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Title: Marres' letter
[Kerkeosiris, Egypt?] to Menches
Creator: Marres (probably Topogrammateus of Kerkeosiris)
Menches, komogrammateus of Kerkeosiris
Menches, Komogrammateus of Kerkeosiris
Contributing Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection: Tebtunis Papyri
Rights Information: FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited: Direct requests for copies or permission to publish to the Rare Books Curator, The Bancroft Library.
Description: 1 columns, 15 lines, written on recto along the fibers.
Regular cursive.
Margins: top, 3 cm.; left, 3 cm.; bottom, 3 cm.
Number "23" written in red ink in top margin.
On verso: address (along the fibers)
Marres complains to Menches, Komogrammateus of Kerkeosiris, for not having given a relative of his the special treatment he deserved, and urges him to not repeat such behavior in the future.
Forms part of: Menches archive.
In Greek.
Type: image
Format: Documentary papyri
Correspondence
Extent: 1 item papyrus, complete 17 x 15.7 cm.
Identifier: (t_papyri)00051
Language: Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Subject: Nepotism--Egypt--Kerkeosiris
Documentary papyri
Correspondence

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