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Letter from Ktesias to Zenon 28th January, 256 B.C.
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.
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 770.
Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.
- Letter to Zenon from Ktesias HGV-meta Alexandria28th January, 256 B.C.
- p.cair.zen.1.59121 DDbDP-text textAlexandria28th January, 256 B.C.
Connections
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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