Women

Browsing texts about women and children

Here follow all papyri in the Duke collection written by or addressed to women or otherwise relating to women and children. Select an item to see images of the papyrus as well as the catalogue record describing the item.

Texts written by or addressed to women:

NB: In some cases the texts were written for women by others.

Loan of money in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 7)
Documentary text in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 43)
Letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 61 V)
Receipt for rent paid in kind in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 99)
Cession of land in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 170)
Declaration of property in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 182 R (c))
Declaration of property in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 182 R (e))
Declaration of property in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 182 V)
Draft of a petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 207)
Draft of a petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 208)
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 314)
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 316)
Declaration in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 491)
Surety in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 502)
Private letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 510)
Account of expenses in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 671)
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 677)
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 698)
Donation of property in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 728)
Account of expenses in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 736 R)
Lease of a vineyard in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 749)
Division of property in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 780)
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 781 R (b))
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 963)
Private letter in Greek in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 1029 V)
Private letter in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 1078)
Draft of a petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 1283)

Texts otherwise relating to women:

Draft of a petition to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 18 R)
Another darft 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)
Report of proceedings in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 45 R)
Official report in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 78)
Business letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 97)
Account of expenses in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 120)
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)
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 in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 196 V)
Documentary text in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 200 V)
List of land in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 201)
List of property in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 204)
Contract in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 205 V)
Private letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 210)
Another draft of the petition to the katholikos in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 217 R)
Love charm in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 230)
Private letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 234)
Private letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 315)
Private letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 319)
Receipt for tax payment in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 361)
Liturgical text mentioning Mary in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 446 R)
Private letter in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 447)
Private letter in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 456)
Magical handbook in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 460)
Request to inherit in Latin (P.Duk.inv. 466)
Sale of wine in advance in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 524)
Cession of three slaves in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 527 R)
Declaration on oath mentioning Iulia Mammaea in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 531 R)
Petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 553 R)
Official letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 599)
Official letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 605 R)
Account of money taxes in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 646 R)
Petition(?) in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 650 R)
Horoscope(?) in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 664 V)
Scholia in Greek mentioning Helen of Troy (P.Duk.inv. 665)
Liturgical text in Greek mentioning Mary (P.Duk.inv. 668)
Letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 681)
Account of payments in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 687)
Account of money taxes in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 700 R)
Account in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 701)
Account in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 702 R)
Contract in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 708)
Lease of land in Greek in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 710)
Lease of land in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 717)
Account in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 719)
Tax account in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 720)
List of persons in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 742)
Order for payment in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 747)
Lease of land in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 760)
Division of property in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 783 R)
Copy of a letter of appointment of a guardian in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 978 R)
Census declaration in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 985 V)
List of goods in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 1020)
Documentary text in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 1032)
Private letter in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 1052)
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)
Documentary text in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 1305)

Texts relating to endogamy (marriage between brother and sister):

Declaration in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 491)

Texts relating to children:

Draft of a petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 207)
Draft of a petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 208)
Private letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 210)
Private letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 234)
Cession of three slaves in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 527 R)
Lease of land in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 760)
Horoscope in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 912)
Draft of a petition in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 1283)

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Last updated by Peter van Minnen on 12/21/95