Letter of reproof.APISberkeley.apis.1142(CU)1142p.tebt.3.1.7590206;3.1;759p.tebt;3.1;75953575357P.Tebt.0759The writer censures his correspondent for incompetence.Margins: right, 1.4 cm.; bottom, 1.6 cm.21st year (of Euergetes I?), the 26th of the Egyptian month Epeiph.1235Bancroft Library, Univ. of Calif., BerkeleyGreek1 papyrus ; 15 x 26.8 cm.11 lines, on recto along the fibers.Verso: empty
Regular cursive.
226 B.C.
Mummy cartonnage at Tebtunis 7
APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent.EnglishGreekIncompetencePrivate letters, Ptolemaic PeriodRectoVerso
� alleging inability to produce them because of their death. It appears, then, that owing to your indifference I shall have to look for the animals that are required but are dead. Has your way of feeding them been to throw the young calves upon the beans, and did you neglect to send � to Agathon or �? I do not see how you will be able to look after your own affairs. So take care that I don't come to quarrel with you instead of being on good terms. Good-bye. The 21st year, Epeiph 26.