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» Fill in one or more search criteria; for every search field, you can specify up to two requests, combined by the boolean 'OR' or 'AND':
Limit:	Egypt only Outside Egypt Egypt and abroad
Publication:	lookup lookup
	E.g. P. Eheverträge 46; P. Zauzich 59; Enchoria 21 (1994), p. 41 no. 41; ... For documentary texts we have used abbreviations similar to those of the Demotic Berichtigungsliste. In many cases the user may find it more convenient to look for a publication in the online Demotistische Literaturübersicht, which is fully linked with the DAHT-database.
Editor:
Inventory:
	E.g. Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum P. 13608; Paris, Louvre ODL 45; London, British Museum EA 10491; ... When looking for a specific text, the quickest way to find it is to combine a search for the English name of the city with one for the number, e.g. 'London AND 10491'. Alternatively, you can search for a collection here.
Material:
	Papyrus,limestone,pottery; ostracon, stele, statue
Type:
	Contract, letter, receipt, graffito, mummy label, oath, dedication, list, account,... Beta version only!
Language/script:
	Demotic, abnormal hieratic
Provenance:
	Both modern and ancient place names can be used for searching; e.g. Egypt, Pathyris, Gebelein, ...
Nome/region:	lookup lookup
	E.g. U09 (for the 9th Upper Egyptian nome), L01 (for the 1st Lower Egyptian nome), or 00 (for the Fayum). Only codes can be used in this field; to enter them, click 'lookup' above to choose a nome from the geographically ordered list.
Date:	between and strict
	E.g. between -30 and 25. For BC dates use negative numbers. To look for exact dates fill out the same number twice. The standard 'strict' search only includes records whose ranges entirely fall within the search range. When 'strict' is unchecked, the computer will also include records for which only one of the terms of the record's range falls in the search range, provided the range of the record is not broader than that of the search range. Thus records with a range -50 to -20 will be included amongst the results of the example search, but not those with a range -332 to -30.
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A wildcard character is added automatically before and after your search string, to facilitate searching. If you want to search for records with a field not empty, type an underscore '_' as search-value for that field.