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Papyrus letters: work and taxation

Title	Papyrus letters: work and taxation
Publication Date:	800-1000 (undated)
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	218 mm x 179 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Is Pp15
Library Location	Islamic Collection
Date	800-1000 (undated)
Notes	Papyrus letters: work and taxation. Folio fragment, ink on dark brown papyrus, mounted on paper and framed under glass, original cutting line preserved on the left edge but broken off at the top (recto), Arabic text, written with a medium thick pen parallel to the fibres on recto, and a monumental script with a thick pen on verso, two separate letters about administrative work, (recto:) letter directing the addressee to perform a task, with reference to a paymaster (qusṭāl), (verso:) letter referring to taxation (al-kharāj), written in well-spaced chancery format, first used on the verso side then cut for re-use on the recto, unsigned, Egypt, undated, c. 800-1000.
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: work and taxation

Publication Date 800-1000 (undated)

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 218 mm x 179 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Is Pp15

Library Location Islamic Collection

Date 800-1000 (undated)

Notes Papyrus letters: work and taxation. Folio fragment, ink on dark brown papyrus, mounted on paper and framed under glass, original cutting line preserved on the left edge but broken off at the top (recto), Arabic text, written with a medium thick pen parallel to the fibres on recto, and a monumental script with a thick pen on verso, two separate letters about administrative work, (recto:) letter directing the addressee to perform a task, with reference to a paymaster (qusṭāl), (verso:) letter referring to taxation (al-kharāj), written in well-spaced chancery format, first used on the verso side then cut for re-use on the recto, unsigned, Egypt, undated, c. 800-1000.

Materyal Papyrus (material), Ink (material)

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri Unknown, Egypt

Yazı Tipi Naskh script