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Letter from Dioskourides to Zenon
Description
Dioskourides writes that he has received twelve yoke of cattle, as well as the pack donkeys, but that four of the twelve yoke are useless. He then enumerates the eight defective animals and complains that he will be obliged to feed them without being able to use them for the sowing.
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 860.
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- Letter from Dioskourides to Zenon HGV-meta ArsinoitesDate of reception: 14th September, 254 BC
- p.cair.zen.2.59215 DDbDP-text textArsinoitesDate of reception: 14th September, 254 BC
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- TM-Text 860 primary
- APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.697 tier-1
- DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;2;59215 tier-1
- DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen.2.59215 tier-1
- HGV-Text 860 tier-1
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