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Official Letter of Introduction

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Accession: P.Mich.inv. 6959
Find spot: Unknown place of which depended Trikomia and Lysimachis, Themistou meris, Arsinoite nome, Egypt, Egypt
Period: April 16, 197 B.C.[?]
Date: April 16, 197 B.C.[?]
Date range: 197 BCE – 197 BCE
Materials: ['2 papyri ; 18.5 x 25 cm (Fragment B: 6 x 3.7 cm)']
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Description

An unknown official, Lu[- - - ], informs various subordinates of a new appointee and orders them to render him all due assistance

The same text in other collections

Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 8764. Each record below describes this same ancient text from a different angle.

p.mich.18.770 DDbDP-text textApril 16, 197 B.C.[?]

Cross-references (4)

TM-Text 8764 primary
APIS-Text michigan.apis.3047 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.mich;18;770 tier-1
HGV-Text 8764 tier-1

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