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Private Letter

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Accession: P.Mich.inv. 4961
Find spot: Perhaps Memphis, Memphite nome, province of Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: IIIrd century A.D.
Date: IIIrd century A.D.
Date range: 200 CE – 299 CE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 7.5 x 8 cm']
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Description

Beginning of a private letter, with the rather uncommon invocation to the god Apis, which might point to a Memphite origin

Connections

Found at Perhaps Memphis, Memphite nome, province of Egypt

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 32001 primary
APIS-Text michigan.apis.2354 tier-1
DDbDP-Text sb;8;9930 tier-1
DDbDP-Text sb.8.9930 tier-1
HGV-Text 32001 tier-1

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