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Accession: P.Mich.inv. 431
Find spot: unknown, Egypt
Period: IVth century A.D.
Date: IVth century A.D.
Date range: 300 CE – 399 CE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 9.3 x 8.8 cm.']
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Description

This papyrus contains the ending of a letter sent by a Christian to his relatives. The content of the letter cannot be established on the basis of this surviving part, although the second line suggests that at least a section of the letter was concerned with farming tools.

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 32818 primary
APIS-Text michigan.apis.2187 tier-1
DDbDP-Text sb;16;12620 tier-1
DDbDP-Text sb.16.12620 tier-1
HGV-Text 32818 tier-1

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