Private letter (P.Duk.inv. 77)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Private letter, [6--]
Subject: Monks --Egypt --Correspondence --640-1250.
	Monasteries --Egypt --640-1250.
	Locks and keys --Egypt --640-1250.
	Letter-writing, Greek --640-1250.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --640-1250.
	Personal correspondence --Egypt --640-1250.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, incomplete ; 9 x 14 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 8.2 x 13.2 cm.
	8 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the recto in a literary hand.
	Lower margin of 1 cm.; left margin of 0.5 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 77 was formerly P.Duk.inv. G 77.
	Letter from Egypt, written on papyrus. Presumably written
	by a monk. Invites the addressee to come to the monastery
	on Saturday. The author has to give the key to the
	house to someone else so that he does not have to
	guard the house himself(?).
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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