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

P.Penn. Museum inv.E02825 Letter of Ptolemaeus to Heraclides

Title

Letter of Ptolemaeus to Heraclides

Authors

Call number

P.Penn. Museum inv.E02825
(Philadelphia, United States, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology collection)

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Language

English; Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Origin

260 BCE
Place
Hibeh

Summary

Fragment of a letter in which one party inquires after the health and welfare of the other, as well as reporting on his own. (Grenfell and Hunt)

Notes

Support

Papyrus

Layout

  • Text is written on both sides: 9 lines with the fibers (body of the letter) on Side 1, and 1 line against the fibers (the address) on Side 2.
  • Provenance

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