Letter (P.Duk.inv. 269 R)

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150 dpi image of 269r

Catalogue Record

Title: Letter, [not before 700]
Subject: Bishops --Egypt --Alexandria --640-1250.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --640-1250.
	Correspondence --Egypt --640-1250.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, left part is broken off ; 11 x 12 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 10.6 x 11.5 cm.
	8 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the recto in a careful
	hand; written across the fibers on the verso in a
	different hand.
	Upper margin of 1 cm.; lower margin of 1 cm.; small
	right margin.
	P.Duk.inv. 269 R was formerly P.Duk.inv. C 50 R.
	Letter from Egypt, written on papyrus. Mentions the
	patriarchs of Alexandria (if not the Old Testament
	patriarchs). Verso has a documentary text in Coptic
	(P.Duk.inv. 269 V).
	In Coptic.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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