Private letter (P.Duk.inv. 1080)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Private letter, [not before 400]
Subject: Letter writing, Coptic --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Personal correspondence --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, two joining fragments, mounted in
	glass, incomplete ; 9 x 10 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 8.8 x 9.6 cm.
	12 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the recto; the address
	along the fibers on the verso.
	Lower margin of 0.5 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 1080 was formerly P.Duk.inv. C 80.
	Private letter from Egypt, written on papyrus. Letter
	to "my beloved father." Mentions friendship. The
	farewell reads, "May you prosper in the Lord" and
	is followed by an "X".
	In Coptic.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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