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Letter concerning an abduction
Description
After an interesting introduction in which the writer hints disapproval of his correspondent's epistolary methods, his main topic is a case of abduction, the victim of which was a certain Macaria. Apparently the case was to be the subject of legal proceedings.
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 37844.
Each record below describes this same ancient text from a different angle.
- p.oxy.16.1837 DDbDP-text textOxyrhynchosfrühes VI
- Letter concerning an Abduction HGV-meta Oxyrhynchosfrühes VI
Connections
Found at
Oxyrhynchus
Cross-references (5)
- TM-Text 37844 primary
- APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.2293 tier-1
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;16;1837 tier-1
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy.16.1837 tier-1
- HGV-Text 37844 tier-1
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