Collection ID: 0016 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Authors

• Cornelius

Call number

Publisher

Language

Origin

Place

Oxyrhynchos

Summary

A letter from a father to his son, giving him good advice, and announcing the dispatch of clothes and money. (Grenfell and Hunt)

Notes

• This papyrus is very well preserved, with only a few scattered holes that do not obscure any crucial parts of the writing. There is one small area (middle right) where some letters appear to have faded or have somehow been lifted away.
   
• Identifier(s): upenn.apis.57; P.Oxy.:3:531.
   

Extent

Support

Layout

Provenance

• Excavated by Grenfell and Hunt (1896-7) on behalf of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, and donated to the University Museum in return for its support (1904, Dr. Parrish Collection).
   

Subjects topical

• Documentary
• Letter

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