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Accession: NYU inv.cairo 223
Find spot: Unknown, Egypt
Period: IIIrd AH/IXth AD
Date: IIIrd AH/IXth AD
Date range: 800 CE – 900 CE
Materials: ['1 papyrus; 12.5 x 9 cm']
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Description

Recto and verso contain fragments of the same letter. The text on verso is written at a 180 degree angle compared to that on the recto. The same person al-Hajjaj b. Muhammad is mentioned on both sides of the papyrus. On the recto a reference to two witnesses is made and something owed by a third person.

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APIS-Text nyu.apis.5607 tier-1

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