Account of money taxes (P.Duk.inv. 699 R)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Account of money taxes, [2nd cent. B.C.]
Subject: Accounting --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
	Tax collection --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
	Taxation --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Roses --Egypt --Fayyum --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 ; 16 x 21 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 15.2 x 20.3 cm.
	28 lines.
	Written in two columns along the fibers; written across
	the fibers on the verso.
	Upper margin of 1.5 cm.; lower margin of 1.5 cm.; left
	margin of 1 cm.; small right margin.
	Extracted from mummy cartonnage with P.Duk.inv. 700-704.
	P.Duk.inv. 699 R was formerly P.Duk.inv. MF79 26 R.
	Papyrus account of taxes from the Arsinoites (modern
	name: Fayyum), Egypt. Payments are in money instead
	of in kind. Roses (flowers) are grown on some of the taxed
	property. Verso has a tax list in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 699 V).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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