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Letter [late II BC] 150 BCE – 100 BCE

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Accession: Oxy. 790
Period: 150 BCE – 100 BCE
Date: 150 BCE – 100 BCE
Date range: 150 BCE – 100 BCE
Materials: ['1 papyrus fragment; 8.7 x 12.8 cm']
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Description

Official letter from Dionysius to Ptolemaeus enclosing a copy of another letter. Commanders of the cavalry are also mentioned

The same text in other collections

Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 78561. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

p.oxy.4.790 DDbDP-text text150 BCE – 100 BCE
keiner HGV-meta Oxyrhynchosspätes II v.Chr.

Cross-references (4)

TM-Text 78561 primary
APIS-Text columbia.apis.p377 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.oxy;4;790 tier-1
HGV-Text 78561 tier-1

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