Official letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 477 R)

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150 dpi image of 477r

Catalogue Record

Title: Official letter, [1--]
Subject: Dikes (Engineering) --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Egypt --Officials and employees --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Correspondence --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, very incomplete ; 9 
	cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 8.5 x 8.8 cm.
	8 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto; written across
	the fibers on the verso in a different hand.
	Lower margin of 1 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 477 R was formerly P.Miss. 43 R.
	Papyrus letter from Egypt concerning the need to appoint
	experienced(?) chomatepimeletai, overseers of dikes
	in which Apollotas is involved. Mentions the month
	Hathyr (late October through late November). Preceded
	by a cover letter dated to Phaophi 8 (October 5th
	or 6th). Verso has a list of land in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 477 V).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.
		       

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