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P.Mich.Inv. 1556

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Accession: P.Mich.Inv. 1556
Find spot: Unknown, Egypt
Period: (middle) IInd-Ist century B.C.
Date: (middle) IInd-Ist century B.C.
Date range: 157 BCE – 89 BCE
Materials: ['2 papyri ; fr. 1: 6 x 4.5 cm; fr. 2: 4.2 x 4.7 cm']
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Description

This papyrus is possibly a letter. The verso is dated to "reganl year 25. first month of summer, day 15". If this text comes from the middle to the end of the Ptolemaic dynasty, we might date this to 157-156 B.C., 146-145 B.C. or maybe even 90-89 B.C.

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APIS-Text michigan.apis.6401 tier-1

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