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Title: Private letter concerning temple accounts
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 column, 36 lines, written on recto along the fibers.
Regular cursive.
Many holes in papyrus.
On verso in black ink: "T 22"
Verso: otherwise empty.
The unknown sender warns the addressee (possibly a temple priest) that an inspector was about to arrive, and promises to take care that he gets through the inspection.
In Greek.
Type: image
Format: Documentary papyri
Personal correspondence
Extent: 1 item papyrus, 1 fragment, incomplete 22 x 11.1 cm.
Identifier: (t_papyri)00082
Language: Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Subject: Temples--Egypt--Tebtunis (Extinct city)
Documentary papyri
Personal correspondence

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