Sales catalogue 542: Maggs Bros

Date:
1930
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/94
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 542: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DOU SA .D: PORTION OF A PRIVATE “LETTER IN GREEK WRITTEN ODear APY RS oe Ly PICAL UR YZANTINE “HAND.” T5 3I. LINES. The beginning of the letter is preserved, and also the begin- ning of a transcript of another letter which is contained therein. On the verso there is also a portion of the address. [Egypt, 550 a.D. (about). | (SEE ILLUSTRATION OVERLEAF.) £10 10s This letter is interesting because it is one of the few specimens of Greek written on papyrus outside public collections.
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