Title: Historiae 4, 144-145, [not before 1] Uniform title: History. Book 4. Author: Herodotus. Subject: Literary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Material: 1 item : papyrus, reconstructed from fragments, mounted in glass, incomplete ; 13 x 4 cm. Note: Actual dimensions of item are 12.7 x 4.0 cm. 14 lines. Written along the fibers on the recto. Lower margin of 4 cm.; right margin of 1 cm. P.Duk.inv. 756 was formerly P.Rob.inv. 16. Literary text from Egypt, written on papyrus. Contains Herodotus' Historiae 4, 144-145. In Greek. Publication: "A Duke Papyrus of Herodotus iv,144.2-145.1," ed. Rosalia G Hatzilambrou. Bulletin of the American society of Papyrologists 39 (2002) 41-45. Descriptive database available in repository.
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