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Letter from Demetrios to Zenon

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Accession: JE48947
Find spot: Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia), Egypt approx. site location
Period: mid 3rd c. B.C.
Date: mid 3rd c. B.C.
Date range: 275 BCE – 225 BCE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 10 x 5']
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Description

Demetrios reminds Zenon that the birthday of a younger Demetrios, perhaps a son of the writer, falls on a certain date in Phamenoth and asks him to provide a sucking pig and other good cheer for the birthday feast.

Connections

Found at Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 1059 primary
APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.898 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;3;59419 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen.3.59419 tier-1
HGV-Text 1059 tier-1

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