Literary text (P.Duk.inv. 712 R)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Literary text, [2nd cent. B.C.]
Subject: Literary papyri --Egypt --Fayyum --332-30 B.C.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, two joining fragments mounted in
	glass, incomplete ; 16 x 17 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 15.9 x 16.7 cm.
	31 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 2.5 cm.; lower margin of 2 cm.
	Extracted from mummy cartonnage with P.Duk.inv. 711
	and P.Duk.inv. 713-717.
	P.Duk.inv. 712 R was formerly P.Duk.inv. MF79 52 R.
	Papyrus literary text from the Arsinoites (modern name:
	Fayyum), Egypt. Has historical or rhetorical prose.
	Verso has an account in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 712 V).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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