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Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment

Oxyrhynchus Papyrus Fragment

Date: late 2nd century CE
Dimensions:
maximum: 8 1/8 × 3 7/16 in. (20.6 × 8.7 cm)
Medium: India ink on papyrus
Place of Origin: Egypt
Classification: Manuscripts
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1915.43
DescriptionThis papyrus, written in Greek on both sides, contains a letter from Diogenes, a linen merchant, to his friend, Apolinarius.
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