A 3rd-century CE schoolboy named Thonis, studying away from home, wrote this letter to his dad: ‘Look, this is my 5th letter to you and you’ve only written to me once, not even a word about your welfare, nor come to see me’. Papyrus 1575, from Egypt, now housed at the British Library [1024×1500]

A 3rd-century CE schoolboy named Thonis, studying away from home, wrote this letter to his dad: ‘Look, this is my 5th letter to you and you’ve only written to me once, not even a word about your welfare, nor come to see me’. Papyrus 1575, from Egypt, now housed at the British Library [1024×1500]

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