Private letter in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 456)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Private letter, [3--]
Subject: Easter --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, upper part broken
	off ; 7 x 19 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 6.7 x 18.1 cm.
	9 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the recto.
	Small lower margin; small left margin; small right
	margin(?).
	P.Duk.inv. 456 was formerly P.Miss. 22.
	Papyrus letter from Egypt that reports about a meeting
	and mentions Easter. Includes greetings to someone
	with Ama in her name, her daughter Eirene, and their
	husbands(?). Farewell reads, "May you prosper in the
	Lord."
	In Coptic.
	Descriptive database available in repository.  

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