Account of wheat (P.Duk.inv. 723 R)


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Catalogue Record

Title: Account of wheat, [2nd cent. B.C.]
Subject: Accounting --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
	Banks and banking --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
	Wheat --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
	Accounts --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, two joining fragments mounted in
	glass, incomplete ; 19 x 8 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 18.5 x 7.7 cm.
	12 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto; written across
	the fibers on the verso in a different hand and inverse
	to the text on the recto.
	P.Duk.inv. 723 R was formerly P.Duk.inv. MF79 69 R.
	Papyrus account of wheat from the Arsinoites (modern
	name: Fayyum), Egypt. Mentions the bank of Pakrouris(?).
	Verso has a tax register in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 723 R).
	In Demotic.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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Last updated by Peter van Minnen on 11/3/95