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Official correspondence [242 B.C.]
Description
Papyrus verbatim copies of official letters from Egypt. The first frame of glass contains letters relating to the Oxyrhynchite Nome, and three of these letters are exactly dated (Xandikou 10, or Pachons 7, or June 26, 242 B.C. and Artemisiou 4, or Pachons 30, or July 19, 242 B.C.). One letter is quoted in another and bears no exact date. The best preserved letters relate to the inspection of arms of the cavalry. These arms were found to be defective and had to be replaced within a certain period. Mentions a commander of these cavalry men. The officials involved in this matter are Antipatros, Phanias, and Neoptolemos. Another official is Diodoros
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- APIS-Text duke.apis.31194933 tier-1
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