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Here follow all "papyri" in the Duke collection remarkable for some material feature (e.g. those texts that are not written on papyrus at all, but on another writing material). Select an item to see images of the papyrus as well as the catalogue record describing the item.

Palimpsests (reused papyrus with writing over an erased text)

Plato, Parmenides 152bd (P.Duk.inv. 5(a))
Declaration on Oath (P.Duk.inv. 11r)
Comedy (P.Duk.inv. 313r(b))
Letter (P.Duk.inv. 317r(b))
Letter (P.Duk.inv. 648r(b))
Letter (P.Duk.inv. 648v(b)

Papyri glued together (forming a so-called tomos synkollesimos):

Two census declarations in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 88 R)
Register of unusable land in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 100 R)
Declarations on oath in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 531 R)
Orders to supply seed in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 533)
Declarations on oath in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 754 R)
Documentary text in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 781 R (a))
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 781 R (b))
Documentary texts in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 918)
Vouchers(?) in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 943 R)
Account of five-day periods in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 957)

Red ink:

Loan of money in Greek with a red stamp on the back (P.Duk.inv. 7)
Literary(?) text in Arabic (P.Duk.inv. 247 R)
Account of taxes in kind in Greek with traces of red ink (P.Duk.inv. 310 V)
Report on the shipment of wheat in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 795 R)
Gospel title (P.Duk.inv. 844)

Clay seals:

Documentary text in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 257 R)
Documentary text in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 259)
Tax receipt(?) in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 1053 V)

String attached to the spine of a codex:

Qur'ān, Surah 1 and 112-114 in Arabic (P.Duk.inv. 274)

Potsherds (so-called ostraca):

Receipt in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 233)
Private letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 234)

Tablets on metal:

Love charm in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 230, lead tablet)
Magical text in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 231, lead tablet)
Magical Text (T.Duk.inv. 1, silver tablet)
Military Diploma (T.Duk.inv. 2. bronze tablet)
Mandaean Incantation (T.Duk.inv. 3, lead scroll)
Lead Weight (T.Duk.inv. 4, lead tablet)

Wooden tablet:

Alphabets and syllabary in Greek and Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 232)

Parchment:

Plato, Parmenides 152 b-d in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 5 (a))
Private letter in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 5 (b))
Literary text in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 235)
Literary text in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 236)
Literary text in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 237)
Martyrdom(?) in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 238)
Homily in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 239)
Martyrdom(?) in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 240)
Matthew 17:20-18:22 in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 241)
Homily in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 242)
Literary text in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 243)
Homily by Shenute(?) in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 244)
Literary text in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 245)
Literary text in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 281)
Isaiah 37 or 2 Kings 19 in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 282)
Literary text in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 285)
Literary text in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 286)
Literary text in the Hadith genre in Arabic (P.Duk.inv. 806)
Mark 16:7 and the "shorter ending" and Luke 22:6 and 22:25 in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 814)
Acts 21:25 and 21:27-28 in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 819)
Literary text in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 833)

Animal skin:

Business letter in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 283)

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Last updated by John Oates on 1/26/99