marriage law -- Egypt
Marriage service -- Egypt
Marriage settlements -- Egypt
Martyrdom (Christianity)
Martyrs -- Egypt
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Early works to 1800 (not subdivided geographically)
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Annunciaton
Measuring instruments -- Egypt
Meat -- Egypt
Medicine -- Egypt -- Formulae, receipts, presecriptions
Merchants -- Egypt
Minors -- Egypt
Monasteries -- Egypt
Monasteries, Coptic
Monastery gardens -- Egypt
Monasticism and religious orders, Coptic
Money -- Egypt
Monks -- Egypt
Mortgage loans -- Egypt
Mummies -- Egypt
Murder -- Egypt
Must
Mythology, Greek -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Names, Geographical -- Egypt
Names, Personal -- Egypt
Notaries -- Egypt
Oaths -- Egypt
Occupancy (Law) -- Egypt
Offenses against property -- Egypt
Oil industries -- Egypt
Oil industries -- Finance
Oils and fats -- Egypt
Ointments (not subdivided geographically)
Olive -- Egypt
Olive industry and trade -- Egypt -- Accounting
Olive industry and trade -- Taxation -- Egypt
Olive oil -- Egypt
Olive oil industry -- Finance
Oil industries -- Finance
Ointments -- Egypt
Orchards -- Egypt
Ostraka -- Egypt
Parchment -- Egypt
Penmanship -- Problems, exercises, etc.
Personal property
Philosophy, Ancient
Philososphers, Ancient
Philosophers -- Egypt
Physicians -- Egypt
Pillage -- Egypt
Plasterers -- Egypt
Police -- Egypt
Police chiefs -- Egypt
Poll tax -- Egypt
Porridge -- Egypt
Postal service -- Egypt -- Letter carriers
Potters -- Egypt
Poultry -- Egypt
Power of attorney -- Egypt
Priests -- Egypt
Prisons -- Egypt
Property -- Egypt
Providence and government of God
Ptolemaic dynasty -- 305-30 B.C.
Public lands -- Egypt
Public records -- Egypt
Race horses -- Egypt
Radishes
Real property -- Egypt
Real property tax -- Egypt
Receipts (Acknowledgments) -- Egypt
Recording and registration -- Egypt
Rent -- Egypt
Rent charges -- Egypt
Requisitions, Military -- Egypt
Rescripts (Roman law) (not subdivided geographically)
Resurrection -- Early works to 1800.
Restitution -- Egypt
Rich man and Lazarus (Parable)
Roman emperors -- 30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Roses -- Egypt
Saddlery -- Egypt
Safe conducts
Sales -- Egypt
Salt -- Taxation -- Egypt
Samaritans -- Egypt
Scribes -- Egypt
Seals (Numismatics)
Searches and seizures -- Egypt
Seed distribution -- Egypt
Seeds -- Egypt
Sheep -- Egypt
Shepherds -- Egypt
Shipment of goods--Egypt
Shipping--Egypt
Ships -- Egypt -- Cargo
Shorthand (not subdivided geographically)
Shrines -- Egypt
Signs and symbols -- Egypt
Silver -- Egypt
Silversmiths -- Egypt
Silverwork, Ancient -- Egypt
Silverwork, Ancient -- Accounting -- Egypt
Slaveholders -- Egypt
Slaves -- Egypt
Slaves -- Egypt -- Emancipation
Social status -- Egypt
Soldiers -- Egypt
Soldiers -- Egypt -- Art
Sowing -- Egypt
Spiritual directors -- Egypt
Squatters -- Egypt
Strategi, Greek
Stone cutting (not subdivided geographically) -- Costs
Stone-cutters -- Egypt
Suretyship and guaranty -- Egypt
Suretyship and guaranty (Roman law) (not subdivided geographically)
Surveying -- Egypt
Surveyors -- Egypt
Swine -- Egypt
Sympathy (not subdivided geographically)
Tablets (Paleography)
Tarriff -- Egypt
Tax collection -- Egypt
Tax evasion -- Egypt
Tax expenditures -- Egypt
Tax penalties -- Egypt
Tax protests and appeals -- Egypt
Tax returns -- Egypt
Taxation -- Egypt
Temple lands -- Egypt
Tenant farmers -- Egypt
Textile industry -- Prices -- Egypt
Thieves -- Egypt
Tiles -- Egypt
Tiles -- Transportation -- Egypt
Transfer (Law) -- Egypt
Travelers -- Egypt
Trees -- Egypt
Unlawful entry -- Egypt
Unskilled labor -- Egypt
Usufruct -- Egypt
Vegetables -- Egypt
Villages -- Egypt
Vinegar -- Egypt
Vineyards -- Egypt
Vineyards -- Taxation -- Egypt
Visions -- Sermons
Visits of state -- Egypt
Viticulture -- Egypt
Viticulturists
Wages -- Egypt
Wages -- Egypt -- Accounting
Waste lands -- Egypt
Water rihts -- Egypt
Water-wheels -- Egypt
Weapons, Ancient -- Egypt -- Inspection
Weapons, Ancient -- Egypt -- Defects
Wells -- Egypt
Wheat -- Egypt
Wheat -- Egypt -- Transportation
Wheat -- Taxation -- Egypt
Wheat trade -- Egypt -- Accounting
Weavers -- Egypt
Widows -- Egypt
Wills -- Egypt
Wine and wine making -- Egypt
Wine and wine making -- Egypt -- Equipment and supplies -- Finance
Wine and wine making -- Prices -- Egypt
Wine and wine making -- Taxation -- Egypt
Witnesses -- Egypt
Women entertainers -- Egypt
Women sales personnel -- Egypt
Women slaves -- Egypt
Wood -- Egypt
Wood -- Egypt -- Costs
Wooden tablets -- Egypt


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