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Petition to Zenon

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Accession: JE53764
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 ; 8 x 5 and 14 x 10']
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Description

Petition to Zenon from a herdsman who seems to have been in trouble about his sheep and about the provision of green fodder, the price of which had been raised from four to six drachmae per aroura. He begs Zenon to arrange matters so that he will not be imprisoned for debt.

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Found at Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 1259 primary
APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.1100 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;4;59628 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen.4.59628 tier-1
HGV-Text 1259 tier-1

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