Private letter (P.Duk.inv. 210)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Private letter, [3--]
Author: Aurelios Ammon, Scholastikos, fl. 348
Subject: Letter writing, Greek --Egypt --Akhmim --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Infants --Egypt --Akhmim --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --Akhmim --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Personal correspondence --Egypt --Akhmim --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, incomplete, much
	abraded ; 8 x 21 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 7.5 x 21.0 cm.
	7 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto in Ammon's informal
	hand; one short line written in the upper margin.
	Upper margin of 2 cm.; left margin of 1.5 cm.; small
	right margin(?).
	P.Duk.inv. 210 was formerly P.Duk.inv. G 210.
	Private letter from Panopolis (modern name: Akhmim),
	Egypt, written on papyrus. Letter from Ammon, the
	well-known scholastikos, or lawyer, to someone else
	whose name begins with Aurelius. Letter concerns
	a baby. Mentions Panodora and Ammon. Belongs to the
	archive of Ammon.
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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