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Business Letter

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Accession: P.Mich.inv. 3129
Find spot: probably Alexandria, Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: July 28, 257 B.C. (date of reception)
Date: July 28, 257 B.C. (date of reception)
Date range: 257 BCE – 257 BCE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 23.5 x 12.7 cm']
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Description

Letter from Apollonios, an employee of the dioiketes, who begs Zenon to send him some hay for the horses, as his stock is almost finished and it is difficult to buy any in Alexandria

The same text in other collections

Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 1923. Each record below describes this same ancient text from a different angle.

Letter from Apollonios to Zenon HGV-meta probably Alexandria, EgyptJuly 28, 257 B.C. (date of reception)
p.mich.1.21 DDbDP-text textprobably Alexandria, EgyptJuly 28, 257 B.C. (date of reception)

Connections

Found at probably Alexandria, Egypt

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 1923 primary
APIS-Text michigan.apis.1818 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.mich;1;21 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.mich.1.21 tier-1
HGV-Text 1923 tier-1

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