Official letter (P.Duk.inv. 609)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Official letter, Year 48 Epeiph 4 [122 B.C. July 23]
Subject: Slaves --Egypt --Heracleopolite Nome --332-30 B.C.
	Egypt --Officials and employees --Correspondence --332-30 B.C.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --Heracleopolite Nome --332-30 B.C.
	Correspondence --Egypt --Heracleopolite Nome --332-30 B.C.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, four joining fragments mounted in
	glass ; 16 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 15.1 x 14.2 cm.
	9 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto.
	Lower margin of 3.5 cm.; left margin of 1.5 cm.; right
	margin of 1.5 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 609 was formerly P.Duk.inv. MF74 12.
	Extracted from mummy cartonnage.
	Papyrus letter from the Herakleopolites (Heracleopolite
	Nome), Egypt. Letter relates to some official business
	concerning Lagos(?). A slave carried the letter.
	The farewell reads, "be of good health." Dated to
	year 48, Epeiph 4 (July 23, 122 B.C.).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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