Arabic Papyrus 201A

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The Papyrus 201A is an ancient Arabic papyrus, addressed to the finance minister of Mu'tamid.

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circa 798-835 CE

The one surviving line on this document is addressed to the Finance Minister of the Abbasid Caliph Mu’tamid. Papyrus was recycled. A later document was written on the other side of this piece. The longer text on side B records an agreement to supply a day laborer for hire, prorated by the month, for seventeen days, with a commission deducted from the day laborer’s wages.

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