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Business letter [Year 12 Choiak 21? [235 B.C. Feb. 8? or 210 B.C. Feb. 2?]]

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Accession: P.Duk.inv. 320 R
Period: 235 BCE – 210 BCE
Date: 235 BCE – 210 BCE
Date range: 235 BCE – 210 BCE
Materials: ['1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, top broken off ; 7 x 32 cm']
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Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri, Business letter [Year 12 Choiak 21? [235 B.C. Feb. 8? or 210 B.C. Feb. 2?]] (P.Duk.inv. 320 R). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/117956

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Papyrus letter from Ptolemais Melissourgon in the Arsinoites (modern name: Fayyum), Egypt about agricultural affairs. Explains that the author will follow the orders of the addressee to return to Oxyrhyncha and to start harvesting fruit trees. Verso has an account in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 320 V). Dated to Choiak 21(?) year 12 (February 8, 235 B.C. or February 2, 210 B.C.)

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