Account of expenses (P.Duk.inv. 840 V)

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150 dpi image of 840v

Catalogue Record

Title: Account of expenses, [between 284 and 304?]
Subject: Accounting --Egypt --Heracleopolis Magna (Extinct city) --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Buildings --Egypt --Heracleopolis Magna (Extinct city) --Repair and reconstruction --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Building --Estimates --Egypt --Heracleopolis Magna (Extinct city) --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Gymnasiums --Egypt --Heracleopolis Magna (Extinct city) --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Bathhouses --Egypt --Heracleopolis Magna (Extinct city) --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --Heracleopolis Magna (Extinct city) --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Accounts --Egypt --Heracleopolis Magna (Extinct city) --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, incomplete ; 22 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 22.0 x 9.2 cm.
	28 lines.
	P.Duk.inv. 840 V was written across the fibers on the
	verso in two columns; written along the fibers on
	the recto in different hands.
	Upper margin(?) of 1 cm.; lower margin of 0.5 cm.
	Account of expenses from Heracleopolis Magna, Egypt,
	written on papyrus. Expenses are for the repair of
	the bath house associated with the gymnasium of Heracleopolis
	Magna(?). Mentions expenses for the end of Thoth(?)
	(late August to late September) and Phaophi (late
	September to late October). Recto has an account
	of expenses in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 840 R).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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