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Graeco-Roman papyrus letter from Ptolemaeus
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Papyrus letter from Ptolemaeus (Youtie and Winter, Mich.Pap.VIII, Pl.7, Karanis Pap.511)
This papyrus document from Karanis, written in Greek, is a letter from a certain Ptolemaeus which refers to a cult banquet in honor of Sarapis, a fertility deity.
[Source: Youtie, H.C. and J.G. Winter 1950. Michigan Papyri, Vol. VIII: Papyri and Ostraca from Karanis.]
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