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Letter from Petobastis to Zenon

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Accession: JE49027
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 ; 20 x 21']
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Description

After an allusion to some affair which had brought on him a severe punishment, Petobastis goes on to give an account of certain quantities of corn and sesame and ends by asking Zenon to think about the sowing of hay, as the flood-water is already receding from the land.

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Found at Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 1135 primary
APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.972 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;3;59497 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen.3.59497 tier-1
HGV-Text 1135 tier-1

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