Letter (P.Duk.inv. 89)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Letter, [3rd cent. B.C.]
Subject: Documentary papyri --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Correspondence --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, incomplete ; 17 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 16.5 x 14.8 cm.
	15 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the recto.
	Upper margin of 1 cm.; lower margin of 3 cm.
	Extracted from mummy cartonnage.
	P.Duk.inv. 89 was formerly P.Duk.inv. G 89.
	Letter from the Arsinoite Nome (modern name: Fayyum),
	Egypt, written on papyrus. Mentions a caretaker for
	an absentee landowner. The farewell reads, "Be of
	good health." Followed by a postscript.
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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