Account of oil (P.Duk.inv. 621 R)

Images

150 dpi image of 621r

Catalogue Record

 Title: Account of oil, [3rd cent. B.C.]
Subject: Accounting --Egypt --Heracleopolite Nome --332-30 B.C.
	Oil industries --Finance --Egypt --Heracleopolite Nome --332-30 B.C.
	Olive oil industry --Finance --Egypt --Heracleopolite Nome --332-30 B.C.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --Heracleopolite Nome --332-30 B.C.
	Accounts --Egypt --Heracleopolite Nome --332-30 B.C.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, incomplete ; 14 x 22 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 13.8 x 21.5 cm.
	21 lines.
	Written in two columns 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.
	Left margin of 4 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 621 R was formerly P.Duk.inv. MF74 24 R.
	Extracted from mummy cartonnage.
	Papyrus account of olive and kiki oil from the Herakleopolites
	(Heracleopolite Nome), Egypt. Arranged by villages.
	Amounts in keramia, jars used as a unit of measure,
	and their equivalent price in money are given (0.5
	or 0.25 obol, a money unit, per jar). The Peri Phnebieun
	area is represented by Petobastis. The Peri Polin
	area by Philemon. The Peri Tekmin area by Polemokrates.
	The Peri Phnei area by another person. Verso has
	an account of expenses(?) in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 621 V).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

Images and texts on these web pages are intended for research and educational use only. Please read our statement on use and reproduction for further information on how to receive permission to reproduce an item and how to cite it.

If you are interested in the techniques used to create the images (compression, color correction, resolution), please see the document on imaging techniques. If you are interested in the methodology used to create the catalogue record, please see the article on the papyrus catalogue records.

Return to the papyrus home page

Return to Duke University Special Collections Library home page

Please see our page with contact information if you have any comments or questions about the Duke Papyrus Archive.