Private letter in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 529 R)

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150 dpi image of 529r

Catalogue Record

Title: Private letter, [not before 300]
Subject: Coptic Church --Clergy --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Priests --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Personal correspondence --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, two joining fragments mounted in
	glass, incomplete ; 17 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 16.5 x 8.8 cm.
	17 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto; written along
	the fibers on the verso in a different hand.
	Upper margin of 1 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 529 R was formerly P.Miss. 96 R.
	Papyrus private letter from Egypt. Addressed to a priest
	and requesting help. Verso has a literary(?) text in
	Greek(?) (P.Duk.inv. 529 V).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.
		       

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