Petition (P.Duk.inv. 696)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Petition, [2nd cent. B.C.]
Subject: Actions and defenses --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Agriculture --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Petitions --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, left part is broken
	off ; 26  x 11 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 25.7 x 10.4 cm.
	18 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto; the note by
	the official (line 18) in a different hand.
	Upper margin of 2 cm.; lower margin of 7 cm.; small
	right margin.
	Extracted from mummy cartonnage with P.Duk.inv. 691-695
	 and P.Duk.inv. 697.
	P.Duk.inv. 696 was formerly P.Duk.inv. MF79 23.
	Papyrus petition from Egypt. Concerns agricultural
	matters. Followed by a specification and a note by
	the official. Farewell reads "good luck."
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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