The UCL Lahun Papyri: Accounts

Description

This volume completes the presentation of all University College London's Lahun papyri (see BAR S1083/2002 and S1209/2004). Over half of the great mass of papyrus fragments retrieved by Petrie from the Middle-Kingdom town-site near al-Lahun (Fayum region) comprises administrative records and the authors have divided the analyses into items for which Petrie-Griffith lot numbers are known, items for which Petrie-Griffith lot numbers are not known, and items of less determinate content not included in otherseries. The work includes a CD showing colour photographs of the original material. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Introduction Part One: Accountancy Items for Which Petrie-Griffith 'Lot' Number is Known Part Two: Accountancy Items for Which No 'Lot' Number is Known (a) Accounts with Angular Signs ('Early') (b) Commodity Accounts with Large Rounded Signs, and Low Year Dates, with References to Officials (c) All Remaining Manuscripts Part Three: Items of Less Determinate Content Not Included in Letters, Accounts, or 'Religious, Literary, Legal, etc.' Series