Watch List notes:

ROMAN. Imperial. Papyrus fragment of agricultural accounts. 2nd century AD. Bureaucratic papyrus fragment citing parcels of land and quantities of grain produced for an unknown area in Egypt, possibly to be assessed for taxation. Largely numeric Greek text in two columns on one side and one column only on other, with precise grain measurement down to minute quantities. Professionaly matted and sealed between heavy-duty glass with lot number attached. Dimensions of document: 145x55mm. Overall dimension: 215x163mm. Evidence of insect damage, part of the fragment separated but present, otherwise sizeable fragment. Extremely rare.

From the Gerald F. Borrmann (Northern California Gentleman) Collection. Ex Maggs Bros. Ltd. 1059 (1985), lot 6 (catalog included).