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Double Private Letter

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Accession: P.Mich.inv. 4203
Find spot: Perhaps Alexandria, province of Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Ist century/IInd century A.D.
Date: Ist century/IInd century A.D.
Date range: 1 CE – 199 CE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 6.8 x 29 cm']
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Description

Couple of letters sent together by Ptolema to her mother and her sister, to whom she presents her excuses for leaving before they came back; she seems somewhat distressed of being away from home

The same text in other collections

Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 26168. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

Zwei Privatbriefe HGV-meta Alexandria (?)I

Connections

Found at Perhaps Alexandria, province of Egypt

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 26168 primary
APIS-Text michigan.apis.2159 tier-1
DDbDP-Text sb;20;14132 tier-1
DDbDP-Text sb.20.14132 tier-1
HGV-Text 26168 tier-1

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