Private letter in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 471)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Private letter, [7--]
Subject: Monasticism and religious orders, Coptic --640-1250.
	Monasticism and religious orders --Egypt --Habit --640-
	1250.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --640-1250.
	Personal correspondence --Egypt --640-1250.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, right part is broken
	off ; 9 x 14 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 8.9 x 13.4 cm.
	8 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the recto; written across
	the fibers on the verso.
	Upper margin of 1 cm.; lower margin of 2.5 cm.; left
	margin of 0.5 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 471 was formerly P.Miss. 37.
	Papyrus letter from Egypt that discusses monastic
	affairs(?). Mentions a schema or monk's outfit.
	In Coptic.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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