Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · JE51878
· 258 - 256 B.C. · Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)
This letter belongs to the time when Zenon was attached to the household of the dioiketes. Simon states that he has sent Apollonios a jar of mackerel, and he asks Zenon to present them at a favourable moment, taking them out of the jar and displaying them on a platter. In return…
Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text
· 258 - 256 v.Chr. · Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)
Σίμων Ζήνωνι χαίρειν. ἀπέσταλκα Ἀπολλωνίωι σκόμβρων κεράμιον ἕν . καλῶς ἂν οὖν ποιήσαις προσενέγκας εὐκαίρως καὶ δείξας ἐξελὼν ἐπὶ πίνακι. γράφε δὲ καὶ σὺ περὶ ὧν ἂν βούληι· ποιήσω γὰρ προθύμως.