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Title: Letter to a magister from the Oxyrhynchite Nome (P.Princ. GD 7618; Sixth Century)
Author(s): WALDSCHÜTZ, Lucia
Journal: Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists
Volume: 60    Date: 2023   
Pages: 157-171
DOI: 10.2143/BASP.60.0.3292174

Abstract :
Edition of a papyrus letter from Special Collections of Princeton University Library (GD 7618) dating to the sixth century. The lettersender complains about an injustice and requests assistance from a magister called Komes, whose rank and official function are discussed in the edition. The text also offers a further attestation of the Oxyrhynchite ktema Peleas belonging to the Apion estate as well as insights into epistolary language and conventions.

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