Catalog Record: duke.apis.31194933 [xml]
Title | Official correspondence [242 B.C.] |
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Summary | Papyrus verbatim copies of official letters from Egypt. The first frame of glass contains letters relating to the Oxyrhynchite Nome, and three of these letters are exactly dated (Xandikou 10, or Pachons 7, or June 26, 242 B.C. and Artemisiou 4, or Pachons 30, or July 19, 242 B.C.). One letter is quoted in another and bears no exact date. The best preserved letters relate to the inspection of arms of the cavalry. These arms were found to be defective and had to be replaced within a certain period. Mentions a commander of these cavalry men. The officials involved in this matter are Antipatros, Phanias, and Neoptolemos. Another official is Diodoros |
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Inv. Id | P.Duk.inv. 706 |
Support/Dimensions | 1 item : papyrus, many fragments mounted in eight frames of glass, incomplete |
Language | In Greek |
Date | 242 BCE |
Note (general) | Dimensions of fragments are 22.1 x 51.7 cm. or smaller |
Note (general) | 167 lines |
Note (general) | Written along the fibers on the recto |
Note (general) | Extracted from mummy cartonnage |
Note (general) | P.Duk.inv. 706 was formerly P.Duk.inv. MF79 39-46 |
Subjects | Prisons -- Egypt -- 332-30 B.C.; Commercial products -- Egypt -- 332-30 B.C.; Cavalry horses -- Egypt -- 332-30 B.C.; Tax collection -- Egypt -- 332-30 B.C.; Weapons, Ancient -- Egypt -- Inspection -- 332-30 B.C.; Weapons, Ancient -- Egypt -- Defects -- 332-30 B.C.; Documentary papyri Egypt 332-30 B.C; Correspondence Egypt 332-30 B.C; Papyri |
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License | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License. |
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