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Letter from Petobastis the pigeon-keeper to Zenon

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Accession: JE49028
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 ; 35 x 11']
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Description

The writer was Zenon's pigeon-keeper. He complains that he has received no wages for the last four months and that the barley-wheat given him for his food allowance is uneatable. So he begs Zenon to see to this, in order that he and his sons may do their work efficiently.

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Found at Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 1136 primary
APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.973 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;3;59498 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen.3.59498 tier-1
HGV-Text 1136 tier-1

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