Letter from Ktesias to Zenon
Ktesias writes that he is unable to sell the two jars of caviar and that Hierokles advises him to use them for private consumption and not let them be wasted. The pomegranate seed also is too old to sell.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 770
Letter to Zenon from Ktesias TM 770Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)28th January, 256 B.C.
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Ζήνωνι χαίρειν Κτησίας. γίνωσκε οὐ δυνάμενόν με διαθέσθαι τὰ δύο κεράμια τοῦ ἀντακαίου· συντάσσει δὲ ὁ Ἱεροκλῆς ἀνηλίσκειν αὐτά, ἵνα μὴ καταφθαρῆι ὥσπερ καὶ τὰ λοιπά. ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ τὸντὸγ κόκκωνα οὐ δύναμαι διαθέσθαι διὰ τὸ παλαιὸν εἶναι αὐτόν. ἔρρωσο. ἔτους κθ ἔτους κθ, Αὐδναίο…