Official account of expenses (P.Duk.inv. 734)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Official account of expenses, [2nd cent. B.C.]
Subject: Accounting --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Silver --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Bronze --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Scribes --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Police --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Accounts --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, very incomplete; 12 x 16 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 11.5 x 15.3 cm.
	9 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the recto.
	P.Duk.inv. 734 was formerly P.Duk.inv. LK76 7.
	Papyrus account of expenses from Egypt. Gives equivalent
	amounts of silver and bronze for most of the amounts
	of money listed. Mentions some kind of scribes and
	sword-bearers (police). Also mentions the son of
	Demetrios, a Macedonian.
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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