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Title: Private letter, [not before 350] Author: Ammon (Tenant farmer from Kellis, Egypt), 4th cent. Subject: Agriculture --Egypt --Kellis (Extinct city) --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Landlord and tenant --Egypt --Kellis (Extinct city) --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Providence and government of God. Farm tenancy --Egypt --Kellis (Extinct city) --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Letter-writing, Greek --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Personal correspondence --Egypt --Kellis (Extinct city) --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Documentary papyri --Egypt --Kellis (Extinct city) --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, incomplete ; 19 x 8 cm. Note: Actual dimensions of item are 18.6 x 7.4 cm. 31 lines. Written across the fibers on the verso except for two marginal lines to the left; the address written across the fibers on the recto; written along the fibers on the recto in a different hand and inverse to the text on the verso. Small left margin; small right margin. P.Duk.inv. 11 V was formerly P.Duk.inv. G 11 V. Letter from Kellis, Egypt, written on papyrus. Written by Ammon, a tenant of private land, to his son about agricultural matters. Mentions the providence of God and the nobility of the landlord. Ammon announces a visit to Egypt (the Nile Valley). Letter has various instructions to his son and others as well as greetings. Recto has a declaration on oath in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 11 R). In Greek. homepage.html">Return to the papyrus home page
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