Detail View: Papyri Collection: IOU for barley
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Reference number:
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Arabic P Add 236
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Side:
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recto
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Image Number:
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JRL1100157dc
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Image Title:
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IOU for barley
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Citation reference:
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P. Ryl. Arab. 2 236
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Description:
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An IOU for barley, dated 84 AH (703 CE), or possibly 204 AH (819 CE). If the reading of 84 is correct, this is the earliest dated Arabic papyrus in the collection.
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Date created:
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703 CE (84 AH)
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Language:
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Arabic
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Language code:
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ara
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Number of lines:
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7 lines
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Technique used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support material:
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Papyrus
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Bibliographic Reference:
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G. Rex Smith and Moshalleh al-Moraekhi, 'The Arabic Papyri of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, vol. 78, no. 2 (1996).
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Current repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Former repository:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Category:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Fragments
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Image rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Work rights:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Image technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date image captured:
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2010-09-06
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Date: issued:
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2018-04
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Metadata language:
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eng-GB
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