Account of wheat (P.Duk.inv. 958)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Account of wheat, [2--]
Subject: Accounting --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Wheat --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Egypt --Armed Forces --Supplies and stores --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Government property --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Granaries --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 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 10.0 x 8.2 cm.
	12 lines.
	P.Duk.inv. 958 was written along the fibers on the
	recto; one numeral jotted on the verso across the
	fibers and inverse to the text on the recto.
	Left margin of 1 cm.
	Account of wheat from the Arsinoite Nome(?), Egypt,
	written on papyrus. The wheat is delivered to the
	public granaries. Some of the wheat is purchased
	by the state and some is to be used for military
	supplies. Lists the charges per measure of wheat
	and includes transportation costs(?). Mentions the
	town Mouchis(?).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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