Writing exercise of a dating formula in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 450 R (b))

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Catalogue Record

Title: Writing exercise of a dating formula, [not before 532]
Subject: Egypt --History --Chronology --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, incomplete ; 8 x 15
 	cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 7.9 x 14.7 cm.
	1 line.
	Written along the fibers on the recto in the margin
	of and at right angles to the original text; written
	across the fibers on the recto in a different hand;
	drawn along the fibers on the verso.
	P.Duk.inv. 450 R (b) was formerly P.Miss. 16 R (b).
	Papyrus document from Egypt with a writing exercise
	of a dating formula under the emperor Justinian.
	Recto was originally used for a documentary text
	in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 450 R (a)). Verso has a drawing
	of a human figure (P.Duk.inv. 450 V).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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