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Draft of a Letter

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Accession: P.Mich.inv. 3216
Find spot: Unknown place, Egypt, Egypt
Period: IIIrd century B.C.
Date: IIIrd century B.C.
Date range: 299 BCE – 200 BCE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 10.5 x 9 cm']
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Description

Draft of a letter from Zenon to Themistokles, asking him to write in favour of an Egyptian impressed into a work gang (or enrolled as a native soldier?), following the request of the cleruch Diokles (see also P.Cair.Zen. IV, 59590, the letter of Diokles requesting the intervention of Zenon)

Cross-references (2)

APIS-Text michigan.apis.1880 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.mich.1.82 tier-1

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