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Letter from Melanippos to Zenon

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Accession: JE51540
Find spot: Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia), Egypt approx. site location
Period: Probably 14th October, 257 B.C.
Date: Probably 14th October, 257 B.C.
Date range: 257 BCE – 257 BCE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 10 x 14']
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Description

A letter nearly identical with PCZ.I.59101, stating that a certain Ptolemaios (?) was coming to see Apollonios, and Zenon is asked to assist him.

Connections

Found at Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 1178 primary
APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.1016 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;4;59543 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen.4.59543 tier-1
HGV-Text 1178 tier-1

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