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Letter to Zenon

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Accession: JE48520
Find spot: Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia), Egypt approx. site location
Period: May-June, 257 B.C.
Date: May-June, 257 B.C.
Date range: 257 BCE – 257 BCE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 10.5 x 22']
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Description

The writer acknowledges receipt of a consignment of shoots (?), brought to Philadelphia by donkey, and informs Zenon that he is bringing water from Tanis to irrigate the young olive trees.

The same text in other collections

Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 727. Each record below describes this same ancient text from a different angle.

Letter to Zenon HGV-meta Philadelphia (Arsinoites)24. Mai - 22. Juni 257 v.Chr.
p.cair.zen.1.59072 DDbDP-text textPhiladelphia (Arsinoites)24. Mai - 22. Juni 257 v.Chr.

Connections

Found at Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 727 primary
APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.555 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;1;59072 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen.1.59072 tier-1
HGV-Text 727 tier-1

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