Epigrams (P.Duk.inv. 711 R)

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Catalogue Record

 Title: Epigrams, [2nd cent. B.C.]
Subject: Epigrams --332-30 B.C.
	Race horses --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Literary papyri --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, incomplete ; 8 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 7.1 x 7.8 cm.
	9 lines.
	Written in two columns along the fibers on the recto;
	written across the fibers on the verso in a different hand.
	Upper margin of 1 cm.
	Extracted from mummy cartonnage with P.Duk.inv. 712-717.
	P.Duk.inv. 711 R was formerly P.Duk.inv. MF79 51 R.
	Papyrus document with epigrams from the Arsinoites
	(modern name: Fayyum), Egypt. Has the end of one
	and the beginning of another epigram. The second
	epigram is concerned with race horses. Verso has
	an account in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 711 V).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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