Title: Private letter, [1--] Subject: Documentary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Personal correspondence --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass ; 15 cm. Note: Actual dimensions of item are 14.5 x 8.4 cm. 17 lines. Written across the fibers on the verso; written along the fibers on the recto in a different hand and inverse to the text on the verso. Upper margin of 1 cm.; lower margin of 1.5 cm.; left margin of 1 cm.; small right margin. P.Duk.inv. 535 V was formerly P.Miss. 102 V. Papyrus letter from Egypt in which Ammonios(?) writes to Heron regarding some private business. Includes greetings. Farewell reads, "I wish you to be of good health." Recto has a documentary text in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 535 V). In Greek. Descriptive database available in repository.
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