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Letter from Pais to Zenon

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Accession: JE49012
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 ; 25 x 10.5']
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Description

Pais asks Zenon to give, by order, some money for caulking the boat, as he is about to sail down the river, also ten large nails, corn allowance from the 15th of Mecheir and the rest of his salary. He has already received from Petechonsis a jar of wine and three drachmae in the month of Pachon.

Connections

Found at Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 1121 primary
APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.959 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;3;59483 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen.3.59483 tier-1
HGV-Text 1121 tier-1

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