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Two official letters of Menches : to Horos : drafts

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Accession: P.Tebt.0015
Find spot: Kerkeosiris, Egypt approx. site location
Period: 18 Aug. 114 B.C.
Date: 18 Aug. 114 B.C.
Date range: 114 BCE – 114 BCE
Materials: ['1 papyrus ; 30.5 x 18 cm.']
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Description

Rough drafts of two official letters from Menches, village secretary of Kerkeosiris, Egypt, to Horos, probably the Basilikos Grammateus. Both letters report on matters related to an attack on Polemon, the Epistates (superintendent) of Kerkeosiris.

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Found at Kerkeosiris

Cross-references (5)

TM-Text 3651 primary
APIS-Text berkeley.apis.407 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.tebt;1;15 tier-1
DDbDP-Text p.tebt.1.15 tier-1
HGV-Text 3651 tier-1

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