1. Papyrus 571
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 571
- Title:
- Account of Household Expenses (P.Petr. II 33a, P.Petr. III 143, P.Lond. III 571 descr., TM 7609)
- Scope & Content:
- Account of expenses of a household, with entries and amounts stated in drachmas and obols for the months of Athyr and Choiak. Among the expenses are those for rent, workers, animals, loaves of bread which have been sent, and tools. An account of wheat follows.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 3rd century BC
- Extent:
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Papyrus sheet from mummy cartonnage, with plaster residue and few holes; damaged at the bottom; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Portions of two columns survive. The first comprises 36 lines, well preserved, and the second 20 lines, broken off to the right. Upper and left margins survive. A sheet-join partly survives in the left margin, running along the height of the sheet. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.
