Private letter (P.Duk.inv. 1078)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Private letter, [not before 400]
Author: Maria (From Egypt), 5th/6th cent.
Subject: Letter writing, Coptic --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, mounted in glass, bottom is broken
	off ; 10 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 9.4 x 5.1 cm.
	20 lines.
	Written along the fibers on the recto; across the fibers
	on the verso.
	Upper margin of 0.5 cm.; left margin of 0.5 cm.; small
	right margin.
	P.Duk.inv. 1078 was formerly P.Duk.inv. C 78.
	Private letter from Egypt, written on papyrus. Letter
	in Fayyumic(?) from Maria to Papa Thomas and his
	daughter Anastasia.
	In Coptic.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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