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Business Letter May 4, 257 B.C.

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Accession: P.Mich.inv. 3127
Find spot: Unknown place between Memphis and Alexandria (Prosopite nome?), Egypt, Egypt
Period: May 4, 257 B.C.
Date: May 4, 257 B.C.
Date range: 257 BCE – 257 BCE
Materials: ['2 papyri ; P.Mich. inv. 3127: 25.8 x 13 cm; P.S.I. VI, 556: 7.5 x 13 cm']
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Description

Letter sent to Zenon by the antigrapheus Apollonides, asking for instructions about a quantity of wool he has just received for making mattresses

The same text in other collections

Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 1918. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

Letter from Apollonides to Zenon HGV-meta unbekannt24. Apr. - 4. Mai 257 v.Chr.
p.mich.1.13 DDbDP-text text24. Apr. - 4. Mai 257 v.Chr.

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 1918 primary
APIS-Text michigan.apis.1816 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.mich;1;13 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.mich.1.13 tier-1
HGV-Text 1918 tier-1

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