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Letter from Zenon to Kleon

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Accession: Pap 539
Find spot: Schreibort: Arsinoites; Fundort: Gurob, Egypt
Period: 13. Okt. 256 v.Chr. (Jahr unsicher)
Date: 13. Okt. 256 v.Chr. (Jahr unsicher)
Date range: 256 BCE – 256 BCE
Materials: ['Papyrus']
Repository: London, British Library
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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek

Translations (1)

EN scholarly · B. Van Beek in P.Petr.Kleon, p. 59, © Peeters

Zenon to Kleon, greetings. The water in the canal has not risen more than a cubit, so that the land cannot be irrigated from it. Please, open the sluice gates so that the land can be irrigated. Farewell. [Year 30, Loios] 23, Mesore 23. [Year 30, Mes]ore 24. To Kleon [...] water.

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TM-Text 2491 primary
DDbDP-Text p.petr.kleon;;19 tier-1
HGV-Text 2491 tier-1
Pleiades-Place 736893 tier-1
Pleiades-Place 736943 tier-1
TM-Geo 332 tier-1
TM-Geo 720 tier-1

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