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A COPTIC PAPYRUS MANUSCRIPT FRAGMENT
EGYPT, CIRCA 7TH CENTURY A.D.

Inscribed in a Coptic cursive hand, comprising ten lines, apparently a private letter from "N.N. Tahen and Kura the Little" to "Father Victor," with a reproach to Father Victor for not having followed the writer's advice "whose heart slaved itself," the fragment mentioning a person who should visit Father Victor and whose letter should be sent, the usual greetings are also legible

140 x 140 mm.

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