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Accession: P.Mich.inv. 6859
Find spot: unknown, Egypt
Period: VIIIth century A.D.
Date: VIIIth century A.D.
Date range: 700 CE – 799 CE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 36 x 14 cm.']
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Description

As is so often the case, the essential point of the letter remains unintelligible while the rest of the letter is clear enough. There is an ellipsis or omission in line 4. The use of the title Dux as late as the VIIIth century is interisting.

Cross-references (1)

APIS-Text michigan.apis.2962 tier-1

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