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Papyrus letters: goods delivery and the wheat crop

Title	Papyrus letters: goods delivery and the wheat crop
Publication Date:	800-900 (undated)
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	269 mm x 206 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Is Pp13
Library Location	Islamic Collection
Date	800-900 (undated)
Notes	Papyrus letters about goods delivery and the wheat crop. Two folio fragments, ink on medium to light brown papyrus, mounted on paper and framed under glass, Arabic text, written with a thick pen perpendicular to the fibres, fragments of two letters, (Letter 1:) papyrus broken off at the top and right, with substantial loss of text, letter confirming the sender has dispatched "two bundles" of goods to the addressee, using Greek letters throughout as numbers, (Letter 2:) papyrus broken off at the top, bottom and right, letter refers to wheat, both documents unsigned, Egypt, undated, 800-900.
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 letters: goods delivery and the wheat crop

Publication Date 800-900 (undated)

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 269 mm x 206 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Is Pp13

Library Location Islamic Collection

Date 800-900 (undated)

Notes Papyrus letters about goods delivery and the wheat crop. Two folio fragments, ink on medium to light brown papyrus, mounted on paper and framed under glass, Arabic text, written with a thick pen perpendicular to the fibres, fragments of two letters, (Letter 1:) papyrus broken off at the top and right, with substantial loss of text, letter confirming the sender has dispatched "two bundles" of goods to the addressee, using Greek letters throughout as numbers, (Letter 2:) papyrus broken off at the top, bottom and right, letter refers to wheat, both documents unsigned, Egypt, undated, 800-900.

Materyal Papyrus (material), Ink (material)

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri Unknown, Egypt

Yazı Tipi Naskh script