Private Letter in Coptic (P.Duk.inv. 440)

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Catalogue Record

Title: Private letter, [not before 500]
Subject: 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, incomplete ; 7 x 29
	cm.
Note: Actual dimensions of item are 7.0 x 28.5 cm.
	6 lines.
	Written across the fibers on the recto; mirror images
	on the recto and the verso from folding when the ink was
	wet.
	Lower margin of 1.5 cm.; small right margin.
	P.Duk.inv. 440 was formerly P.Miss. 6.
	Papyrus letter from Egypt. The farewell reads "May
	you prosper in the strength of the holy trinity."
	In Coptic.
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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