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Libys the naukl�ros was held back by an accident and did not make it to the Thebaid, where he was to load his boat with wheat, which he was charged to carry for the fiscus. Now he asks to be allowed to load his ship with wheat from the Arsinoite Nome, which is closest. He ends by…
βασιλεῖ Πτολεμαίωι χαίρειν Λίβυς, ναύκληρος τοῦ Ἀρχιδάμου καὶ Μητροφάνους κερκούρου ἀγωγῆς μυριὰς α. ἔχοντός μου ἐπιστολὰς εἰς τὴν Θηβαίδα, συνέβη, γενομένου χειμῶνος κατὰ Ἀφροδίτης πόλιν, τοῦ πλοίου πονήσαιπονέσαι τὴν κεραίαν, ὥστε μηκέτι δυνατὸν εἶναί με ἀνακομισθῆναι οὗ τὰς ἐπ…
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