Private letter (P.Duk.inv. 913)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Private letter, [1st cent. A.D.]
Author: Hermias (From Egypt), 1st cent.
Subject: Scribes --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Letter writing, Greek --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Personal correspondence --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, reconstructed from numerous fragments,
	mounted in glass ; 7 x 19 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 6.7 x 18.1 cm.
	26 lines.
	P.Duk.inv. 913 was written along the fibers on the
	recto; the address written along the fibers on the
	verso in a different hand.
	Upper margin of 0.5 cm.; left margin of 1 cm.; small
	right margin.
	Private letter from Egypt, written on papyrus. Letter
	from Hermias to Apollon. Hermias repeats a request
	to Deios, the royal scribe and to Apollon about two
	close friends of Hermias from Kerkephtha in the Athribite
	Nome. The two friends are someone whose name begins
	with "Kap" from the Hermopolis and Nechtheros. Apollon
	should send them to Deios when and if he gets there.
	In Greek.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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