Catalog Record: duke.apis.29886042 [xml]
Title | Business letter [Year 12 Choiak 21? [235 B.C. Feb. 8? or 210 B.C. Feb. 2?]] |
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Summary | Papyrus letter from Ptolemais Melissourgon in the Arsinoites (modern name: Fayyum), Egypt about agricultural affairs. Explains that the author will follow the orders of the addressee to return to Oxyrhyncha and to start harvesting fruit trees. Verso has an account in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 320 V). Dated to Choiak 21(?) year 12 (February 8, 235 B.C. or February 2, 210 B.C.) |
Citations | |
Inv. Id | P.Duk.inv. 320 R |
Support/Dimensions | 1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, top broken off ; 7 x 32 cm |
Language | In Greek |
Date | 235 BCE – 210 BCE |
Note (general) | Actual dimensions of item are 6.7 x 31.1 cm |
Note (general) | 6 lines |
Note (general) | Written across the fibers on the recto; written across the fibers on the verso in a different hand |
Note (general) | Lower margin of 1 cm.; left margin of 3.5 cm.; right margin of .5 cm |
Note (general) | Extracted from mummy cartonnage with P.Duk.inv. 313-319 and P.Duk.inv. 321-323 |
Note (general) | P.Duk.inv. 320 R was formerly MF84 8R |
Subjects | Fruit trees -- Egypt -- Oxyrhyncha (Extinct city) -- 332-30 B.C.; Harvesting -- Egypt -- Oxyrhyncha (Extinct city) -- 332-30 B.C.; Documentary papyri Egypt Fayyum 332-30 B.C; Business letters Egypt Fayyum 332-30 B.C; Papyri |
Images | thumbnail |
Images | 72dpi |
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License | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License. |
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