Private letter (P.Duk.inv. 1079)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Private letter, [not before 400]
Subject: Letter writing, Coptic --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Personal correspondence --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
	Documentary papyri --Egypt --30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, three joining fragments mounted in
	glass, incomplete ; 5 x 9 cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 4.5 x 9.0 cm.
	5 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the recto with interpunction.
	Small right margin(?).
	P.Duk.inv. 1079 was formerly P.Duk.inv. C 79.
	Private letter from Egypt, written on papyrus.
	In Coptic.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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