Letter (P.Duk.inv. 26)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Letter, [256? B.C.]
Author: Papiskos (From Egypt), 3rd cent. B.C.
Subject: Nesiotes (From Egypt), fl. 256 B.C.
	Camels --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Soldiers --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Correspondence --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, twelve partly joining fragments mounted
	in glass.
Note: Dimensions of fragments are at least 17.1 x 8.2 cm. or smaller.
	24 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto and the verso
	in the same hand as P.Duk.inv. 300. Part of the last
	line on the verso is crossed out.
	Upper margin of 1 cm. on the recto; upper margin of
	0.5 cm. on the verso; lower margin of 0.5 cm. on
	the recto; lower margin of 5 cm. on the verso; left
	margins of 1 cm.; small right margins.
	Extracted from mummy cartonnage.
	P.Duk.inv. 26 was formerly P.Duk.inv. G 26.
	Letter from Egypt, written on papyrus. Papiskos writes
	to Nesiotes requesting written information about
	something in the Heracleopolite Nome. Mentions a
	common soldier and camels.
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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