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Letter from Platon to Zenon

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Accession: JE48662
Find spot: Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia), Egypt approx. site location
Period: Date of reception: 2nd October, 254 BC
Date: Date of reception: 2nd October, 254 BC
Date range: 254 BCE – 254 BCE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 9.5 x 12 and 10 x 14.5']
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Description

Platon writes that as he has been obliged to stay some time longer in Alexandria, he would like to sell his corn in Memphis and he asks Zenon to lend him a boat to carry it down and also to see that his affairs are conducted profitably. He also asks him to order one of his people to procure a pig for the festival.

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Found at Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 862 primary
APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.699 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;2;59217 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen.2.59217 tier-1
HGV-Text 862 tier-1

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