Private Letter in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 451)

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150 dpi image of 451r

150 dpi image of 451v

Catalogue Record

Title: Private letter, [not before 300]
Subject: Harvesting --Egypt --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, incomplete ; 13 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 13.0 x 8.1 cm.
	18 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto in a careful
	hand; the address written along the fibers on the
	verso in a different hand.
	Small right margin(?).
	P.Duk.inv. 451 was formerly P.Miss. 17.
	Papyrus letter from Egypt that mentions the harvest(?),
	Mecheir, and Phoibammon.
	In Coptic.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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