Account of expenses (P.Duk.inv. 54 V)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Account of expenses, [2nd cent. B.C.]
Subject: Linen --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Birds --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Radishes --332-30 B.C.
	Accounting --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Accounts --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass ; 7 x 8 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 6.8 x 7.9 cm.
	7 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the verso in an unpracticed
	hand; written along the fibers on the recto.
	Upper margin of 1 cm.; lower margin of 1.5 cm.; small
	left margin; right margin of 2 cm.
	Extracted from mummy cartonnage.
	P.Duk.inv. 54 V was formerly P.Duk.inv. G 54 V.
	Account of expenses from Egypt, written on papyrus.
	Expenses are for linen, birds, and radishes. Mentions
	Horos. Recto has an account in Demotic (P.Duk.inv. 54 R).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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