Letter (P.Duk.inv. 300)

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150 dpi image of 300r

150 dpi image of 300v

Catalogue Record

Title: Letter, [256? or 255? B.C.]
Author: Papiskos (From Egypt), 3rd cent. B.C.
Subject: Nesiotes (From Egypt), fl. 256 B.C.
	Must --332-30 B.C.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Correspondence --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, six fragments of which four join,
	mounted in glass, left part is broken off.
Note: Dimensions of fragments are 16.0 x 7.1 cm. or smaller.
	21 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto and the verso,
	the address in large letters inverse to the main text.
	Upper margin of 2 cm. on the recto; of 0.5 cm. on the
	verso; lower margin of 1.5 cm. on the recto, small
	right margins.
	P.Duk.inv. 300 was formerly P.Duk.inv. G 26.
	Extracted from mummy cartonnage.
	Letter from Egypt, written on papyrus. Written by Papiskos
	to Nesiotes about the purchase of must from newly
	planted vines in the Cynopolite Nome. Papiskos mentions
	a price and discusses transportation by ship. The
	greeting reads "be of good health."
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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