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Letter of Menesthianos to Apollonianos and Spartiates

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Accession: JE68912
Find spot: Oxyrhynchus, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Dec. 14, after AD 235
Date: Dec. 14, after AD 235
Date range: 235 CE – 235 CE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 13.5 x 32.5']
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Description

After a few lines of expressing condolences, Menesthianos discusses the case of five men who have fled from Oxyrhynchus. He attaches a copy of the swearing of an oath that the men have been apprehended and sent back to carry out their liturgical duties. The verso contains the address.

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Found at Oxyrhynchus

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 17411 primary
APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.2171 tier-1
DDbDP-Text psi;12;1248 tier-1
DDbDP-Text psi.12.1248 tier-1
HGV-Text 17411 tier-1

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