Title: Inventory, [2nd cent. B.C.] Subject: Wood --Egypt --332-30 B.C. Locks and keys --Egypt --332-30 B.C. Donkeys --Egypt --332-30 B.C. Documentary papyri --Egypt --332-30 B.C. Inventories --Egypt --332-30 B.C. Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, incomplete ; 26 x 11 cm. Note: Actual dimensions of item are 25.7 x 10.4 cm. 24 lines. Written in two columns along the fibers on the recto; written across the fibers on the verso in a different hand. Lower margin of 3.5 cm. on the first column; lower margin of 13 cm. on the 2nd column; small right margin. Extracted from mummy cartonnage with P.Duk.inv. 691-696. P.Duk.inv. 697 R was formerly P.Duk.inv. MF79 24 R. Papyrus inventory from Egypt. Has property listing pieces of wood, gear for two donkeys, and housekeys. Verso has an account of expenses in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 697 V). In Greek. Descriptive database available in repository.
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