Private letter (P.Duk.inv. 733)

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150 dpi image of 733

Catalogue Record

Title: Private letter, [not before 500]
Subject: Gold coins --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Potters --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Personal correspondence --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, seven joining fragments mounted in
	glass, incomplete ;  19 x 7 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 18.5 x 6.6 cm.
	13 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the recto.
	Lower margin(?) of 1.5 cm.; left margin of 1.5 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 733 was formerly P.Duk.inv. LK76 6.
	Papyrus private letter from Egypt. Requests help and
	possibly mentions gold coins and a potter.
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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