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Papyrus ledger of accounts

Title	Papyrus ledger of accounts
Publication Date:	700-900 (undated)
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	381 mm x 305 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Is Pp19
Library Location	Islamic Collection
Date	700-900 (undated)
Notes	Papyrus ledger of accounts. Folio fragment, ink on light brown papyrus, mounted on paper and framed under glass, original cutting lines preserved at top, left and right edges, broken at top and lower right, Arabic text written in two different hands, perpendicular to the fibres (recto) and parallel (on verso), folio from a fiscal ledger with account details presented in columns, with payments from different groups (including shepherds) due or completed in dinars, using Greek letters as numerals, unsigned, Egypt, undated, c. 700-900.
Materyal	Papyrus (material), Ink (material)
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri	Unknown, Egypt
Yazı Tipi	Naskh script

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Papyrus ledger of accounts

Publication Date 700-900 (undated)

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 381 mm x 305 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Is Pp19

Library Location Islamic Collection

Date 700-900 (undated)

Notes Papyrus ledger of accounts. Folio fragment, ink on light brown papyrus, mounted on paper and framed under glass, original cutting lines preserved at top, left and right edges, broken at top and lower right, Arabic text written in two different hands, perpendicular to the fibres (recto) and parallel (on verso), folio from a fiscal ledger with account details presented in columns, with payments from different groups (including shepherds) due or completed in dinars, using Greek letters as numerals, unsigned, Egypt, undated, c. 700-900.

Materyal Papyrus (material), Ink (material)

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri Unknown, Egypt

Yazı Tipi Naskh script