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Papyrus tax receipt and payment register

Title	Papyrus tax receipt and payment register
Publication Date:	855-863 (241-249H)
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	230 mm x 166 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Is Pp14
Library Location	Islamic Collection
Date	855-863 (241-249H)
Notes	Papyrus tax receipt and payment register. Folio fragment, ink on fine, light brown papyrus, mounted on paper and framed under glass, broken off on left edge (recto) with substantial text loss, Arabic text, written with a fine pen parallel to the fibres (on recto) and perpendicular to the fibres (on verso), (recto:) tax receipt for Muḥammad son of `Abdullāh, (verso:) six columns of figures, using Greek letters as numerals, for a register of payments or impositions presumably also linked to taxation, text on verso written first, after which the folio was re-used to write the recto text, unsigned, Egypt, dated (on recto) 241-249H, 855-863.
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 tax receipt and payment register

Publication Date 855-863 (241-249H)

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 230 mm x 166 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Is Pp14

Library Location Islamic Collection

Date 855-863 (241-249H)

Notes Papyrus tax receipt and payment register. Folio fragment, ink on fine, light brown papyrus, mounted on paper and framed under glass, broken off on left edge (recto) with substantial text loss, Arabic text, written with a fine pen parallel to the fibres (on recto) and perpendicular to the fibres (on verso), (recto:) tax receipt for Muḥammad son of `Abdullāh, (verso:) six columns of figures, using Greek letters as numerals, for a register of payments or impositions presumably also linked to taxation, text on verso written first, after which the folio was re-used to write the recto text, unsigned, Egypt, dated (on recto) 241-249H, 855-863.

Materyal Papyrus (material), Ink (material)

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri Unknown, Egypt

Yazı Tipi Naskh script