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Letter from Ktesias to Zenon

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Accession: JE48569
Find spot: Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia), Egypt approx. site location
Period: 28th January, 256 B.C.
Date: 28th January, 256 B.C.
Date range: 256 BCE – 256 BCE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 9 x 19.5']
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Description

Ktesias writes that he is unable to sell the two jars of caviar and that Hierokles advises him to use them for private consumption and not let them be wasted. The pomegranate seed also is too old to sell.

Connections

Found at Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 770 primary
APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.603 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;1;59121 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen.1.59121 tier-1
HGV-Text 770 tier-1

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