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Six papyrus fragments of letters, lists and other documents

Title	Six papyrus fragments of letters, lists and other documents
Publication Date:	700-900 (undated)
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	307 mm x 370 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Is Pp20
Library Location	Islamic Collection
Date	700-900 (undated)
Notes	Six papyrus fragments of letters, lists and other documents. Six folio fragments, ink on papyrus, mounted on paper and framed under glass, Arabic and (for 53 only:) Coptic text, numbered 48 to 53 (stickers on glass frame), fragments from different documents, (48:) written on light papyrus with fine pen perpendicular to the fibres (on recto), (recto:) list of names of men and women, followed by (verso:) columns of numbers in Greek letters, undated, 750-900, (49:) written on medium brown papyrus with thin pen parallel to the fibres (on recto), text repeats the bismillah, with possible pseudoscript, undated, 800-900, (50:) written on light brown papyrus with fine pen perpendicular to the fibres (on recto), fragment of a letter referring to money owed, undated, 700-900, (51:) written with medium thick pen perpendicular to the fibres (on recto), (recto:) fragment of a letter complaining about receiving threats, (verso:) receipt for payment of one dinar, with blessings wished on the addressee, undated, 800-900, (52:) written on light brown papyrus, with medium thick pen parallel to the fibres (on recto), fragments of two letters, undated, 800-900, (53:) written on dark brown papyrus, with medium thick pen perpendicular to the fibres, in three different hands, in Arabic and Coptic, accounts listing names, weight units (mithqal) and other figures, undated, 800-900, all six fragments unsigned, Egypt, undated, 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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Six papyrus fragments of letters, lists and other documents

Publication Date 700-900 (undated)

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 307 mm x 370 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Is Pp20

Library Location Islamic Collection

Date 700-900 (undated)

Notes Six papyrus fragments of letters, lists and other documents. Six folio fragments, ink on papyrus, mounted on paper and framed under glass, Arabic and (for 53 only:) Coptic text, numbered 48 to 53 (stickers on glass frame), fragments from different documents, (48:) written on light papyrus with fine pen perpendicular to the fibres (on recto), (recto:) list of names of men and women, followed by (verso:) columns of numbers in Greek letters, undated, 750-900, (49:) written on medium brown papyrus with thin pen parallel to the fibres (on recto), text repeats the bismillah, with possible pseudoscript, undated, 800-900, (50:) written on light brown papyrus with fine pen perpendicular to the fibres (on recto), fragment of a letter referring to money owed, undated, 700-900, (51:) written with medium thick pen perpendicular to the fibres (on recto), (recto:) fragment of a letter complaining about receiving threats, (verso:) receipt for payment of one dinar, with blessings wished on the addressee, undated, 800-900, (52:) written on light brown papyrus, with medium thick pen parallel to the fibres (on recto), fragments of two letters, undated, 800-900, (53:) written on dark brown papyrus, with medium thick pen perpendicular to the fibres, in three different hands, in Arabic and Coptic, accounts listing names, weight units (mithqal) and other figures, undated, 800-900, all six fragments unsigned, Egypt, undated, 700-900.

Materyal Papyrus (material), Ink (material)

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri Unknown, Egypt

Yazı Tipi Naskh script