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Letter from Nikon to Zenon

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Accession: JE48519
Find spot: Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia), Egypt approx. site location
Period: Date of reception: About 30th May, 257 BC
Date: Date of reception: About 30th May, 257 BC
Date range: 257 BCE – 257 BCE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 8 x 8']
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Description

Nikon had left some dishes in the hands of Artemidoros and now asks Zenon to get the price of them from Artemidoros and send it to him, or, if they have not been sold, to return them.

The same text in other collections

Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 1919. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

Letter from Nikon to Zenon HGV-meta Memphis (?)May 30, 257 B.C.
Business Letter APIS-papyrus probably Memphis, Memphite nome, EMay 30, 257 B.C.
p.cair.zen.1.59071 DDbDP-text Memphis (?)May 30, 257 B.C.
p.mich.1.14 DDbDP-text textMemphis (?)May 30, 257 B.C.

Connections

Found at Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 1919 primary
APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.554 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;1;59071 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen.1.59071 tier-1
HGV-Text 1919 tier-1

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