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The writer of this letter was a member of the Alexandrian court, holding the title of 'king's taster', perhaps the father of Arsinoe who had been eponymous priestess in year 26. He complains that the employees of Sosistratos, the head of the toll station at Memphis had confiscat…
Ποσειδώνιος Ἀπολλωνίωι χαίρειν. ἐξ σιτηγοῦ τινος τῶν ἡμετέρων ἀναπλέοντος εἰς τὴν χώραν ἐμβάντες ἐνἐμ Μέμφει οἱ περὶ Σωσίστρατον ἐξείλοντο τὸν σίδηρον ὃν ἀναγκαῖον ἦν ὑπάρχειν ἐν τῶι πλοίωι πρὸς τὰς προσπι πτούσας χρείας· ἀδύνατονἀδύνατογ γάρ μοι δοκεῖ εἶναι ἄνευ τῶν ἀναγ καίων σ…
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