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Letter from Criton to Zenon
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Inscription #1
· Greek
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‘Criton to Zenon, greeting. Apollonius has ordered the barge of Petechon to be given to Plistarchus in order that he may betake himself to …. Please, therefore, give him some awning to provide him with a screen round the side. There are at present 4 sailors on board; so order Petechon to engage4 more, making 8 in all; and give each of the 8 along with his corn 9 drachmae in copper as wages for the voyage. And dispatch the barge in haste. Farewell. Year 29, …. (Postscript) And also take the descriptions of the sailors. (Addressed) To Zenon. (Docketed) Criton about the barge, to have it given to Plistarchus, and about the sailors. Year 29, Daesius 10, in Alexandria.’
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Philadelphia (Arsinoites)
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