1. Papyrus 1831
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1831
- Title:
- Export of Wine (P.Hib. I 80, Chrest.Wilck. 290, TM 8229)
- Scope & Content:
- Two notices by Epichares to Chaeremon concerning the export of wine. In the second notice (lines 6-12) Epichares reports that Horus, son of Teos, is exporting two jars of wine from a village in the Herakleopolite nome to Hiera Nesus, and that the tax of one twenty-fourth has not been paid yet. ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 24 August 251 BC
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, with plaster and red paint residue, and darker surface at the top (front); mutilated especially to the right; written on both sides. On the front there are 14 lines running across the fibres, the last two of which are in Demotic; there is a blank between lines 5 and 6. Lower, left and upper margins survive. The back bears one line parallel to the fibres, written the other way up in relation to the text on the front. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
