Account of expenses (P.Duk.inv. 736 R)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Account of expenses, [33/34 A.D.?]
Subject: Accounting --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Wine and wine making --Egypt --Equipment and supplies --Finance --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Vineyards --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Women entertainers --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Ferries --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Flute players --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Wheat --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Accounts --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, three fragments of which two join.
Note: Dimensions of fragments are 34.3 x 11.3 cm.
	65 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto; written across
	the fibers on the verso in different hands.
	Upper margin of 2 cm.; lower margin of 1.5 cm.; small
	left margin; no margins on the smaller piece.
	P.Duk.inv. 736 R was formerly P.Duk.inv. LK76 9 R.
	Papyrus account of expenses from Egypt. Mainly for
	the exploitation of a vineyard. Covers items from
	the years 16 through 19 (including Mesore epagomenon
	5 which is the last day of the year) and may well
	have been drawn up the year after. This would have
	been 33/34 A.D. if the years occurred in Tiberius.
	Mentions expenses for Senobastis, for women entertainers,
	Anouphis son of someone with "Psen" in his name,
	for a container, for the household, for a drying
	place, for a ferry and for transportation by water,
	for a gratuity, for asillophoroi (carriers), for
	transportation to a drying place, for a drying fee,
	for a gift through the husband Apis, for pegs, for
	a flute player, for a dress(?), for baskets, for
	the rent of a storage room, for the household in
	a place with "Tauachr" in the name, for Apollonios,
	and for wheat. Sometimes the expenses are specified
	as having occurred "while Heras was still alive."
	Verso has an account of expenses in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 736 V
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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