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Official letter Year 32 Epeiph 29 [149 B.C. Aug. 23 or 138 B.C. Aug. 21]

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Accession: P.Duk.inv. 598
Period: 149 BCE – 138 BCE
Date: 149 BCE – 138 BCE
Date range: 149 BCE – 138 BCE
Materials: ['1 item : papyrus, three joining fragments mounted in glass ; 23 cm']
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Papyrus copy of an official letter about Pesouris, basilikos grammateus or royal scribe of the Herakleopolites (Heracleopolite Nome), Egypt. Written to Euphranor, strategos or highest official in the region. Copy sent with a cover letter to Pesouris(?). Reports the illegal requisition of wine and mentions Polemaios, the person who is second in command after the strategos. Dated to Epeiph 29, year 32 (August 23, 149 B.C. or August 21, 138 B.C.)

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