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An account from the Zenon archive recording linen tunics and napkins issued from a store over about fourteen months in years 28 and 29 of Ptolemy II. Each entry gives the date, often the place where Apollonios and Zenon were staying (Krokodilopolis, Memphis, Alexandria, Athribis), and the recipients, among them Helenos the Ethiopian and Satyra the kithara-singer.
The dates use Macedonian months; the entries help reconstruct the itinerary of Apollonios and Zenon's tour, which ended at Alexandria in Xandikos of year 29. The word translated 'linen' (byssinos) denotes fine linen.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of linen). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
An account of linen garments and napkins issued from the store over a period of fourteen months, and it was presumably preceded by a statement of the quantities which the writer had in his charge (PCZ.59088). The articles were given out for the most part during the tour of Apoll…
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