Account (P.Duk.inv. 700 V)

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150 dpi image of 700v

Catalogue Record

Title: Account, [2nd cent. B.C.]
Subject: Building materials --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
	Building --Estimates --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
	Tiles --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
	Architects --Egypt --Fayyum --Fees --332-30 B.C.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
	Accounts --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, thirteen joining fragments mounted
	in glass ; 15 x 44 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 14.8 x 43.6 cm.
	8 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the verso; written along
	the fibers on the recto in a different hand.
	Upper margin of 1.5 cm.; lower margin of 3 cm.; left
	margin of 29 cm.; right margin of 8 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 700 V was formerly P.Duk.inv. MF79 27 V.
	Papyrus account from the Arsinoites (modern name: Fayyum),
	Egypt. Has expenses for a construction project. Mentions
	tiles, beams, and an architect. Recto has an account
	of money taxes in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 700 R).
	In Demotic.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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