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Letter from Amyntas to Zenon
Description
The docket tells us that the travellers were now in Boubastos, no doubt the Metropolis in the Delta. Amyntas recommends a friend of his called Alexandros, who had been requisitioned for some public service, and asks Zenon to get him excused on the plea of ill health.
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 702.
Each record below describes this same ancient text from a different angle.
- Letter from Amyntas to Zenon HGV-meta Alexandria (?)Date of reception: About 19th March, 257 BC
- p.cair.zen.1.59042 DDbDP-text textAlexandria (?)Date of reception: About 19th March, 257 BC
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Cross-references (5)
- TM-Text 702 primary
- APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.525 tier-1
- DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;1;59042 tier-1
- DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen.1.59042 tier-1
- HGV-Text 702 tier-1
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