Title: Memorandum, [2nd cent. B.C.] Subject: Lysanias (From the Arsinoite Nome, Egypt), 2nd cent. B.C. Viticulture --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C. Climbing plants --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C. Documentary papyri --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C. Memorandums --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C. Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, lower end broken off ; 18 cm. Note: Actual dimensions of item are 17.2 x 10.0 cm. 16 lines. Written along the fibers on the recto; the address written along the fibers on the verso in large letters. Upper margin of 4 cm.; left margin of 2.5 cm.; right margin of 1 cm. Extracted from mummy cartonnage with P.Duk.inv. 313-320, and P.Duk.inv. 322-323. P.Duk.inv. 321 was formerly P.Duk.inv. MF84 9. Papyrus memorandum in which the author in the Arsinoites (modern name: Fayyum), Egypt writes to Lysanias about expenses, partly for vines. In Greek. Descriptive database available in repository.
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