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Fragment of a petition 3rd November, 255 B.C.

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Accession: JE51584
Find spot: Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia), Egypt approx. site location
Period: 3rd November, 255 B.C.
Date: 3rd November, 255 B.C.
Date range: 255 BCE – 255 BCE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 10 x 15.5']
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Description

The fragment as it stands is chiefly remarkable for the illiteracy of the scribe. Apparently a complaint about the loss of certain utensils in connection with the selling of a slave.

The same text in other collections

Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 1654. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

Eingabe an Zenon HGV-meta Philadelphia (Arsinoites)3. Nov. 255 v.Chr.
p.cair.zen.4.59625 DDbDP-text Philadelphia (Arsinoites)3. Nov. 255 v.Chr.
p.lond.7.2093 DDbDP-text Philadelphia (Arsinoites)3. Nov. 255 v.Chr.
p.lond.7.2129 DDbDP-text Philadelphia (Arsinoites)3. Nov. 255 v.Chr.

Connections

Found at Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 1654 primary
APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.1097 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;4;59625 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen.4.59625 tier-1
HGV-Text 1654 tier-1

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