Account (P.Duk.inv. 705)


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Catalogue Record

Title: Account, [2nd cent. B.C.]
Subject: Accounting --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
	Barley --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
	Ships --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
	Scribes --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
	Police --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
	Leases --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
	Egypt --Officials and employees --332-30 B.C.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
	Accounts --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, seven fragments mounted in seven
	frames of glass, incomplete.
Note: Dimensions of fragments are 18.3 x 24.0 cm. or smaller.
	211 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto; written across
	the fibers on the verso of most fragments. The third
	fragment (P.Duk.inv. 705 3/7) has writing on the
	verso in a different hand. The fifth fragment (P.Duk.inv.
	705 5/7) has mirror images of two lines on the verso.
	Some fragments are written in several columns.
	Margins on fragments vary.
	Extracted from mummy cartonnage.
	P.Duk.inv. 705 was formerly P.Duk.inv. MF79 32-38.
	Papyrus account from the Arsinoites (modern name: Fayyum),
	Egypt. Account is of transactions in kind. First
	fragment has transactions mostly of barley, and it
	mentions a ship of Ptolemaios with Ammonios in command.
	Mentions Zephyros, a financial official. Second fragment
	has transactions in kind mostly of barley. It mentions
	a scribe and a guard. Third fragment refers to a
	lease. Fourth fragment has transactions in kind mostly
	of barley and mentions a scribe. Fifth fragment has
	transactions in kind mostly of barley. Mentions a
	ship of Anoubis and a ship from Hakoris. Sixth fragment
	mentions a scribe. Seventh fragment mentions desert
	guards and a scribe.
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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