Private letter in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 474)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Private letter, [7--]
Author: Abraham (From Egypt), 8th cent.
Subject: Abbots --Egypt --640-1250.
	Monasteries, Coptic --Egypt --640-1250.
	Monasticism and religious orders, Coptic --640-1250.
	Food --640-1250.
	Honey --Egypt --640-1250.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --640-1250.
	Personal correspondence --Egypt --640-1250.
	Recipes --Egypt --640-1250.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass ; 12 x 29 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 11.4 x 28.4 cm.
	13 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the recto; written along
	the fibers on the verso; the postscript inverse to
	the text on the recto and the address.
	Upper margin of 1.5 cm.; lower margin of 0.5 cm.; small
	left margin; right margin of 0.5 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 474 was formerly P.Miss. 40.
	Papyrus private letter from Egypt in which Abraham
	asks an abbot of a monastery with "Apa" in his name
	about his health and about food. Farewell reads,
	"May I prosper through your holy prayers." Postscript
	on verso mentions something mixed with honey.
	In Coptic.
	Descriptive database available in repository.    

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