1. Papyrus 1834
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1834
- Title:
- Loan of Seed-Corn (P.Hib. I 85, Chrest.Wilck. 103, TM 2818)
- Scope & Content:
- The priest Pasis acknowledges that he has received from Paris, agent of the nomarch Harimouthes, wheat, barley and olyra (emmer wheat), for a total value of 90 artabas of wheat, as seed for the royal holding he is renting. He undertakes to return the seed he has received and deliver the rent at ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 22 September-21 October 261 BC
- Extent:
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Long and narrow dark-brown papyrus sheet reused as mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue and surface damage, and torn at the top; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There is one column 28 lines, the last two being in Demotic. Side margins are minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
