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Letter of King Abgar to Jesus
Description
Five fragments of a papyrus sheet, whose initial size would have been 36 cm. On the recto, across the fibres, there are seven lines of a letter in a 7th c. hand. On the verso, along the fibres, thirteen lines of the letter of Abgar.
Cross-references (2)
- TM-Text 58909 primary
- APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.2175 tier-1
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