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Fragment of a letter

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Accession: JE51553
Find spot: Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia), Egypt approx. site location
Period: 3rd April, 257 B.C.
Date: 3rd April, 257 B.C.
Date range: 257 BCE – 257 BCE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 19 x 15']
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Description

A fragment of a letter with a copy of another letter subjoined. The writer was engaged in equipping a ship, for which purpose he required the services of an educated slave. He speaks of certain men of whom some had been drafted into the kun�goi and others assigned to some other duty.

Connections

Found at Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 1176 primary
APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.1013 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;4;59540 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen.4.59540 tier-1
HGV-Text 1176 tier-1

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