Private Letter in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 439 V)

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150 dpi image of 439v

Catalogue Record

Title: Private letter, [5--]
Subject: Monks --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Monasticism and religious orders, Coptic --30 B.C.-640
 	A.D.
	Monasteries, Coptic --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Personal correspondence --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, complete ; 9 x 20
 	cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 8.8 x 19.4 cm.
	7 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the verso; written across
	the fibers on the recto in a different hand and inverse
	to the text on the verso.
	Upper margin of 1 cm.; lower margin of 0.5 cm.; left
	margin of 0.5 cm.; right margin of 1 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 439 V was formerly P.Miss. 5 V.
	Papyrus letter from Egypt mentioning Eisak, Apa Kyri
	and Iaanes (Iohannes), who is described as a monk
	(monachos) possibly from a monastery named after
	Apa Apollo. Recto has a tax receipt in Greek
	(P.Duk.inv. 439 R).
	In Coptic.
	Publication: Coptic and Greek Texts relating to the Hermopolite Monastery of
	Apa Apollo, ed. S. J. Clackson. (P.Mon.Apollo 53).

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