Hymn (P.Duk.inv. 766 V)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Hymn, [not before 500]
Subject: Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint --Annunciation.
	Literary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Liturgical manuscripts --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Hymns --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, two fragments, which do not join,
	mounted in glass, incomplete.
Note: Dimensions of fragments are 14.5 x 25.5 cm. or smaller.
	17 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the verso; written across
	the fibers on the recto in a different hand.
	Small lower margin.
	P.Duk.inv. 766 V was formerly P.Rob.inv. 29 V.
	Liturgical hymn (canon) from Egypt, written on papyrus.
	Written to the Virgin Mary for Annunciation. Recto
	has another hymn in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 766 R).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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