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Private Letter

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Accession: P.Mich.inv. 5159
Find spot: Alexandria(?), province of Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: IIIrd century A.D.
Date: IIIrd century A.D.
Date range: 200 CE – 299 CE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 9.5 X 14 cm']
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Description

Fragmentary letter from Chairemon to Serapion, asking him to write back

The same text in other collections

Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 30513. Each record below describes this same ancient text from a different angle.

p.mich.8.513 DDbDP-text textAlexandriaIII
Chairemon to Serapion HGV-meta AlexandriaIII

Connections

Found at Alexandria

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 30513 primary
APIS-Text michigan.apis.2385 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.mich;8;513 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.mich.8.513 tier-1
HGV-Text 30513 tier-1

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Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.