Private letter (P.Duk.inv. 1086)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Private letter, [not before 500]
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 fragments which do not join,
	mounted in glass, incomplete.
Note: Dimensions of fragments are 3.4 x 3.9 cm. or smaller.
	At least 4 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the recto; the address
	written along the fibers on the verso.
	P.Duk.inv. 1086 was formerly P.Duk.inv. C 86.
	Private letter from Egypt, written on papyrus.
	In Coptic.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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