Private Letter in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 436)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Private letter, [7--]
Author: Iohannes (Monk from Egypt), 8th cent.
Subject: Apa Daniel (Monk from Egypt), 8th cent.
	Monks --Egypt --640-1250.
	Monasticism and religious orders, Coptic --640-1250.
	Monasteries, Coptic --640-1250.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --640-1250.
	Personal correspondence --Egypt --640-1250.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, right part broken
	off ; 14 x 21 cm.
Note: In Coptic.
	Actual dimensions of item are 13.3 x 20.1 cm.
	12 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the recto; the address
	written along the fibers on the verso.
	Upper margin of 1 cm.; lower margin of 2.5 cm.; left
	margin of 0.5 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 436 was formerly P.Miss. 2.
	Papyrus private letter from Egypt from Iohannes to
	Apa Daniel, both monks. Iohannes requests that Apa
	Daniel, whom Iohannes addresses as father, let someone
	bring something to him in a monastery. Includes
 	greetings to Apa David and others.
	Descriptive database available in repository.  

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