Daily account of taxes in kind (P.Duk.inv. 589)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Daily account of taxes in kind, [154 B.C.? or 143 B.C.?]
Subject: Accounting --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Tax collection --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Taxation --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
	Accounts --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, incomplete ; 19 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 18.2 x 15.4 cm.
	35 lines.
	Written in two columns along the fibers on the recto.
	Lower margin of 1.5 to 2 cm.
	Extracted from mummy cartonnage with P.Duk.inv. 588 and 590-597.
	P.Duk.inv. 589 was formerly P.Duk.inv. 71 2.
	Papyrus daily account of taxes in kind from the Arsinoites
	(modern name: Fayyum), Egypt. Mentions Kerkesoucha.
	Refers to year 28 (154/153 B.C. or 143/142 B.C.).
	The dates might be in Thoth as in P.Duk.inv. 590.
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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