Official letter (P.Duk.inv. 607 R)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Official letter, [not after 133 B.C.]
 Subject: Egypt --Officials and employees --Correspondence --332-30 B.C.
	Herders --Egypt --Heracleopolite Nome --332-30 B.C.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --Heracleopolite Nome --332-30 B.C.
	Correspondence --Egypt --Heracleopolite Nome --332-30 B.C.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, four joining fragments mounted in
	glass, very incomplete ; 17 x 18 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 17.0 x 17.8 cm.
	1 lines.
	Written in two columns along the fibers; written across
	the fibers on the verso in a different hand and inverse
	to the text on the recto.
	Lower margin of 3 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 607 R was formerly P.Duk.inv. MF74 10 R.
	Papyrus official letter from the Herakleopolites (Heracleopolite
	Nome), Egypt. Relates to some official business involving
	shepherds. Mentions Phebichis, Tebetny(?), and someone
	named Psentheus. Verso has an official letter in
	Greek (P.Duk.inv. 607 V).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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