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Letter from Phaneisis to Zenon

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Accession: JE49049
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 ; 17 x 12']
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Description

Phaneisis writes from Alexandria, where he had been brought before Dionysodoros and sent to prison. Knowing nobody in town he begs Zenon to send him a cloak or some money to serve his needs until one of his own people can sail down to help him.

Connections

Found at Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 1156 primary
APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.993 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;3;59519 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen.3.59519 tier-1
HGV-Text 1156 tier-1

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