Petition [between 140 B.C. and 136 B.C.?]
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Papyrus petition from the Arsinoites (modern name: Fayyum), Egypt. Written by Petosiris, son of Petosiris, who is a priest of the shrine of the hawks in Oxyrhyncha. Directed to Phanias a strategos and one of the first friends of the king. Phanias is also in charge of income from …