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Unidentified document Mentioning Orphans

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Accession: P.Mich.inv. 1182
Find spot: Unknown, Egypt
Period: IInd/ IIIrd Century A.D.
Date: IInd/ IIIrd Century A.D.
Date range: 100 CE – 299 CE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 9.0 x 14.7 cm']
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Description

The first line informs us that the subject is the livelihood of orphans, who may have had some of their property seized from them. If this were a petition or official document, we would expect an address to an official and a very large amount of text lost to the left. More likely, perhaps, is a private letter voicing such concerns.

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APIS-Text michigan.apis.4014 tier-1

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