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Private Letter

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Description

Letter written by Saturnilus, a soldier stationed at Pselkis (Nubia), to his mother Aphrodous, who lived at Karanis. He announces the birth of a son and says that he hopes, and will eventually pay, to be sent with letters for the prefect in Alexandria, so that he could visit her before he has to leave Pselkis for a tour of duty in a frontier garrison, eighteen months long

Connections

Found at Pselkis (Nubien)

Cross-references (4)

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