Account of corvée (P.Duk.inv. 938)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Account of corvée, [1--]
Subject: Accounting --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Dikes (Engineering) --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Corvée --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, mounted in glass, incomplete ; 10 x 11 cm.
         Note: Actual dimensions of item are 9.2 x 10.7 cm.
	22 lines.
	P.Duk.inv. 938 was written in two columns along the
	fibers on the recto.
	Right margin of 3 cm.
	Account of corvée on the dikes from Egypt, written
	on papyrus. Includes the number of naubia, units
	of earth removed or the monetary equivalent for the
	labor involved.
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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