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private letter

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Accession: P.Mich.inv. 1040
Find spot: unknown, Egypt
Period: (late) IVth/(early) Vth century A.D.
Date: (late) IVth/(early) Vth century A.D.
Date range: 375 CE – 424 CE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 18 x 10 cm.']
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What exactly the letter is about remains unclear. Dorotheos is evidently in deep trouble and hopes that John will extricate him. However, his concrete problem, as well as the cause thereof, is concealed by a string of complimentary formulas and generalities. In ll. 10-11 the writer finally seems on the verge of divulging the details, but at this point the papyrus unfortunately breaks off. All that is left is the bare mention of a sum of twenty solidi.

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 32948 primary
APIS-Text michigan.apis.1305 tier-1
DDbDP-Text sb;14;11882 tier-1
DDbDP-Text sb.14.11882 tier-1
HGV-Text 32948 tier-1

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