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Petition [2nd cent. B.C.]

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Accession: P.Duk.inv. 739
Period: 199 BCE – 100 BCE
Date: 199 BCE – 100 BCE
Date range: 199 BCE – 100 BCE
Materials: ['1 item : papyrus, mounted in glass, top is broken off ; 15 x 20 cm']
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Petition from Egypt, written on papyrus. Written by a minor priest (pastophoros)(?) against the theft of various clothes and other objects. He requests that the police are ordered to recover the property for him and that appropriate action is taken against the thieves. Objects are enumerated at the bottom in two columns and their value is added. The stolen items include cloaks, linen clothes, part of a minor priest's outfit, and money. The total of items stolen amounts to 8,360 drachmas

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APIS-Text duke.apis.31618438 tier-1

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