Letter (P.Duk.inv. 124)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Letter, [2nd cent. B.C.]
Subject: Documentary papyri --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Correspondence --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, two joining fragments mounted in
	glass, incomplete ; 11 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 10.2 x 7.6 cm.
	6 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto.
	Upper margin of 4 cm.
	Extracted from mummy cartonnage with P.Duk.inv. 121-122,
	P.Duk.inv. 125-126, P.Duk.inv. 128-130, P.Duk.inv.
	134, P.Duk.inv. 136, and P.Duk.inv. 144-146.
	P.Duk.inv. 124 was formerly P.Duk.inv. G 124.
	Letter from the Arsinoite Nome(?) (modern name: Fayyum),
	Egypt, written on papyrus. Mentions Asklepiades.
	The farewell reads, "be of good health." Followed
	by another (forwarded?) letter that mentions Theodoros.
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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