Title: Letter, [2--] Subject: Egypt --Officials and employees --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Governors --Egypt --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, incomplete ; 13 x 6 cm. Note: Actual dimensions of item are 12.6 x 5.9 cm. 13 lines. Written across the fibers on the verso; written along the fibers on the recto in a different hand. Small upper margin; right margin of 1 cm. P.Duk.inv. 47 V was formerly P.Duk.inv. G 47 V. Letter from Egypt, written on papyrus. Written to(?) Aurelius. Mentions an overseer and the prefect of Egypt. Recto has an account of wheat in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 47 R). In Greek. Descriptive database available in repository.
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