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Letter from Dioskourides to Zenon

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Accession: JE48660
Find spot: Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia), Egypt approx. site location
Period: Date of reception: 14th September, 254 BC
Date: Date of reception: 14th September, 254 BC
Date range: 254 BCE – 254 BCE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 27.5 x 11']
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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.

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Found at Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

Cross-references (5)

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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