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Letter from Apollonios to Zenon 29th April, 254 B.C.
Description
One of the brewers in the Arsinoite nome has offered to take over the beer-house in Philadelphia with the obligation of brewing, to the profit of the Crown, a supply of barley provided by the Crown and amounting to twelve artabs a day. Zenon is therefore ordered to draw up a contract, get a written oath from him and hand over the brewery. But he is also to instal a reliable collector to exercise control. And the present brewer must settle up for the period during which he has run the business.
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 844.
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- Letter from Apollonios an Zenon HGV-meta Alexandria29. Apr. 254 v.Chr.
- p.cair.zen.2.59199 DDbDP-text textAlexandria29. Apr. 254 v.Chr.
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Cross-references (5)
- TM-Text 844 primary
- APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.681 tier-1
- DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;2;59199 tier-1
- DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen.2.59199 tier-1
- HGV-Text 844 tier-1
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