Private letter (P.Duk.inv. 839)

Images

150 dpi image of 839r

150 dpi image of 839v

Catalogue Record

Title: Private letter, [not before 500]
Author: Petre (From Egypt), 6th cent.
Subject: Letter-writing, Coptic --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Agriculture --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Correspondence --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Serene (From Egypt), 6th cent.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, incomplete ; 9 x 16 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 8.6 x 15.4 cm.
	9 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the recto; the address
	written along the fibers on the verso; the verso
	was reused for another text in a different hand and
	inverse to the text on the recto.
	Upper margin of 1 cm.; left margin of 1.5 cm.
	P.Duk.inv. 839 was formerly P.Duk.inv. C 51.
	Letter from Egypt, written on papyrus. Written by Petre
	(Petros) to his "brother" papa Serene introducing
	the letter carrier Ammone (Ammonios) "from the island"(?).
	Concerns agriculture and sending someone(?) on a
	yearly basis to take care of it(?). Mentions Mena
	son of Apater. Verso has a letter in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 839 V).
	In Coptic.
	Publication: Gesa Schenke "Zwei Kopische Gesch�ftsbriefe,"
	Journal of Juristic Papyrology XXX (2000) 149-154.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

Images and texts on these web pages are intended for research and educational use only. Please read our statement on use and reproduction for further information on how to receive permission to reproduce an item and how to cite it.

If you are interested in the techniques used to create the images (compression, color correction, resolution), please see the document on imaging techniques. If you are interested in the methodology used to create the catalogue record, please see the article on the papyrus catalogue records.

Return to the papyrus home page

Return to Duke University Special Collections Library home page

Please see our page with contact information if you have any comments or questions about the Duke Papyrus Archive.