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Fragment of a letter

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Accession: JE51575
Find spot: Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia), Egypt approx. site location
Period: mid 3rd c. B.C.
Date: mid 3rd c. B.C.
Date range: 275 BCE – 225 BCE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 27 x 5.5']
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Description

A fragment of a letter from certain Greeks, who had been sent to work in or take charge of some vineyards, asking to be released from part of their task or to have more guards given to them. The last lines show that it was sometimes difficult to make the

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Found at Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 1243 primary
APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.1082 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;4;59610 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen.4.59610 tier-1
HGV-Text 1243 tier-1

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