Title: Account of income and expenses(?), [2--] Author: Eudaimon (From the Oxyrhynchite Nome, Egypt), 3rd cent. Subject: Accounting --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Agriculture --Egypt --Oxyrhynchite Nome --Costs --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Farm income --Egypt --Oxyrhynchite Nome --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Feeds --Egypt --Oxyrhynchite Nome --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Irrigation water --Egypt --Oxyrhynchite Nome --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Documentary papyri --Egypt --Oxyrhynchite Nome --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Accounts --Egypt --Oxyrhynchite Nome --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Material: 1 item : papyrus, four joining fragments mounted in glass ; 14 cm. Note: Actual dimensions of item are 13.8 x 8.6 cm. 15 lines. Written across the fibers on the verso; written along the fibers on the recto in a different hand. Lower margin (?) of 1 cm. P.Duk.inv. 527 V was formerly P.Miss. 94 V. Papyrus account drawn up by Eudaimon of various agricultural income and expenses(?) relating to villages in the Oxyrhynchites, Egypt such as Senokomis and Tanais. Mentions kolobophues, a type of fodder, as well as the supply of water for irrigation. Recto has a cession of three slaves in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 527 R). In Greek. Descriptive database available in repository.
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