Drawing of a human figure (P.Duk.inv. 450v)

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150 dpi image of 450v

Catalogue Record

Title: Drawing of a human figure, [not before 532]
Subject: Soldiers --Egypt --Art --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Subliterary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Figure drawings --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, head of 
	figure is broken off ; 15 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 14.7 x 7.9 cm.
	Drawn along the fibers on the verso; written across
	the fibers on the recto in a different hand and along
	the fibers on the recto in a third hand.
	P.Duk.inv. 450 V was formerly P.Miss. 16 V.
	Papyrus drawing of a human figure from Egypt. Possibly
	a soldier. Recto has a documentary text in Greek
	(P.Duk.inv. 450 R (a)) and a writing exercise of
	a dating formula in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 450 R (b)).
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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