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Business Letter

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Accession: P.Mich.inv. 3122
Find spot: probably Alexandria, Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: July 21, 257 B.C. (date of reception)
Date: July 21, 257 B.C. (date of reception)
Date range: 257 BCE – 257 BCE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 14 x 9.5 cm (P.Cair. inv. JdE 48531: 16.5 x 9.5 cm)']
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Description

Letter from Peisikles, a treasurer or store-keeper in the household of Alexandria, to Zenon, to whom he states the price of fish and other provisions bought by Philokrates for the travelling party

Connections

Found at probably Alexandria, Egypt

Cross-references (4)

TM-Text 738 primary
APIS-Text michigan.apis.1811 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;1;59083 tier-1
HGV-Text 738 tier-1

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