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Letter of Hephaestion

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Accession: SCR 1035 (Box 3), item 2
Find spot: Oxyrhynchus, Egypt approx. site location
Period: III c. CE
Date: III c. CE
Date range: 200 CE – 299 CE
Materials: ['9 x 9.5 cm. One mid-sized papyrus fragment, apparently cut from a larger document and reused; numerous small holes; significant (water?) damage to the lefthand side, including a 3 x 3 cm lacuna at bottom.']
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Description

Side 1: a short personal letter from one Hephaestion to a friend, Stephanus, entreating the latter to come at once because of some unspecified circumstances. Side 2: apparently a complaint against a brother in the matter of the division of a piece of land.

Connections

Found at Oxyrhynchus

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 31312 primary
APIS-Text pts.apis.4 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.oxy;7;1065 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.oxy.7.1065 tier-1
HGV-Text 31312 tier-1

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