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Petition to Zenon from Harmais and Teos

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Accession: JE48745
Find spot: Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia), Egypt approx. site location
Period: 251 - 250 B.C.
Date: 251 - 250 B.C.
Date range: 251 BCE – 250 BCE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 17 x 29.5']
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Description

The petitioners were two Egyptian brick-makers. They had been ordered by Zenon to work for four months, but had been kept working by Horos, Zenon's foreman, for a whole year extra and had been shamefully sweated. They ask Zenon to inquire into their case and bring Horos to account.

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Found at Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 935 primary
APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.772 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;2;59291 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen.2.59291 tier-1
HGV-Text 935 tier-1

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