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Petition of Menches to the Sovereigns 22 May 117 B.C.Alexandria

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Accession: P.Tebt.0043
Find spot: Alexandria, Egypt via HGV-meta
Period: 22 May 117 B.C.
Date: 22 May 117 B.C.
Date range: 117 BCE – 117 BCE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 31.2 x 39.5 cm.']
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Description

Menches, village scribe of Kerkeosiris, Egypt, and another person, accused of poisoning a certain Haryotes, but released after a trial, seek the support of the Sovereigns Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II and Cleopatra, in their 53rd year of rule. The last two lines (in different hand) contain a directive from the strategos (civil governor of the Nome).

The same text in other collections

Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 3679. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

chrest.mitt.46 DDbDP-text Alexandria22. Mai 117 v.Chr.
Petition of Menches to the Sovereigns HGV-meta Alexandria22. Mai 117 v.Chr.

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Found at Alexandria

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 3679 primary
APIS-Text berkeley.apis.405 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.tebt;1;43 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.tebt.1.43 tier-1
HGV-Text 3679 tier-1

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