Letter (P.Duk.inv. 28)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Letter, Year 29 Pachons 8 [256 B.C. June 30]
Author: Herakleides (From Egypt), fl. 256 B.C.
Subject: Nesiotes (From Egypt), fl. 256 B.C.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Correspondence --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, five fragments of which four join,
	mounted in glass.
Note: Dimensions of fragments are 7.7 x 25.0 cm. or smaller.
	7 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the recto; written along
	the fibers on the verso; the docket in a different hand.
	Upper margin of 1.5 cm.; lower margin of 1.5 cm.; left
	margin of 0.5 cm.; small right margin.
	Extracted from mummy cartonnage.
	P.Duk.inv. 28 was formerly P.Duk.inv. G 28.
	Letter from Egypt, written on papyrus. Herakleides
	writes to Nesiotes. Herakleides would like Nesiotes
	to send someone with Teos, who brought Nesiotes the
	letter. Dated to year 29, Pachons 8 (June 30, 256 B.C.).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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