Private Letter in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 435)

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150 dpi image of 435r

150 dpi image of 435v

Catalogue Record

Title: Private letter, [not before 600]
Subject: Monasticism and religious orders, Coptic --640-1250.
	Spiritual directors --Egypt --640-1250.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --640-1250.
	Personal correspondence --Egypt --640-1250.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, right part is broken
	off ; 14 x 32 cm.
Note:  In Coptic.
	Actual dimensions of item are 13.3 x 31.4 cm.
	13 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the recto; the address
	written along the fibers on the verso; written along
	the fibers on the verso in a different hand.
	Upper margin of 1.5 cm.; lower margin of 1-0.5 cm.;
	left margin of 1 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 435 was formerly P.Miss. 1.
	Papyrus letter from Egypt addressed to a prostates,
	a spiritual leader. Contains instructions about various
 	matters relating to Apa Kire, Kyriakos and others.
	Farewell reads "May we prosper through your holy
	prayers." Verso has a voucher in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 435 V).
	Descriptive database available in repository.        

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