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Accession: NYU inv.cairo 155r
Find spot: Unknown, Egypt
Period: IIIrd AH/IXth AD
Date: IIIrd AH/IXth AD
Date range: 800 CE – 900 CE
Materials: ['1 papyrus; 16.2 x 13 cm']
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Description

Recto contains the beginning of a letter starting with the basmalla, opening greetings ('may God prolong your life') and a remark about the well-being of the sender's family ('I am writing to you, may [God] prolong [your life, while those with me, are well, God be praised and] thanked'). The letter mentions that the addressee has been appointed over something.

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APIS-Text nyu.apis.5516 tier-1

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