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Memorandum from Kleon to Zenon

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Accession: JE48986
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 ; 10.5 x 11']
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Description

A reminder about the allowances due to Kleon and his mother for personal expenses in the month of Epeiph. Kleon addresses Zenon as 'father', but the gist of the memorandum and the way in which the mother is mentioned make it somewhat doubtful whether Zenon actually was his father.

Connections

Found at Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 1096 primary
APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.936 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;3;59457 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen.3.59457 tier-1
HGV-Text 1096 tier-1

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