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To: SunkenCiv

Expensive effort to insult someone. Papyrus wasn’t cheap.


3 posted on 08/18/2018 10:42:34 AM PDT by Bayard
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To: Bayard; SunkenCiv

“...Expensive effort...”

He was pissed off... Anger has a deep wallet...


4 posted on 08/18/2018 10:44:38 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Bayard; NFHale
Most people wrote their correspondence on ostraca (broken pieces of pottery) then found someone who was heading in the right general direction to carry the message to their distant beloved or whomever. Probably this Oxyrhynchus papyrus heap came from the Byzantine era version of the NSA. :^)

5 posted on 08/18/2018 10:52:28 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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