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Letter to Zenon

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Accession: JE53745
Find spot: Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia), Egypt approx. site location
Period: Beginning of 242 B.C.
Date: Beginning of 242 B.C.
Date range: 242 BCE – 242 BCE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 24.5 x 13']
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Description

A friend in Alexandria writes that he can give Zenon no definite news about the matter in which he is interested, but asks him to buy the cushions and the carpets which Neon the physician is impatiently awaiting. He adds the significant remark that Neon is in favour with the king.

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Found at Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 1205 primary
APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.1044 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;4;59571 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen.4.59571 tier-1
HGV-Text 1205 tier-1

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