Official report in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 517)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Official report, [between 118 and 138]
Subject: Searches and seizures --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Scribes --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Postal service --Egypt --Letter carriers --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Official reports --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, incomplete ; 11 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 10.5 x 7.8 cm.
	10 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto.
	Lower margin of 3 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 517 was formerly P.Miss. 84.
	Papyrus report by a village scribe from Egypt. The
	scribe declares that as far as he knows a certain
	person is not in his village; the declaration is
	made through the letter carrier. Dated to Epeiph
	12 (July 6) under Hadrian.
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.
		

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