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Letter Year 29 Phamenoth 9 [256 B.C. May 2]

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Accession: P.Duk.inv. 25
Period: 256 BCE
Date: 256 BCE
Date range: 256 BCE – 256 BCE
Materials: ['1 item : papyrus, five joining fragments mounted in glass ; 18 x 33 cm']
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Letter from Egypt, written on papyrus. Alkeides writes to Nesiotes about a money account in which Theophilos is involved and of which Pleistarchos needs to be informed to avoid suspicion. The greeting reads, "Be of good health." Dated to year 29, Phamenoth 9 (May 2, 256 B.C.). An appended note follows

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