Account of expenses (P.Duk.inv. 771)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Account of expenses, [7--]
Subject: Accounting --Egypt --640-1250.
	Food --Costs --640-1250.
	Vegetables --Egypt --Costs --640-1250.
	Garum --Egypt --Costs --640-1250.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --640-1250.
	Accounts --Egypt --640-1250.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass ; 28 x 12 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 28.0 x 11.8 cm.
	10 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto.
	Upper margin of 1 cm.; lower margin of 8 cm.; left
	margin of 1 cm.; right margin of 1.5 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 771 was formerly P.Rob.inv. 34.
	Account of expenses of foodstuffs from Egypt, written
	on papyrus. Foodstuffs include garum and vegetables
	for Victor the scribe. Account also includes an entry
	for an allowance. The foodstuffs are apparently measured
	in a standard measure (kolthe). Dated to a second
	indiction. The first line is in Coptic. Two crosses
	precede the text and two crosses follow the text.
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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