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Letter from Petobastis the pigeon-keeper to Zenon
Description
The writer was Zenon's pigeon-keeper. He complains that he has received no wages for the last four months and that the barley-wheat given him for his food allowance is uneatable. So he begs Zenon to see to this, in order that he and his sons may do their work efficiently.
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 1136.
Each record below describes this same ancient text from a different angle.
- Letter to Zenon from Petobastis HGV-meta Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)Mitte III v.Chr.
- p.cair.zen.3.59498 DDbDP-text textPhiladelphia? (Arsinoites)Mitte III v.Chr.
Connections
Cross-references (5)
- TM-Text 1136 primary
- APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.973 tier-1
- DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;3;59498 tier-1
- DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen.3.59498 tier-1
- HGV-Text 1136 tier-1
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