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Letter Year 29 Phamenoth 22 [256 B.C. May 15]

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Accession: P.Duk.inv. 23
Period: 256 BCE
Date: 256 BCE
Date range: 256 BCE – 256 BCE
Materials: ['1 item : papyrus, eleven joining fragments mounted in glass, incomplete ; 27 x 7 cm']
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Letter from Egypt, written on papyrus. Written to Nesiotes with a request to come to the writer. Someone with "kletos" in his name apparently presented the letter to Nesiotes. The greeting reads, "Be of good health." Dated to year 29, Phamenoth 22 (May 15, 256 B.C.). An appended note mentions Harmais. The docket bears the same date

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