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Letter of Longinus to his brother

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Accession: uninventoried
Find spot: Philadelphia, Egypt approx. site location
Period: End of 2nd century A.D.
Date: End of 2nd century A.D.
Date range: 175 CE – 199 CE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 21 x 12']
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Description

Only the general meaning of this letter is intelligible: Longinus writes to his brother and other members of his family to reproach them for their negligence in responding to his letters. The details are lost, because of bad grammar, syntax and idiosyncratic use of vocabulary.

Connections

Found at Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 27218 primary
APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.2003 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.phil;;35 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.phil.35 tier-1
HGV-Text 27218 tier-1

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