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Letter ca. 257 BC
Description
Letter to Panakestor: the writer was imprisoned, asks Panakestor for help, and would like him to write to Zoilos on his behalf; he takes an oath by King Ptolemy, Arsinoe and the daimon which was the guardian of Panakestor
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 1738.
Each record below describes this same ancient text from a different angle.
- Letter to Panakestor Beseeching Assistance HGV-meta unbekanntca. 257 v.Chr.
- p.col.3.18 DDbDP-text textca. 257 v.Chr.
Cross-references (5)
- TM-Text 1738 primary
- APIS-Text columbia.apis.p18 tier-1
- DDbDP-Text p.col;3;18 tier-1
- DDbDP-Text p.col.3.18 tier-1
- HGV-Text 1738 tier-1
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