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Menches' Official letter : to Horos : draft 13 Nov. 114 B.C.Kerkeosiris

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Description

Draft of an official letter from Menches, village scribe of Kerkeosiris, Egypt, to Horos, royal scribe of Kerkeosiris, informing him that he has taken requested measures regarding a judicial inquiry for murder and seizure of property against Heras, son of Petalos, inhabitant of Kerkeosiris.

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Deities Horus

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